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Dorset County Hospital is a district general hospital in the town of
Plans were developed in the early 1980s for a modern facility to replace the old
Dorset County Hospital on the NHS website
Inspection reports
from the
Dorchester, Dorset
Dorchester ( ) is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the ...
, England. The hospital is managed by Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust runs Dorset County Hospital, an NHS district general hospital in the town of Dorchester, Dorset, England. The hospital is the hub of the district's inpatient facilities but community hospitals, former ...
.
History
Plans were developed in the early 1980s for a modern facility to replace the old Dorchester Hospital
The Dorchester Hospital was a hospital in Dorchester, Dorset, England. It served the local area for many years before being replaced by the newer Dorset County Hospital in 1998. It was managed by the West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust.
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at a new site to the west of the town centre, on the land between Damers Road and Bridport Road. Construction took place in phases with the first phase on the north part of the site completed in the late 1980s under the name of ''West Dorset County Hospital''. The second phase on the south part of the site completed in the mid-1990s at which time the who site became the ''Dorset County Hospital''. The hospital was officially opened by the Queen
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on 8 May 1998. An upgraded cardiac unit with new cardiology equipment opened in 2012.
See also
*Healthcare in Dorset
Healthcare in Dorset was primarily the responsibility of Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group until July 2022. Dorset County Council is leading in the development of an electronic health record, to be called the Dorset Care Record, provided by Or ...
* List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
* Arnold Lodge, Leicestershire
*Babington Hospital – Belper, Derbyshire
*Bassetlaw District General Hospital – Worksop, Nottinghams ...
References
External links
*Dorset County Hospital on the NHS website
Inspection reports
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Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care services in England.
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NHS hospitals in England
Hospitals in Dorset
Buildings and structures in Dorchester, Dorset
Hospitals established in 1998
Health in Dorset