Despite all we did to maintain Tier 3 in West Dorset, rates of infection continued to rise across the country and we are now in a period of national lockdown; which is a tough but very necessary measure and carries a strong message to 'Stay at Home'.
The MIU at the the Yeatman Hospital closed on April 6 2020, during the early weeks of lockdown, a decision taken by Dorset Health Care Trust to manage the impact of covid-19.
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West Dorset MP Chris Loder tells visitors who are blatantly disregarding the advice of the Chief Medical Officer and Prime Minister to ‘wake up’ and to stay at home.
West Dorset is set to receive a share of £1m grant funding towards vital search and rescue services, in an announcement made today by Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps.
On Tuesday 26th November Chris Loder, the Prospective Conservative MP for West Dorset, welcomed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Rt Hon Matt Hancock during a visit to Sherborne’s Yeatman Hospital.
The Department of Health and Social Care announced today that Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester is one of 78 NHS Trusts to receive new cancer screening machines.