All adult inpatient services operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a week

Please refer to the relevant acute service for information on how to refer to services:

East Dorset: St. Ann's Hospital

Weymouth: Linden Unit

Bridport: Hughes Unit

Dorchester: Minterne Ward

Sherbourne: Stewart Lodge

Links to all pages are in the Related Information Section 

Adult inpatient services offer acute care for people who have mental health needs, and are over the age of 18, including assessment of need, joint planning and therapeutic treatment.

The aim of all staff is to stabilise people's health needs and enable people to return back to their own home's where they will be supported by Community services in their own familiar surroundings. 

Please refer to each of the individual units for information on what services they provide. Links to all pages are in the Related Information section of this page.

Acute mental illness

All services have multi-disciplinary teams made up of; Registered nurses; Consultant Psychiatrists; Clinical Psychologists; Mental Health Support Workers, Occupational Therapists and other clinical staff.

Depending on where you live you will access different services.

Please refer to the unit in your area for information on how to access services:

East Dorset: St. Ann's Hospital

Weymouth: Linden Unit

Bridport: Hughes Unit

Dorchester: Minterne Ward

Sherbourne: Stewart Lodge

Links to all pages are in the Related Information Section 

If you currently access services please contact your care co-ordinator, or named Nurse. If you don't currently access services please contact your GP

Information available at each unit

Leaflets are available at each unit

East Dorset: St. Ann's Hospital

Weymouth: Linden Unit

Bridport: Hughes Unit

Dorchester: Minterne Ward

Sherbourne: Stewart Lodge

email: enquiries@dhuft.nhs.uk