The future of health care in Dorset is currently being reviewed and now is the time to find out about what is being proposed and have your say. The Clinical Services Review was launched in response to major challenges which health and care face both in Dorset and across the rest of the country. These include a growing population with more people living longer, an increasing demand on services, workforce shortages that will be difficult to fill, variations in the quality of care and a potential funding gap of at least £158m per year by 2020.

Copies of the consultation document – Improving Dorset’s Healthcare have been circulated around the Grouped Parish area and are available to pick up from Comrades Hall, The White Lion, the Community Store, the Royal Oak and from Drimpton and Blackdown Village Halls. If you are unable to pick up one, please do contact the Parish Council. You can also find the document online at,
www.csr.dorsetsvision.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/11/csr-consultation-document.pdf

This is a really important issue, especially for those living in rural areas, so please do read the document if you can and get involved.