Christchurch Hospital is run by the

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust manages three hospitals in South East Dorset. It was formed following the merger of Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ...

. It is located in Fairmile in

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, England. The hospital was managed by The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust until the merger with

Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust manages three hospitals in South East Dorset. It was formed following the merger of Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trus ...

on 1 October 2020.

History

The hospital has its origins in a workhouse infirmary built in 1882. New infirmary blocks were built at the north end of the site in 1913 and were used by the

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during the

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. The hospital joined the

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in 1948 and, after the

Royal Bournemouth Hospital The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is an acute general hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is managed by the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital was managed by The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS ...

opened in 1989, the site was rationalised and part of the site was sold for housing in 1995. It has subsequently developed as a centre for

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. The

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, awarded the hospital's

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service Beacon status in 2000. Various acute services were transferred from Christchurch Hospital to the

in 2010.

Services

An all-age rehabilitation service is available, though most patients are elderly. To support rehabilitation there are

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and

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facilities. There is a day hospital, a

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resource unit,

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, and a

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unit (

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Other hospitals in group

Poole Hospital Poole Hospital (also known as Poole General Hospital) is an acute general hospital in Poole, Dorset, England. Built in 1907, it has expanded from a basic 14-bed facility into a 789-bed hospital. It is the trauma centre for east Dorset and provid ...

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