Dorchester Special Care Baby Unit

28/05/2026

☀️ 💜 Please read and share!
Our wonderful neonatal nurse Sarah is walking in Spain 🇪🇸 to raise money to add to our parents accommodation fund!
We are incredibly lucky to have 4 fantastic parents rooms on SCBU, but we want to make all of them en-suite to ensure the most comfortable stay possible for parents who stay with us.
Thank you, and good luck Sarah!! 🚶‍♀️ ☀️

https://www.justgiving.com/page/sarah-true-1?utm_source=WA&utm_medium=DT

Help Sarah True raise money to support Dorset County Hospital Charity

20/05/2026

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Today my work colleague Martin and myself popped along to Dorset County Hospital to do a cheque presentation to Dorchester Special Care Baby Unit. Before Christmas, Martin and his Partner, Hannah, who is also a work colleague had the best care from the ward when their daughter, Daisy, decided to make an early entrance into the world. Daisy was in SCBU for 11 weeks and is now home.
We also donated some tiny baby suits, to help support the premature babies on the ward.
The money was raised from our Book Donation Stand in store 🤩

29/04/2026

16/04/2026

Thank you Thursday! 🙏Today we’d like to say thank you the Ladies in Wey-ting who have donated £330 to our wonderful Dorchester Special Care Baby Unit . 💙

Sue-Jane from Ladies in Wey-ting said, “We Ladies have always felt the importance of donating to different departments of DCH as much as possible...just to make a little difference. We chose to support SCBU in memory of two precious Angel Babies that are very close to us. Seeing how the wonderful work & care is taken in treating tiny babies born with difficulties in SCBU, it is such an important cause to help these beautiful little ones & their families.”

Ladies in Wey-ting is a small group who give their free time to support local worthwhile causes, and we couldn’t be more grateful for their support. Thank you!

If you'd like to find out how you can raise money for a ward close to your heart at DCH, click on the link in the comments below 👇

16/04/2026

Happening soon!

Iʼm raising money to Raise money for two en suite parent rooms in the SCBU. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

06/11/2025

COOK Dorchester very kindly filled up our parents freezer on SCBU today so that parents with babies on the unit can enjoy a nutritious meal for free 🍲 This is something that Meg from COOK in Dorchester has offered to help us with on an ongoing basis.

Thank you so much Meghann and team for your very generous support 💜 It makes such a difference to families in our care!

New parents can receive discounts on COOK meals for the first year by visiting https://www.cookfood.net/new-parents.

27/08/2025

✨🌻 Tonight is the night! 🌻✨

🎥 Catch us on the The One Show for a chance to see our wonderful Dorchester Special Care Baby Unit 🎬

15/08/2025

🎊 International Neonatal Nurses Day! 🎊

Today we are celebrating our INCREDIBLE (all be it most of them camera shy) Neonatal Nurses! 🦸🏾‍♀️🦸🏽‍♂️

They truly are AMAZING humans! Compassionate, kind, caring and extremely knowledgeable! We are MEGA proud of them all! 💪



Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Dorset

04/08/2025

Sometimes breastfeeding in NICU and SCBU looks a little different. When babies are born early or unwell they may need extra support with their feeding.
Babies can receive breastmilk in many ways, with every drop being so valuable 👶

- tube feeding
- syringe feeds
- finger feeding
- dummy dips
- mouth cares
- breastfeeding
- cup feeding
- hand expressing
- pumping
- bottle feeding EBM
- using donor milk
- combination feeding

Whatever your feeding journey looks like, we aim to support you to achieve your goals in an informed and judgment free way 💜

03/08/2025