Health

SOCIAL inequalities in mental health have been widened as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to reports.

A NEW Forest doctor has been praised by Boris Johnson for leading a mercy mission to fly child cancer patients from Ukraine to Britain for treatment.

THE chief executive of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has admitted there is a staffing black hole, following a poor CQC inspection.

PROPOSALS to slash community grant funding will have a major impact on the lives of elderly people in Hampshire, a care provider has warned.

POLICE have issued a warning to New Forest parents after children as young as eight were found to have shared explicit photographs on social media.

AN URGENT treatment centre within Lymington hospital has reopened following yesterday's temporary closure due to staff sickness.

STAFF shortages has resulted in the temporary closure of Lymington hospital's urgent treatment centre.

A CHARITY combatting loneliness among men is celebrating after winning its bid for a new, larger base in New Milton.

THREE grant schemes could be scrapped as part of efforts to save £680,000 from Hampshire County Council’s adult social care budget.

NEW Forest residents are being reminded how to keep Covid-healthy with self-isolation rules ending today (Thursday).

A POP-UP Covid-19 vaccination site will be at Hythe fire station today for people to walk in for their first, second or booster jabs.

A BEREAVED sister has slammed Southern Health in the wake of its overall rating being downgraded by national watchdog the Care Quality Commission.

POWERFUL winds have been bringing down trees on roads and railways as Storm Eunice batters the New Forest and Christchurch today (Friday).

PENSIONERS paying for Hampshire’s meals on wheels service will soon be forking out more money for their food.

A FOOD bank has thanked the “wonderful community” for their donations after shelves began to run bare.

IT could have been very different for the woman who went on to found Oakhaven Hospice, one of the New Forest’s best-loved charities.

A PERSONAL trainer from Lymington has helped launch a campaign to raise £5m for the British Heart Foundation after saving a gym-goer’s life.

LOW staffing levels have contributed to the embattled Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust having its rating downgraded to ‘requires improvement’.

NEW Forest West MP Sir Desmond Swayne has backtracked on his controversial claim that deaths from road accidents were outpacing those caused by Covid.

ALMOST a third of social work posts at BCP Council's children’s services are not filled by permanent staff.