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.

Plans to build a new helipad at Dorset County Hospital (DCH) have taken a major step forward thanks to a £2million pledge from the HELP Appeal – the only charity in the country that funds NHS hospital helipads. Click to read more.

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…

Our Emergency Department is incredibly busy. Click to read more, including how you can help.

30 December 2022We have stepped down our critical incident status but remain under extreme pressure. We continue to focus on making sure our patients are safe and keeping our critical…

Dorset County Hospital has declared a critical incident due to the extreme operational pressures following the Christmas bank holidays. Click here to read more.

Following a robust recruitment process NHS trusts Dorset County Hospital and Dorset HealthCare have appointed Matthew Bryant to the role of joint Chief Executive Officer. Click to read more.

Health organisations in Dorset have secured £13m to transform two floors of South Walks House in Dorchester into clinical space. Click to read more.

Patients have praised the level of care experienced at Dorset County Hospital. The latest inpatient survey, carried out by the Picker Institute on behalf of the Care Quality Commission, captured the views and experience of 570 patients admitted to DCH in November 2021. Click to read more.

We are finalising arrangements for Monday, 19 September, following the announcement that the Queen’s state funeral will be a bank holiday. Click to read more.