Renal Dialysis

The Dorset Renal Unit opened in April 1996 and is a county–wide service serving a population of over 700,000.

The main unit is based at Dorset County Hospital, where there is an Acute Admissions Ward, a Haemodialysis Unit and a department in charge of patients on home peritoneal dialysis (CAPD and APD). Also, there are Satellite Haemodialysis Units based at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Poole and another based in Yeovil. Renal transplants are carried out at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth and Southmead Hospital in Bristol. Kidney and Pancreas transplants are also carried out at Churchill Hospital Oxford.

Outpatient clinics are held at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Poole Hospital and here at Dorset County Hospital, seeing approximately 170 patients each week.

Patients Know Best Online Platform

Are you a renal patient under the care of Dorset County Hospital? Would you like to find out your latest blood results from any online device at home or on holiday? Read about your kidney condition and treatment? If the answer's yes then register your interest with the renal systems admin team RenalSystemsAdmin@dchft.nhs.uk

Once you are registered we can provide you with login details to Patients Know Best.

Holiday Dialysis

We are not able to offer holiday dialysis at Dorset County Hospital, but there is a holiday unit in Dorset:

KC Dialysis Centre
35 Southwood Avenue
Southbourne
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH6 3QB

01202 422311
admin@kcdialysis.com