We are working very hard to repair and clean the areas of our Emergency Department (ED) that were affected by last night’s flood, which was caused by an internal leak

Health organisations in Dorset secured more than £14million to transform two floors of South Walks House in Dorchester into clinical space.Dorset County Hospital (DCH) had been running an Outpatient Assessment…

We have been earmarked approximately £100M from the Government’s New Hospital Programme to expand services on our Dorchester site, including building a brand new Emergency Department (ED) and Critical Care…

We secured £2millon from NHS England to help free up hospital beds by creating a new, larger discharge lounge facility for patients that are waiting for their medication or transport…

To improve our approach to responding to patient safety incidents, we are preparing to move from the existing Serious Incident Framework to NHS England’s new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework…

Could you spend a few hours a week playing games or doing puzzles with patients at Dorset County Hospital (DCH)?DCH’s Volunteer Service is looking for people to join its new…

Dorset County Hospital (DCH) has secured £2millon to help free up hospital beds by creating a new, larger discharge lounge facility.
DCH submitted a bid to NHS England after the Government announced an additional £50million in capital funding to expand hospital discharge lounges and ambulance hubs.

24 February We recently welcomed home two members of #TeamDCH from Lviv in Ukraine following a deployment with frontline medical aid charity UK-Med. Biomedical Scientist Andy Walbridge and Physiotherapist Lauren…

17 February 2023Dorset County Hospital has recognised areas for improvement and stressed the importance of partner agencies working closely together following a focussed Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection around children…