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Dorset County Hospital, Williams Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2JY

Travelling by bus

There are regular local buses that stop outside Dorset County Hospital and South Walks House.

Travelling by train

Dorchester has two train stations, both are less than a 15 minute walk from the hospital.

Parking

Car parking is available across the main hospital site.

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3 days ago

Staff and governors encourage families to have a ‘heart-to-heart’ about organ donation

Staff and governors from Dorset County Hospital (DCH) are encouraging people to talk to their families about organ donation after experiencing first-hand the difference it can make. Nationally, someone dies every day in the need of an organ, and there are over 8,000 people currently on the active transplant waiting list. Service Manager Jon Fox...

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1 week ago

New stroke services now live in Somerset and Dorset

A new stroke service designed to help patients access specialist emergency hyperacute stroke care more quickly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, across Dorset and Somerset is now live. The new service launched today (Wednesday 9 September), following significant work by NHS partners across Somerset and Dorset to develop, test and prepare for...

2 weeks ago

Community invited to hospital’s Annual Members’ Meeting

Dorset County Hospital is inviting members of the local community to its Annual Members’ Meeting (Annual General Meeting) on 29 September from 5pm to 6.30pm. The meeting is being held in the hospital’s Education Centre at the Williams Avenue site and offers the chance to browse information stands and grab tea and cake from 4.30pm....