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Infection Prevention and Control

Please help us protect our patients and minimise the spread of infection. Do not visit the hospital if you have diarrhoea or vomiting until you have been clear of symptoms for 48 hours (two days).

Dorset County Hospital continues to provide good emergency care

Dorset County Hospital (DCH) is continuing to provide good urgent and emergency care, despite the ongoing pressures faced by Emergency Departments throughout the country. Read more here.

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Patient Discharge Information

We are asking patients’ families to help us get their loved ones home as quickly as possible by providing a little support to allow this to happen, so our inpatient beds are available for those who need them most for urgent care. Click to read more.

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Procedure room transformed into an operating theatre at DCH

A procedure room at Dorset County Hospital (DCH) has been transformed into a full operating theatre for Special Care Dentistry and other surgeries. Click to read more.

A digital drawing of the new chemotherapy unit showing comfy seating, greenery and more space

£2million refurbishment for DCH’s chemotherapy unit

Dorset County Hospital is transforming its Fortuneswell Unit for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Click to read more.

Friends of Dorset County Hospital donate more than 1,000 comfort bags to patients

An initiative to support patients who are unexpectedly admitted to hospital is going from strength to strength. Read more about its success here.

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