Dorset County Hospital (DCH) has opened its newly refurbished Outpatient Assessment Centre at South Walks House in Dorchester. Click here to read more.

25 May 2023Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay gave a statement in the House of Commons today on the progress of the Government’s New Hospital Programme…

16 January 2023 Outline plans to develop the Dorset County Hospital (DCH) site have been approved by Dorset Council. The Trust’s Your Future Hospital programme sets out plans to expand facilities…

Refurbishment of Dorset County Hospital’s existing Emergency Department (ED) is now complete.

The Trust received one-off funding from NHS England of £15million, as part of a drive to upgrade several Emergency Departments across the country. Read more.

22 September 2022Dorset County Hospital (DCH) has opened a new Chemotherapy Outreach Service in Bridport.The service, based at Bridport Community Hospital, will allow patients in the town and surrounding area…

Volunteers from Dorset County Hospital (DCH) were treated to a summer tea party as a thank you for their hard work. Click here to read more.

Car parking across the main hospital site – including the multi-storey car park – operates using automatic number plate recognition. We hope this will make it easier to park, as…

Dorset Council and Dorset County Hospital have agreed a 20-year lease for use of South Walks House building in Dorchester, owned by the council.

Work to extend and improve our hospital facilities is now underway. Find out more about our plans here.

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (DCHFT) is a district general hospital located in Dorchester and is part of the Clinical Research Network Wessex. The Research Department has been operational…