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Dorset County Hospital

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Williams Avenue, Dorchester, West Dorset DT1 2JY

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Charged onsite parking

Overview

Requires Improvement

rating from the Care Quality Commission.

135	total admissions.

49990

NHS admissions.

Not collecting patient outcomes (PROMs)

Onsite pharmacy • Onsite diagnostic tests

Last updated:

31/10/2025

About

This information is provided by Dorset County Hospital.

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Hospital website

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How the PHIN website can help you

10 min read
22/10/2025

Patient feedback

Surveys from patients about the care they received from Dorset County Hospital.

Patient Satisfaction

…	Not enough data available to show patient satisfaction feedback.

Patient Experience

…	Not enough data available to show patient experience feedback.

About hospital patient feedback

4 min read
20/03/2025

PROMs participation

PROMs (Patient-Reported Outcome Measures) helps future patients understand how surgery affects daily life - like pain levels, mobility, or quality of life.

Not participating in PROMs This hospital is not collecting and reporting on PROMs feedback from patients.

About health improvement (including PROMs)

4 min read
24/03/2025

Regulator rating

All hospitals are inspected and rated by an independent regulator.

Overall Rating	Requires Improvement
Safety of services	Requires Improvement
Effectiveness of services	Good
Responsiveness of services	Good
Caring	Good
Well-led	Requires Improvement

Full report available on the Care Quality Commission website

About healthcare regulators and their ratings

2 min read
27/03/2025

Associated Registries

This hospital is listed on one or more clinical registries. Follow the link to explore more information about their practice.

National Joint Registry

What are healthcare registries?

6 min read
08/01/2025

Incident reporting

To ensure transparency, hospitals are required to provide PHIN with data about incidents in their care.

It is important to note that, unless otherwise stated, the measures in this section relate to the overall performance of the hospital and not specifically to any selected procedure.

Data received from the Dorset County Hospital is incomplete.

Understanding hospital profiles: Safety and risk measures

1 min read
01/07/2025

Facilities

Services and resources available at this hospital.

Amenities

Visitor restaurant
Charged onsite parking

Medical

Onsite surgical procedures
Onsite diagnostic tests
Outpatient treatment rooms
Extended recovery unit
Onsite pharmacy
Urgent care walk-in centre
End of life care