Dorset County Hospital (DCH) is continuing to provide good urgent and emergency care, despite the ongoing pressures faced by Emergency Departments throughout the country. Read more here.

A procedure room at Dorset County Hospital (DCH) has been transformed into a full operating theatre for Special Care Dentistry and other surgeries. Click to read more.

If you can’t get to your appointment today (Thursday, 21 November), please call the number on your appointment letter and let us know. Find all our latest updates here.

We are asking patients’ families to help us get their loved ones home as quickly as possible by providing a little support to allow this to happen, so our inpatient beds are available for those who need them most for urgent care. Click to read more.

Dorset County Hospital is transforming its Fortuneswell Unit for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Click to read more.

An initiative to support patients who are unexpectedly admitted to hospital is going from strength to strength. Read more about its success here.

We agreed our Trust Values as an organisation together, and thanks to the feedback we received, each of our values — Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence — truly reflect what we…

We are delighted to be using an upgraded operating theatre at Weymouth Community Hospital to perform a range of elective surgeries. Read more here.

Patients have praised the standard of care experienced at Dorset County Hospital in the latest Adult Inpatient Survey. Read more here.