About

University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) comprises three hospitals: the Royal Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Hospitals which provide services to around 750,000 people across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, east Dorset, Purbeck and parts of the New Forest.

Beyond the walls of the hospitals we provide specialist services such as Oncology, Neurology and Cardiac across the whole of Dorset, South Wiltshire and parts of Hampshire and we also provide services in many community settings, including patients’ homes. Our population is one of the oldest in the UK and there are some very significant health inequalities.

Our Vision

To transform our health and care services positively as part of the Dorset Integrated Care System.

Our Mission

To provide excellent healthcare for our patients and wider community and be a great place to work, now and for future generations.

Our Strategy

Patient First is the overarching strategy for UHD. It is our guiding principle at the heart of everything that we do. It’s also the long term approach we take to transforming health services.

It sets out that our ‘True North’ is the ‘patient first and foremost’. This is supported by our values of compassion, teamwork, communication, respect, continuous improvement and inclusion.