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New maternity, neonatal and emergency gynaecology unit opens at Royal Bournemouth Hospital this ...
Prestigious award for 'role model' maternity support worker
A “patient and compassionate” maternity support worker from University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has won a coveted award from the Royal Colleg ...
Finalist for national maternity award
A maternity support worker at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has been shortlisted for a prestigious award, one of the highest in the country for the maternity ...
Vital maternity service celebrates first anniversary
A maternity team at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD) has commemorated one year of supporting new parents and families.
The ...
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 ...
... at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital – follow signs for zone B.
If you need our Early Pregnancy or Emergency Gynaecology services, please go to the West Wing opposite Ward 2.
You can find more informatio ...
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 ...
New maternity, neonatal and emergency gynaecology units to open at RBH on 31 March 2025
The new maternity, neonatal and emergency gynaecology units at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, will officially ...
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) ...
... job as a women’s health research midwife at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) with a place on the programme in the South West Central region. She is working towards a Masters of Research at Bournemouth ...
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity’s The BEACH Appeal hits £500,000, making waves for new hospital building
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity is riding the wave of excitement as The BEACH ...
Transforming Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Focusing on emergency care at Royal Bournemouth Hospital will mean emergency cases will be centered on the site with increased consultant and specialist team ...
Royal Bournemouth Hospital celebrates ‘topping out’ milestone
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital marked a major milestone on Friday 19 May with a traditional ‘topping out’ ceremony for its new BEACH Building ...
... midwives. We have also been recruiting internationally-educated midwives. We are one of the first hospitals in the country to have appointed an advanced clinical midwife practitioner. At the start of every ...
University Hospitals Dorset statement on CQC reports
10 March 2023
Our regulators the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected three of our services in September and November last year. These were medicine ...
Patients to see benefits from new hospital developments sooner
Patients in Dorset will see the benefits of the £250m investment in services at University Hospitals Dorset 18 months earlier than planned ...
Maternity services at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital
The new maternity, neonatal, and emergency gynaecology units at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital will open at 8am on 31 March 2025.
The ...
Update on visiting to Poole maternity unit
NHS England published revised guidance for adult visiting to hospitals earlier this year. In our maternity services at Poole Hospital, we took the opportunity ...
Films spotlight the ‘bright future’ for both Poole and the Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Two innovative video animation films have been released providing more information on the major construction ...
Maternity additional services
Emotional wellbeing
University Hospitals Dorset's Maternity Counselling Service accepts referrals for antenatal or postnatal women who have experienced baby loss, birt ...