Clinical Neurophysiology provides a range of neurophysiological and electrodiagnostic investigations to aid diagnosis of neurological conditions including epilepsy, and a wide range of nerve and muscle disorders. We are situated…

The Acute Hospital at Home service enables patients who are medically stable and safely able to receive their required treatment and rehabilitation in the comfort of their own home, either…

This page is primarily aimed at health, education and social care professionals as it hosts information about the referral process and referral forms.It may expand its role in the future…

Each child and young person’s development is individual and unique, although for many it also follows a typical pattern.Other children will have specific problems with their development and some of these…

The Stroke Unit at Dorset County Hospital is a 23 bedded facility. It has 18 beds for Acute Stroke and a 5 bedded Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU). The HASU…

The Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC) provides care for emergency patients who do not require an overnight stay. Patients are likely to have been referred to the unit from…

The Prince of Wales Ward has 13 beds and is on Level 3 of South Wing. The ward provides care for people who have a variety of renal (kidney) conditions.All…

Information is available here about some of the more common hip procedures undertaken at Dorset County Hospital.All the information provided reflects best practice guidelines. This will ensure that you are…

The Fortuneswell Chemotherapy Unit was originally opened in 1994, mainly treating patients with blood disorders. Patients with other cancers such as breast, bowel and lung cancer were at that time…

Dorset County Hospital’s Eye (Ophthalmology) Department, is also known as The Royal Eye Infirmary. The department includes a large outpatient clinic with imaging and treatment areas and a dedicated Eye Day Case Unit for surgery situated in East Wing Theatres.