Report calls for improved patient access in Dorset
NHS Dorset has asked Healthwatch Dorset to independently evaluate patient experiences in urgent and emergency healthcare settings.
NHS Dorset has asked Healthwatch Dorset to independently evaluate patient experiences in urgent and emergency healthcare settings.
The minor injuries unit at Swanage Hospital will continue to run with slightly reduced opening hours while staffing issues are addressed.
Fortunately Wimborne, Shaftesbury and Weymouth will be open, but Bridport, Sherborne and Swanage will be closed.
Three centres in Dorset will be open on 18 and 19 January but four others will be closed during the strike.
Busier than ever, the units across the county have now re-opened, with Wimborne retaining its extended hours.
The MIU at Victoria Hospital, along with several others in Dorset is re-opening on Friday 1 April with longer opening hours.
Staffing difficulties, made more challenging by Covid-19 related absences, have resulted in the planned temporary closure of three Dorset MIUs.
It’s been a year of disruption for Dorset HealthCare’s minor injury units (MIUs) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the good news is they should all be up-and-running this summer.