Dorchester, Dorset: Public Meeting on NHS/CCG Consultation, 25 January 2017

It's vitally important to consider all the evidence, issues and viewpoints on this crucial consultation exercise, well before filling in the questionnaire, available online here:

https://www.ors.org.uk/web/index.php/survey/index/sid/869972/lang/en.

Deadline 28 February!

LOCAL people are being urged to fight on over proposals to change local NHS services - Trevor Bevins, View from Dorchester.

"The proposed reforms were also condemned as ill-conceived, taking no account of the effect of Brexit on a service where 40 per cent of the staff are now trained abroad – and at a time when there is a national shortage of medical staff of all grades – with Dorset being one of the most expensive places to live and work".

See also, Dorset's Hospitals; Have Your Say

The Implications of Brexit for the NHS 

Thousands of doctors trained in Europe 'may quit UK after Brexit', The Guardian -BMA warns of impending ‘disaster’ as its research shows 40% of doctors who qualified in EEA may leave because they feel less welcome