Royal Bournemouth Hospital

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Royal Bournemouth Hospital
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
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Royal Bournemouth Hospital
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Geography
Location Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Coordinates 50°44′52.4″N1°49′18.71″W / 50.747889°N 1.8218639°W / 50.747889; -1.8218639
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type General
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds723 [1]
History
Opened1989
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The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is an acute general hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is managed by the University Hospitals Dorset 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 on 1 October 2020.

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Location

The hospital is located a short distance from the Wessex Way (A338) in Castle Lane East (A3060) in Bournemouth. It is served by bus routes operated by Wilts & Dorset. Bournemouth railway station is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the hospital. [2]

History

The first phase of the hospital, which replaced the Royal Victoria Hospital, [lower-alpha 1] opened in 1989. [4] A second phase of the hospital was opened by Princess Anne in 1992. [4] 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. [4] [5]

Various acute services were transferred from Christchurch Hospital to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 2010. [6]

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 £250 million reorganisation of healthcare in Dorset. [7]

On 6 May 2022, Charles, Prince of Wales opened a lavender garden at the hospital dedicated to hospital staff who died during the Covid-19 pandemic. [8]

Services

It has a 24-hour accident & emergency department. [9] It also provides district-wide services for vascular surgery and urology. Outpatient clinics are provided for oral surgery, paediatrics, plastic surgery, ENT (ears, nose and throat), cardiothoracic and neurology. [10]

It is also the home to a diabetic unit called BDEC, which treats and educates local patients diagnosed with the disease. [11]

Performance

The independent regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), rated the Royal Bournemouth Hospital as "Good" overall in March 2018. [12] The findings of the report are summarised in the table below:

SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-ledOverall
Urgent and emergency servicesGoodGoodGoodGoodOutstandingGood
Medical careGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
SurgeryGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
Critical careGoodGoodGoodRequires improvementGoodGood
Maternity and gynaecologyGoodGoodGoodGoodOutstandingGood
Services for children and young peopleGoodGoodOutstandingGoodGoodGood
End of life careGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
Outpatients and diagnostic imagingGoodNot ratedGoodGoodGoodGood
'Overall'GoodGoodGoodGoodOutstandingGood

Porters

A 12-minute film entitled Porters made by students from Newport Film School 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. [13]

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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Sixteen of the original W. B. Simpson tile panels from the Royal Victoria Hospital may be found, mounted on the stairs of the hospital. The panels, which date from 1910, show nursery rhymes and fairy tales. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Royal Bournemouth Hospital" (PDF). Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to The Royal Bournemouth Hospital" (PDF). NHS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Boscombe Hospital, Shelley Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset". 25 June 2010 – via Flickr.
  4. 1 2 3 "21 Achievements over 21 years" (PDF). Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to the Derwent" (PDF). Royal Bournemouth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Hospital bosses blasted over Christchurch ward closure consultation". Bournemouth Echo. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ceremony marks start of work to build new hospital". ITV News. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Prince Charles opens staff garden at Royal Bournemouth Hospital". BBC News. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Accident And Emergency Department - Royal Bournemouth Hospital". Dorset Family Information Directory. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Hospital guide: The Royal Bournemouth Hospital". Dr Foster. 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  11. ↑ "BDEC".
  12. ↑ "Royal Bournemouth Hospital Quality Report" (PDF). Care Quality Commission. p. 11.
  13. ↑ "Bournemouth RBH porters will go down in history as award-winning short film is added to BFI archive". Bournemouth Echo. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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