The improvement in discharge rates is partly down to a new lounge set up at Dorset County Hospital in August, staff have said The number of patients waiting to be discharged ahead of Christmas in a ...

Families welcomed a magical Christmas gift after their children were born on the big day in a Dorset hospital. Christmas Day was a relatively quiet day at Dorset County Hospital, as no elective ...

Maternity services at a Dorset hospital have shown "significant improvements", the health watchdog has found. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) upgraded the rating of maternity services at Dorset ...

Dorset County Hospital will prioritise urgent care during five days of doctors’ strikes in the run-up to Christmas ...

DORSET County Hospital has apologised to families after child negligence claims cost the NHS more than £17 million in the last five years. The Dorchester-based hospital and NHS Trust was responsible ...

A WOMAN died after a hip replacement went wrong and a lack of certain out-of-hours medical support meant she was transported miles in an emergency - a report has found. Brendan Allen, area coroner for ...

MILITARY personnel have been deployed to Dorset County Hospital to support staff as the hospital continues to roll-out the Covid-19 vaccine. The Government announced more than 5,000 Armed Forces ...

More than nine in 10 general and acute beds at Dorset County Hospital were occupied in the last week of December, new figures show. NHS leaders have warned pressure on hospitals is "nowhere near ...

The number of patients waiting to be discharged ahead of Christmas in a Dorset hospital is 30% less than this time last year, figures have shown. Staff at Dorset County Hospital say the winter demand ...