We are University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, here you will find out more about our three hospitals and how we work as one team to provide excellent care.
Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy aims to promote health and wellbeing through everyday activities. Members of the hospital's occupational therapy team may see adult inpatients to help identif ...
Children's physiotherapy service
Providing a physiotherapy service to the children from Poole, bournemouth and the surrounding areas
The Children's Physiotherapy team based at Poole Hospit ...
Inpatient support
Carer Support Service
The Carer Support Service offers support to carers throughout their inpatient stay and can signpost the way to community support when they are ...
Speech and Language Therapy
Poole
The speech and language therapy service is for adults (aged 16 or over) and provides evidence-based assessment and treatment of acquired speech, language, voice (communication) ...
Coronavirus guidance
Visitor restrictions during the pandemic
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Coronavirus guidance
Visiting restrictions during the pandemic
Surgery and outpatient appointments
Keeping ...
Inpatient information
Inpatients are patients who stay at the hospital for one or more night, whether for surgery, ongoing treatment or following an emergency admission.
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Inpatient-home ...
A fond farewell to St Mary's Maternity Unit
Local families and University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) staff have said an emotional goodbye to St Mary's Maternity Unit.
Over 400 people gathered in Poole ...
New era in maternity care as services open at the BEACH Building and St Mary’s unit closes
Today (31 March) marks a historic moment for University Hospitals Dorset as the first baby is born at the BEACH ...
UHD hospital sites go smoke free
All of University Hospitals Dorset’s sites are now smoke free, offering a healthier environment for all patients, visitors and colleagues.
The move, which coincided ...
First patients cared for in our BEACH Building
Congratulations to our Radiology Team who saw our first patients in the BEACH Building today! This is an incredible milestone towards Royal Bournemouth ...
Families invited to farewell event for Maternity Unit
After more than 60 years of service, St Mary’s Maternity Unit in Poole has closed its doors for the final time, and University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) ...
FAQs
Why all these changes?
Following the Dorset Clinical Services Review, plans were approved to reform local health services in 2019. Over 10,000 hours of NHS staff time were invested ...
Transformation toolkit
This page contains content that can be used by partner organisations or individuals to share on your own channels to help us raise awareness of the transformation process ...
University Hospitals Dorset trials new care for heart patients
The cardiology team at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) is the first in England to trial new technology which could reduce the stay ...
Children's Assessment Unit (CAU)
Welcome to the Children's Assessment Unit.
Poole hospital
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Child health team
Karen Fernley - Senior Matron for Child Health
David Hanningt ...
Ward 7
Ward 7 is a 9 bedded elective orthopaedic ward in the main hospital building on the Royal Bournemouth site. We are located in the West wing. We specialise in total hip and knee replacements ...
Doctors IT Training
Welcome to UHD. There are lots of IT applications you will need to use whilst at UHD. Below is a summary of the training courses covering the majority of what you need. There ...
National Cancer Patient Experience Survey
At the NHS, we want our patients to have the best experience possible, and having continuous patient feeback is crucial in helping us deliver what patients ...
Brownsea Ward
Welcome to Brownsea Ward
Poole Hospital
Brownsea ward is a 22 bedded general medical ward specialising in the care of older people. We have a dedicated multidisciplinary ...
Industrial action update
The British Medical Association (BMA) is taking industrial action with a 96-hour walkout by junior doctors from 7am on Tuesday 11 April until 7am on Saturday 15 April.
Our ...