Wards & Departments

The wards and departments are listed below. You can click the A–to–Z below to help guide you to your particular choice.

A

Abbotsbury Ward

North Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255482

Visiting Hours: 2:30 – 3:30pm, 7 – 8pm

A&E: Accident and Emergency

Tel: 01305 255541

Anaesthesia

Department of Anaesthesia, including the Anaesthetic Pre–assessment Unit - Tel: 01305 254222

Audiology

Audiology & Hearing Therapy Department - Tel: 01305 255563

B

Barnes Ward

South Wing, Level 3 - Tel: 01305 255213

Visiting Hours: 2:30 – 3:30pm, 7 – 8pm

Breast Care Nurses

Tel: 01305 255160

C

Cardiac Services

Part of the Dorset and Somerset Cardiac Network

Cancer Services

Part of the Dorset Cancer Network

CADAS

Community Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service - Tel: 01305 265635

Chapel

The Chapel is situated on Level 3 of the South Wing and is open at all times as a place of quiet reflection and prayer - Tel: 01305 255198

Chickerell Ward

East Wing, Level 2, Tel: 01305 254232

Visiting Hours: 3:30 – 4:30pm, 7 – 8pm

Children’s Page

 

CrCU: Critical Care Unit

Tel: 01305 255596

D

Damers Restaurant

The hospital restaurant, located in North Wing - Tel: 01305 254291

Day Lewis Ward

South Wing, Level 3 - Tel: 01305 255219

Visiting Hours: 2:30 – 3:30pm, 7 – 8pm

Day Surgery Unit

Information about the units and surgical procedures - Tel: 01305 254500

Dermatology

Based in the North Wing of Dorset County Hospital - Tel: 01305 255740

Diabetes Centre

Tel: 01305 255130

Dietitians

Tel: 01305 254795

Diagnostic Imaging

Tel: 01305 254131

Discharge Lounge

When a patient is ready for discharge, they can be moved to the discharge lounge - Tel: 01305 255748

E

Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic

Tel: 01305 255760

Easton Ward

East Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255654

Visiting Hours: 3:30 – 4:30pm, 7 – 8pm

Education Centre

Providing education and training for hospital medical and support staff and for local GPs - Tel: 01305 254686

EMU: Emergency Medical Unit

South Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255870

Visiting Hours: 3:30 – 4:30pm, 7 – 8pm

Endoscopy

Tel: 01305 255225

F

Fertility Service

Tel: 01305 254141

Fortuneswell Unit

Chemotherapy department - Tel: 01305 254355

G
GUM

Department of Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) - The Park Centre for Sexual Health - Tel: 01305 252682

H

Hardy Ward

South Wing, Level 3 - Tel: 01305 255164

Visiting Hours: 2:30 – 3:30pm, 7 – 8pm

HDU: High Dependency Unit

South Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255325

Hinton Ward

South Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255325

Visiting Hours: 3:30 – 4:30pm, 7 – 8pm

Hydrotherapy

Part of the Rehabilitation Department - Tel: 01305 255429

I

ICT Department

Tel: 01305 254603

ICU: Intensive Care Unit

South Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255596

Ilchester Ward

South Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255234

Visiting Hours: 3:30 – 4:30pm, 7 – 8pm

Infection Protection and Control

Tel: 01305 254343

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Service

Tel: 01305 255102

K

Kingfisher Ward

East Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 254253

Visiting Hours: Open visiting

L

League of Friends

Providing comfort and help for over 50 years - Tel: 01305 255896

Library

Tel: 01305 255248

Lulworth Ward

North Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255471

Visiting Hours: 2:30 – 3:30pm, 7 – 8pm

M

Mammography

Tel: 01305 254131

Maternity Unit

East Wing, Level 1 - Tel: 01305 254267

Visiting Hours: 3:30 – 4:30pm, 7 – 8pm. Partners and mother’s children welcome 9am – 9pm

Maud Alexander Ward

South Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255524

Visiting Hours: 3:30 – 4:30pm, 7 – 8pm

Medical Physics Department

Tel: 01305 255721

O

Occupational Therapy

Part of Adult Services - Tel: 01305 255241

Orthopaedic Outpatients

Tel: 01305 255461

P

Pain Relief Clinic

Part of the Department of Anaesthesia - Tel: 01305 254502

Pathology

Tel: 01305 254362

PALS: Patient Advice and Liaison Service

Tel: 0800 7838058

Pharmacy

Tel: 01305 255294

Physiotherapy

Part of the Rehabilitation Department - Tel: 01305 255314

Pre–assessment Unit

Part of the Department of Anaesthesia - Tel: 01305 254222

Prince of Wales Ward

South Wing, Level 3 - Tel: 01305 255139

Visiting Hours: 3:30 – 4:30pm, 7 – 8pm

Purbeck Ward

North Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255593

Visiting Hours: 2:30 – 3:30pm, 7 – 8pm

R

Radiology

Tel: 01305 254530

Renal Dialysis Unit

Part of the Dorset Renal Service - Tel: 01305 255345

Respiratory Medicine

Tel: 01305 255420

Research and Development

Learn more about this department and the Clinical Trials Unit - Tel: 01305 255298

Rheumatology Department

Tel: 01305 255238

Ridgeway Radio

Voluntary hospital radio - Tel: 01305 254227

Ridgeway Ward

North Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255561

Visiting Hours: 2:30 – 3:30pm, 7 – 8pm

S

SCBU: Special Care Baby Unit

East Wing, Level 1 - Tel: 01305 254234

Visiting Hours: Open visiting for parents and siblings, except during time 12pm – 2pm. Other visitors welcome 2 – 8pm

Social Care and Health

Tel: 01305 251150

Stoma Care Department

Tel: 01305 255152

Stroke Services

Hardy Ward - Tel: 01305 255164

Surgical Admission Lounge

North Wing, Level 2 - Tel: 01305 255836

T

Theatres

Information about your operation

U

Ultrasound

General information about ultrasound - Tel: 01305 254131

Ultrasound—Antenatal

Specific information about scans during pregnancy - Tel: 01305 254131

Urology

The Urology Nurses Service - Tel: 01305 255695

X

X–Ray

Tel: 01305 254131