Lewis-Manning Hospice Care chief executive Clare Gallie, left, with the charity s new patron Jacqueline Swift A FORMER High Sheriff of Dorset has joined a Poole-based hospice care charity as a patron. Jacqueline Swift, who is currently Deputy Lieutenant of the county, has been welcomed by the team at Lewis-Manning Hospice Care. Ms Swift joins with a wealth and depth of knowledge and expertise in the Dorset healthcare sector, having previously worked as vice chair of the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group, as well as holding a number of senior executive roles in the private sector. She said: “I am delighted to become a Patron of Lewis- Manning Hospice Care.
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ambulance car SWANAGE Town councillor Debby Monkhouse says she, and others, still have their doubts about the reasons for a review into the town’s ambulance car service. She says that with almost 1,000 call outs to Swanage alone each year, many of which have resulted in saved lives, there are no grounds for a second look. More than 7,500 people have now signed a petition to save the ambulance car, which Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group says it intends to review – along with the level of double-crewed ambulances for the Purbeck area. The CCG said recently that there were no plans for the service.