Royal Bournemouth Hospital : Emergency Department

General information

The Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) is an acute hospital which opened in 1992. Our 24-hour Emergency Department, which sees around 60,000 patients a year, and a large Day of Surgery Admissions Unit (the Sandbourne Suite). A purpose built Ophthalmic (eye) Unit is located on site as well as a state-of-the-art Cardiology Unit (the Dorset Heart Centre) and award winning orthopaedic service providing hip and knee replacements (the Derwent Unit).

We also provides district-wide services for cardiac interventions, vascular surgery and
urology. Outpatient clinics are provided for oral surgery, paediatrics, plastic surgery, ENT (ear, nose and throat), cardiothoracic and neurology.

At Christchurch Hospital an all-age rehabilitation service has been developed, particularly in the award-winning Day Hospital. Most patients are however elderly, reflecting the local population. There is an excellent infrastructure to support rehabilitation with superb physiotherapy and occupational therapy facilities.

Outpatient clinics have expanded over recent years and include gastroenterology, breast,
oncology, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, podiatry and medicine for the elderly. Dermatology and rheumatology outpatient services are also provided at Christchurch Hospital together with phlebotomy (blood taking) services, diagnostic services and palliative care (the Macmillan Unit).

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