A man climbing on Dorset's Jurassic Coast is in hospital after falling from cliffs. Coastguard rescue teams, the RNLI ...

Three Dorset hospitals have been nationally recognised for their excellent end-of-life care. Alderney Hospital, Westminster Memorial Hospital and The Yeatman Hospital, all run by Dorset HealthCare, ...

More than 80 per cent of carers rated the NHS Hospital at Home service as very good in a new report. The Healthwatch Dorset report, which explores the impact of the service on unpaid carers and ...

A 82ft (25m) tall crane will dominate the skyline of a historic market town for more than a year. The crane, which has a 230ft (70m) span will be used in the construction of the next phase of Dorset ...

Maternity services at a Dorset hospital have shown "significant improvements", the health watchdog has found. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) upgraded the rating of maternity services at Dorset ...

Trusts at Dorset HealthCare University, Dorset County Hospital and University Dorset announced in April that 1,700 mainly low ...

A hospital trust has defended paying its interim chief executive £2,557 a day while trying to save £20m. Dorset County Hospital Trust's annual report showed Derek Smith was paid £248,041 for 97 days ...

Extended hospital stays for patients medically well enough to be discharged are improving, a county's health and wellbeing board has heard. The use of apps and partnership working have seen delayed ...

A man with Down’s Syndrome died after a hospital mistakenly failed to give him food for nine days, say his devastated family.