The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is an

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Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

, Dorset, England. It is managed 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 ...

. 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.

Location

The hospital is located a short distance from the Wessex Way ( A338) in Castle Lane East ( A3060) in

. It is served by bus routes operated by

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is approximately from the hospital.

History

The first phase of the hospital, which replaced the Royal Victoria Hospital, opened in 1989. A second phase of the hospital was opened by

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in 1992. A Cardiac Intervention Unit was opened in April 2005 and the Derwent Hospital, a 28-bed unit previously operated as a private hospital, was purchased in 2007. Various acute services were transferred from

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to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 2010. On 3 November 2021, a ceremony was carried out to mark the start of construction work on building a new wing. The project is part of a £250million reorganisation of

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 ...

. On 6 May 2022,

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opened a lavender garden at the hospital dedicated to hospital staff who died during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Services

It has a 24-hour

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department. It also provides district-wide services for

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and

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. Outpatient clinics are provided for oral surgery,

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plastic surgery Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes craniofa ...

, ENT (ears, nose and throat), cardiothoracic and

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. It is also the home to a diabetic unit called BDEC, which treats and educates local patients diagnosed with the disease.

Performance

The independent regulator, the

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(CQC), rated the Royal Bournemouth Hospital as "Good" overall in March 2018. The findings of the report are summarised in the table below:

Porters

A 12-minute film entitled ''Porters'' made by students from

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at the hospital in 2015, told the story of the hospital's porters. It won a number of awards and was added to the British Film Institute's national archives.

Other hospitals in group

Christchurch Hospital, Dorset Christchurch Hospital is run by the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. It is located in Fairmile in Christchurch, Dorset, England. The hospital was managed by The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ...

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 ...

Notes

References

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