Updated 14 September 2023
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust provides acute and emergency services to people living in Poole, Bournemouth and East Dorset. University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust provides a wide range of hospital and community-based care to a population of 771,000 based in the Dorset, New Forest and south Wiltshire areas.
On 1 October 2020, The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust merged to form a new organisation.
The trust provides a wide range of hospital and community-based care; and employs approximately 8,400 members of staff, both clinical and non-clinical. The trust has not been rated since the merger in October 2020. The hospital's ratings were inherited from the previous provider.
We carried out a focused inspection with a short notice on 27 and 28 June 2023. The inspection was carried out because we had concerns about care and treatment in some areas of outpatients. We did not look at all key lines of enquiry but limited these to areas where concerns had been raised.