Digital tools

Digital is part of our everyday, even more so since the COVID-19 pandemic.

From ordering our shopping, checking our bank account to helping us manage our health and wellbeing.

There are many apps and services that can get you the help you need.

If you know someone who needs help getting online or that would like to improve their digital skills, there is lots of support and resources available in Dorset.

A simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services from your smartphone or tablet. Join the 400,000 people in Dorset already using the NHS App to manage their health the easy way. From viewing your GP health record, ordering repeat prescriptions, booking vaccination appointments, contacting your general practice surgery via the online consultation form, or NHS 111 online to get instant advice or medical help near you – the NHS App hosts a range of features.

The services you can access will vary depending on the services offered by your GP surgery.

Recommends apps that help with a wide range of health needs, from long term conditions such as high blood pressure, asthma and COPD, to managing joint and muscular problems, to how to improve mental wellbeing.

There are also highlighted apps to make them easier to find, including highest rated apps for cancer, young people’s mental health apps and recommended mental health apps.

The Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Lounge in Dorchester, is a place where Dorset residents can try digital gadgets for free in a simulated domestic setting to find out what suits best and get help with installation. Falls monitor, medicine reminder, close curtains on voice command, drinking reminder, robot-pet.

Call 01305 221016 or book on Dorset Council website.

Find out more about managing your blood pressure from home with support from your general practice surgery.

Supports patients with information on a wide range of topics, including long term conditions, healthy living, and giving guidance on what to expect from hospital procedures and how to put yourself in the best position to recover from them.