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University Hospitals Dorset

Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, BH7 7DW · Run by Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust · 01202303626

Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist

CQC: Not yet rated

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Contains public sector information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
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A&E
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Cancer
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Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
32.0% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
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A&E performance

Trust-wide (Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
0
All department types · latest month
Waited over 12 hours
0
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
4
All department types · latest month

This trust does not run a separate major (Type 1) A&E department — the figures above are for its minor-injury unit(s) or urgent treatment centre(s) — Type 3 in NHS England’s classification.

Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data

Staff experience (NHS Staff Survey)

2025 · the views of staff who work at this trust — a measure of workforce culture, morale and confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes. There is no official NHS target for these figures, so they are shown as context, never a pass or fail.

Staff happy for a friend or relative to be treated here
74.3%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▲ 0.4 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
7.11
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
68.9%
Agreed · 2025

The NHS Staff Survey records the views of staff who chose to respond — a measure of workforce culture, morale and staff confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes or safety. Response rates vary between trusts. England only; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate staff surveys on a different basis, so these figures are never compared across nations.

Source: NHS Staff Survey (NHS England), Open Government Licence. About this data

Cancelled operations

Trust-wide (Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust) · Quarter ending 30 June 2026· last-minute cancellations for NON-CLINICAL reasons (no bed, no staff, an emergency taking priority) — not cancellations chosen by the patient or on clinical grounds. It's a raw count, so larger trusts naturally cancel more in absolute terms — read this alongside the other measures above, not on its own.

Last-minute cancellations
0
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
0
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days

Source: NHS England (QMCO). About this data

Stroke care (SSNAP audit)

Trust-wide (Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust) · Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, latest quarter to 2026· the SSNAP level (A best .. E) is the audit's own published grade for the quality of this team's acute stroke-care PROCESSES, adjusted for case-mix, case ascertainment and audit compliance — it is not a guarantee of any individual patient's outcome. England only; SSNAP also covers Wales and Northern Ireland.

Rowan Rehabilitation Unit
B78.0/100
Wessex
Domain grades (patient-centred)
Specialist pathwayA
Therapy intensityD
Therapy frequencyD
Standards by dischargeB
Case ascertainment AAudit compliance A

Source: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Diagnostic test waits

Trust-wide (Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
32.0%
of 2,792 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Audiology2,45736.1%88826
Ultrasound3351.8%60
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
10%20%30%Apr 25Jan 2632.0%11.5%April 20258.1%May 20259.5%June 202516.9%July 202512.8%August 20256.4%September 20256.1%October 20257.4%November 202516.4%December 202518.1%January 202618.3%February 202627.7%March 202629.7%April 202629.8%May 202632.0%June 2026

Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data

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About this data

Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.