Welcome to the NHS Dorset website
If you are looking for healthcare information in Bournemouth or Poole please visit NHS Bournemouth and Poole.
NHS Dorset News
- Healthcare Commission Annual Health Checks
- Working Together to Safeguard Children – Declaration of Statutory Compliance
October 19th - 25th is Alcohol Awareness Week. Download your drinks diary and keep track of what you are drinking; or visit our Know Your Colour page.
Decision on the future of the Westminster Memorial Hospital. FOR some time now, NHS Dorset has been considering how best to meet the healthcare needs of the residents of Shaftesbury, Gillingham and surrounding areas.
Trust receives ‘good’ scores in annual Health Check. NHS Dorset’s commissioning arm has been awarded a ‘good’ rating for both the quality of the services it provides and its use of resources in the national annual Health Check results released today (15/10).
Courses to help if you are living with a long-term medical condition. FREE courses are on offer from NHS Dorset to help people living with a long-term condition to improve the quality of their lives.
Time to get your free seasonal flu jab if you are in an ‘at risk’ group. DOCTORS in Dorset are reminding senior citizens and people with chronic long-term health conditions to have their free jab.
Swine Flu Information
Downloads: Department of Health Leaflet, Catch It Bin It Kill It Poster, Important Information about Swine Flu
Links: www.nhs.uk
Important information about Swine Flu
Find out now what you should do
NHS Dorset commitment to delivering same sex accommodation
NHS Dorset has assessed the compliance of its wards with regards to same-sex accommodation. Currently all of Dorset Community Health Services inpatient services are compliant with the standards set by the Department of Health. Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is also compliant with all the standards. The Trust Board is committed to improving privacy & dignity for patients and has committed funds to upgrade some areas of accommodation to further improve the patient environment and enhance privacy and dignity for patients.
Paul Sly, Chief Executive
This site has been designed to tell you about health services within NHS Dorset. You can:
- find out about the Mental Health Act 2007;
- find a GP, Dentist, Pharmacy, or Optician;
- find out about the latest news from The Trust;
- download publications and policies;
- access the Chief Medical Officer's Healthcare Associated Infection website to find out about MRSA and other infection issues;
- apply for a job;
- find help to give up smoking on the Dorset Smokestop website;
- find out how to make an enquiry, give feedback or make a complaint;
- find out how to get information on health or health services.
If you are seeking urgent medical advice please take the link to the following page for the Dorset Emergency Care Out of Hours Service.
Next Board Meeting
A meeting of NHS Dorset will be held on Tuesday 17 November 2009 at Victoria House, Princes Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9JR commencing at 10.00am.
How to contact us
NHS Dorset
Hillfort House
Poundbury Road
Dorchester
DT1 2PN (find
us on a map)
Tel: 01305 368900
Fax: 01305 368947
Email: email@dorset-pct.nhs.uk
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