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On Sunday, a new emergency back-up generator was installed at our Royal Bournemouth Hospital site. 🏗️Weighing around 50 ...
29/07/2025

On Sunday, a new emergency back-up generator was installed at our Royal Bournemouth Hospital site. 🏗️

Weighing around 50 tonnes and capable of generating 2.2MVA of power (enough to supply around 1,100 homes), this impressive piece of kit will provide essential support to the new Coast Building and enhance the resilience of our existing systems.

A huge thank you to all the teams involved in making this happen safely and efficiently.

A huge welcome to our new F1 doctors! What a glorious day to join our Trust and we can't wait to see what you achieve ...
28/07/2025

A huge welcome to our new F1 doctors!

What a glorious day to join our Trust and we can't wait to see what you achieve next 🌞

We are to celebrate the graduation of our UHD RNDAs (Resident Nursing Degree Apprenticeships) from Southampton Solent ...
28/07/2025

We are to celebrate the graduation of our UHD RNDAs (Resident Nursing Degree Apprenticeships) from Southampton Solent University.

This talented group of individuals began their journey with us as nursing associates and through immense dedication, resilience and hard work - they are now qualified as registered nurses.

Big congratulations to all! 👏🎓

25/07/2025

Throwback to last week’s UHD Cultural Celebration Days!

It was a vibrant mix of dancing, singing, presentations, performances, poetry, fashion, and food - all celebrating what makes us unique and different in our own special ways.

Thank you to everyone who was involved in making this a fantastic event, and to our University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity for your support! 👏🎵✨

25/07/2025
Please be aware and look out for vulnerable family, friends and neighbours. ⬇️
24/07/2025

Please be aware and look out for vulnerable family, friends and neighbours. ⬇️

Update - 10.30am, Friday 25 July

The issue is no longer affecting 999, and making calls to the emergency services has returned to normal.
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🚨Please see the below message regarding ongoing issues with some mobile phone providers, and the impact it is having on calling #999 🔽

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Our Dementia and Delirium Team recently had another lovely music session with CODA. Everyone enjoyed playing musical ins...
24/07/2025

Our Dementia and Delirium Team recently had another lovely music session with CODA. Everyone enjoyed playing musical instruments and using their own connection to music to write songs. 🎵

CODA visits twice a month, offering music and art therapy sessions that bring joy, creativity, and connection to our patients.

We also had a fantastic clay activity with local artist Mahtab, where we all gathered around and explored our creativity through hands-on sculpting. 🎨

Thank you to our Dementia and Delirium Team for always going above and beyond to create these lovely experiences for our patients. 💙

A big thank you to the wonderful Avril and Jeremy, who last month kindly took the Hope Bell from our Chemotherapy Day Un...
23/07/2025

A big thank you to the wonderful Avril and Jeremy, who last month kindly took the Hope Bell from our Chemotherapy Day Unit to be repaired.

While the bell was away, we were incredibly touched by the support of St James' Primary Academy School, who kindly lent us their handheld school bell. 🔔

It's so lovely seeing kindness in action - just one of the many things that make us so proud of our UHD community! 💛

22/07/2025

Two years ago, we officially opened our new theatres in Poole.🏥

In 2026, Poole Hospital will become the major planned care hospital for the region, able to offer high-quality elective care, protected from emergency pressures.

Watch this short animation to see how the new facilities will transform healthcare in Dorset.

It's always a privilege to attend Bournemouth University's Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Awards, celebrating the...
21/07/2025

It's always a privilege to attend Bournemouth University's Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Awards, celebrating the achievements of multi-professional learners at BU.

Each year, we proudly sponsor an award for a BU student nurse on placement with us at UHD and this year, we were also delighted to sponsor an award for a BU student midwife.

A huge congratulations to Mia Eyles, winner of the UHD Nurse Award, and Julia Januszweska, winner of the UHD Midwife Award. Both have shown exceptional patient care and outstanding practice - well done to all! 👏

Have you signed up for Walk for Wards yet? Join us on Saturday 13 September to make a difference and change lives. All t...
21/07/2025

Have you signed up for Walk for Wards yet? Join us on Saturday 13 September to make a difference and change lives.

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Castle Lane East
Bournemouth
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We are University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. Based on the south coast of England, the trust serves a population of more than 800,000 people, reaching as far as Purbeck, the New Forest and South Wiltshire, and collectively employing more than 9,000 members of staff.

Our trust is comprised of three hospitals; the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Poole Hospital and Christchurch Hospital, which merged on 1 October 2020, creating a new organisation. This will provide huge opportunities and benefits to the way we deliver patient care in the future and will lead to better outcomes, improved quality and more efficient service delivery.

Within UHD we pride ourselves on the delivery of safe and high quality care. Every single person working within this organisation makes a difference to the quality of care provided. We have a number of exciting developments due to take place over the next few years, coupled with an ambitious transformation agenda. The Royal Bournemouth Hospital will become the major emergency hospital and Poole Hospital will become the major planned hospital, alongside other services provided for east Dorset. Christchurch Hospital incorporates the Day Hospital which provides rehabilitation for our older population, the Macmillan Unit which provides specialist palliative care, rheumatology, and dermatology. These pages are to keep you informed about the latest news and updates taking place across our hospitals. You can also share your own experiences and feedback with others. Please be aware that anything that you post on our page will be visible to everyone who accesses this page. We would advise you to refrain from posting sensitive or personal medical information on the page. If you are concerned about the privacy of your information please review your Facebook privacy settings. We reserve the right to remove any posts or comments that are defamatory; abusive, obscene, threatening or bullying or offensive. Please do not post petitions, lobbying content or commercially driven topics. Any content deemed to fall into these categories may be deleted from the page. This site is moderated during office hours only by our communications team.