You are invited to come and meet the team and look around our service, even out the back in the warehouse!

10am-3pm

The Acorn Building, St Leonards Hospotal, Ringwood Road, BH24 2RR

A deaf local musician has described the moment he was able to hear again as a ‘sensory eureka moment’ – and it’s all thanks to Dorset HealthCare.

Our annual Dragons' Den innovation competition is similar to the hit BBC television programme, though our ‘dragons’ are not as mean. It is the opportunity for staff to put forward a great idea and – if shortlisted – pitch for project funding and management support to make their proposal a reality.

We’d like to enlist your help. We’d like you to pick your favourite three ideas from the shortlist. The most popular ideas will be pitched to our Dragons at the final on Thursday 12 September at The Lighthouse in Poole.

TV doctor and health coach Helen Lawal will be the guest speaker at Dorset HealthCare’s Annual Members’ Meeting next month. The day is open to the public and free to attend but places are limited, so book your place now!

This short film by the Kings Fund, takes us on a whistle stop tour of how the NHS works, and how it is changing.

It’s a case of grabbing a partner and putting your best foot forward for people recovering from surgery in the Weymouth area, where dance classes are helping them bounce back to full fitness.

Dorset HealthCare is one of just two trusts in the south west to partner with The Royal Mint for the release of a limited number of special ‘NHS’ design 10p coins.

Dorset’s Armed Forces Community Health and Wellbeing Team has been presented with a top accolade at the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards for its work in mental health.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is the latest big name to lend their support to a pioneering initiative by Dorset HealthCare to encourage more women to breastfeed.

Sexual health services across Dorset are being reorganised to meet demand and give people faster, more effective support.

Weymouth Community Hospital has been designated to run one of the first 150 NHS Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs) operating across the country.

More and more people in Dorset are playing a part in their loved ones’ hospital care thanks to a successful ‘passport’ scheme.

Renowned radio and television presenter Valerie Singleton OBE says she’s absolutely amazed at the transformation of the radiology department at Sherborne’s Yeatman Hospital.

Dorset HealthCare has been rated ‘good’ by England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals after making significant improvements to the quality of services for patients.