What support is needed in your Somerset community?
“A society where death is a part of life” In partnership with Community First and the Community Council for Somerset, we are undertaking a needs analysis within the Mendip community of what support is felt to be needed locally in terms of…
Gender Pay Report 2018
As required by the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017, Dorothy House Hospice Care has undertaken Gender Pay Reporting and will do so on an annual basis. Our figures have been calculated as laid out in the legislation and…
Working with Patients to Support the Self-Management of Lymphoedema
Lymphoedema is a chronic long term condition, the result of a lymphatic system failure. It can be classified as either primary (due to an abnormality within the lymphatic system) or secondary (damage to the lymphatic system by external factors e.g. cancer related…
Hellebores event cancelled
Due to unpredictable weather conditions we have, regretfully, decided to cancel our Hellebores fundraising event at Kapunda on Sunday 4th March. Thank you for your understanding. The garden is still scheduled to open next on Sunday 18th March (2 – 4pm) for…
Service provision in light of bad weather
In light of the predicted bad weather over the next couple of days (Thursday 1 and Friday 2 March), we have reviewed our service provision over the period. The Inpatient Unit will be open as usual, and will be open to admissions subject…
UPDATE: Phone lines at Winsley are now back up and running
UPDATE (11:13am Friday 8 February) All phone lines at Winsley are now backup and running, we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Again, thank you for your patience. Please be aware that all phone lines into Dorothy House are…
Time for action on findings of Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness
By Stephen Dale, Head of Community Partnerships at Dorothy House Hospice Care Loneliness is sadly an everyday fact of life for many people living with life-limiting conditions and for the people who care for them. We encounter it every day working in…
‘Team Dotty’ runners are ‘ready, set, go’ to take part in the Bath Half Marathon, London Marathon and other Challenges
On Saturday 20 January, we welcomed runners entering the Bath Half Marathon, London Marathon and 2018 Challenge entrants to Winsley for a Team Dotty Meet-Up. Over forty-five people attended the event to hear advice on training plans, nutrition, motivation, injury solutions and…
Jacob Rees-Mogg visits Hospice
We would like to extend our thanks to Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg for visiting us on Friday 12 January. We were grateful for the opportunity to highlight the importance of End of Life Care and its relation to the Health and Social…
Healthwatch Wiltshire report
Healthwatch Wiltshire is the county’s independent health and care champion. It exists to ensure that people are at the heart of care. In 2016 Dorothy House Hospice Care asked Healthwatch Wiltshire to establish and maintain a User Advisory Group (UAG) made up…