Royal Bournemouth Hospital
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is an acute general hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is managed by the Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The first phase of the hospital, which replaced the Royal Victoria Hospital, opened in 1989. A second phase of the hospital was opened by Princess Anne in 1992. 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.Various acute services were transferred from Christchurch Hospital to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 2010.
Services
It has a 24-hour accident & emergency department. It also provides district-wide services for vascular surgery and urology. Outpatient clinics are provided for oral surgery, paediatrics, plastic surgery, ENT, cardiothoracic and neurology.It is also the home to a diabetic unit called BDEC, which treats and educates local patients diagnosed with the disease.
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.CQC
The independent regulator, the Care Quality Commission, rated the Royal Bournemouth Hospital as "Good" overall in March 2018. The findings of the report are summarised in the table below:| Safe | Effective | Caring | Responsive | Well-led | Overall | |
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| Maternity and gynaecology | ||||||
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| Outpatients and diagnostic imaging | ||||||
| 'Overall' |