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University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Communications team

Our communications team deals with all aspects of internal and external communication, including media relations, publications, managing the trust's website and social media accounts and planning events and campaigns. The team aims to keep staff, patients, the public and health partners up to date with our latest developments and news.

What we do:

  • media relations – reactive and proactive
  • internal communication / organisational development communications
  • stakeholder communication
  • campaigns
  • quality and improvement programmes
  • patient and public films
  • membership communication
  • e-communications; website, patient / public LCD screens and social media
  • events: internal and external
  • publications
  • public consultation
  • fundraising communication and promotion
  • the process for producing and approving all patient information leaflets, including design
  • emergency planning / business continuity

For assistance with any of the above, please contact the team using the details provided below. For all other queries, please contact the relevant department or person directly. If you are unsure of the contact details for the department or person you need to speak to, please call the main hospital number on 01202 303 626 (Royal Bournemouth Hospital) or 01202 665511 (Poole Hospital) and the Trust's Switchboard Team will be able to assist you.

News, events and publications

If you wish to view our latest news, events, postive feedback and publications, please click on the below:

Contact us

Our core office hours are from 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday. For all day to day enquiries please email the team This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also call us on 0300 019 4905 or 0300 019 4394.

Media enquiries

For all media enquiries, please click here.

The team:

James Donald - associate director for communications: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Richard Moremon - head of communications (transformation): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jon Fisher - senior communications manager: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jane Bruccoleri-Aitchison - senior communications manager: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Melanie Croydon - senior stakeholder engagement officer : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Emma Welham - communications officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Paige Van-der-zee - communications officer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jess Channon - communications and engagement officer This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Yaluska Cox - communications assistant This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Roland Swift - graphic designer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Noel Tadman - multimedia officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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