Royal Bournemouth Hospital

{{Infobox hospital

| Name = Royal Bournemouth Hospital

| Org/Group = University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

| Image = Royal Bournemouth Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 64197.jpg

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| Caption = Royal Bournemouth Hospital

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| Location = Bournemouth

| Region = Dorset

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| Country = England

| Coordinates = {{coord|50|44|52.4|N|1|49|18.71|W|region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| HealthCare = NHS

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| Type = General

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| Emergency = Yes

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| Beds = 723 {{cite web|url=https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/new_reports/AAAH1897.pdf|title=Royal Bournemouth Hospital|publisher=Care Quality Commission|accessdate=3 July 2019}}

| Founded = 1989

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The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is an acute general hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is managed by the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital was managed by The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust until the merger with Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2020.

Location

The hospital is located a short distance from the Wessex Way (A338) in Castle Lane East (A3060) in Bournemouth. It is served by bus routes operated by Wilts & Dorset. Bournemouth railway station is approximately {{convert|1.5|mi}} from the hospital.{{cite web|url=http://www.rbch.nhs.uk/about_us/hospitals/pdf/bournleafletv5.pdf|format=PDF|title=Welcome to The Royal Bournemouth Hospital|publisher=NHS|accessdate=19 July 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008182504/http://www.rbch.nhs.uk/about_us/hospitals/pdf/bournleafletv5.pdf|archivedate=8 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}

History

The first phase of the hospital, which replaced the Royal Victoria Hospital,{{efn|Sixteen of the original W. B. Simpson tile panels from the Royal Victoria Hospital may be found, mounted on the stairs of the hospital. The panels, which date from 1910, show nursery rhymes and fairy tales.{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/alwyn_ladell/4732755789/|title=Boscombe Hospital, Shelley Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset|date=25 June 2010|via=Flickr}}}} opened in 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.rbch.nhs.uk/assets/templates/rbch/documents/our_services/support/communications/news_release/2010/021210_2.pdf|title=21 Achievements over 21 years|publisher=Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|accessdate=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226022939/http://www.rbch.nhs.uk/assets/templates/rbch/documents/our_services/support/communications/news_release/2010/021210_2.pdf |archive-date=26 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} A second phase of the hospital was opened by Princess Anne in 1992. A Cardiac Intervention Unit was opened in April 2005 and the Derwent Hospital, a 28-bed unit previously operated as a private hospital, was purchased in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.rbch.nhs.uk/assets/templates/rbch/documents/our_services/wards/derwent.pdf|title=Welcome to the Derwent|publisher=Royal Bournemouth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|accessdate=11 September 2018}}

Various acute services were transferred from Christchurch Hospital to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/4783926.Hospital_bosses_blasted_over_Christchurch_ward_closure_consultation/|title=Hospital bosses blasted over Christchurch ward closure consultation|date=9 December 2009|publisher=Bournemouth Echo|accessdate=11 September 2018}}

On 3 November 2021, a ceremony was carried out to mark the start of construction work on building a new wing. The project is part of a £250{{nbsp}}million reorganisation of healthcare in Dorset.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-03|title=Ceremony marks start of work to build new hospital|url=https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2021-11-03/ceremony-marks-start-of-work-to-build-new-hospital|access-date=2021-11-04|website=ITV News|language=en}}

On 6 May 2022, Charles, Prince of Wales opened a lavender garden at the hospital dedicated to hospital staff who died during the Covid-19 pandemic.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-06 |title=Prince Charles opens staff garden at Royal Bournemouth Hospital |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-61349766 |access-date=2022-05-07}}

In 2023, the Royal Bournemouth Hospital became the NHS’s first healthcare facility in the United Kingdom to have a section of its hospital under construction using AI technology developed by Buildots, an Israeli AI software platform that analyzes data captured at a building site through 360-degree cameras mounted on helmets.{{cite web |last1=Leichman |first1=Abigail Klein |title=Israeli AI construction technology helps build UK hospital |url=https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-ai-construction-technology-helps-build-uk-hospital/ |website=ISRAEL21c |date=29 January 2023}}

Services

It has a 24-hour accident & emergency department.{{cite web|url=https://familyinformationdirectory.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/kb5/dorset/fsd/service.page?id=sDwiehQEZlU|title=Accident And Emergency Department - Royal Bournemouth Hospital|publisher=Dorset Family Information Directory|accessdate=11 September 2018}} It also provides district-wide services for vascular surgery and urology. Outpatient clinics are provided for oral surgery, paediatrics, plastic surgery, ENT (ears, nose and throat), cardiothoracic and neurology.{{cite web|url=http://www.drfosterhealth.co.uk/hospital-guide/hospital/nhs/Royal-Bournemouth-Hospital,-The-198.aspx|title=Hospital guide: The Royal Bournemouth Hospital|publisher=Dr Foster|year=2010|accessdate=19 July 2010}}

It is also the home to a diabetic unit called BDEC, which treats and educates local patients diagnosed with the disease.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rbch.nhs.uk/bdec2/|title=BDEC}}

Performance

The independent regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), rated the Royal Bournemouth Hospital as "Good" overall in March 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/new_reports/AAAH1897.pdf|title=Royal Bournemouth Hospital Quality Report|publisher=Care Quality Commission|format=PDF|page=11}} The findings of the report are summarised in the table below:

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!Safe

!Effective

!Caring

!Responsive

!Well-led

!Overall

Urgent and emergency services

|{{yes|Good}}

|{{won|place=Gold|Outstanding}}

|{{yes|Good}}

Medical care

|{{yes|Good}}

Surgery

|{{yes|Good}}

Critical care

|{{yes|Good}}

|{{no|Requires improvement}}

|{{yes|Good}}

Maternity and gynaecology

|{{yes|Good}}

|{{won|place=Gold|Outstanding}}

|{{yes|Good}}

Services for children and young people

|{{yes|Good}}

|{{won|place=Gold|Outstanding}}

|{{yes|Good}}

End of life care

|{{yes|Good}}

Outpatients and diagnostic imaging

|{{yes|Good}}

|{{unknown|Not rated}}

|{{yes|Good}}

'Overall'

|{{yes|Good}}

|{{won|place=Gold|Outstanding}}

|{{yes|Good}}

Porters

A 12-minute film entitled Porters made by students from Newport Film School at the hospital in 2015, told the story of the hospital's porters. It won a number of awards and was added to the British Film Institute's national archives.{{cite news|title=Bournemouth RBH porters will go down in history as award-winning short film is added to BFI archive|url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14137177.WATCH__The_short_film_about_Bournemouth_hospital_s_porters_that_s_being_added_to_the_BFI_s_archive/?ref=fbpg|accessdate=12 December 2015|work=Bournemouth Echo|date=11 December 2015}}