Videos and content from Dorset HealthCare - the NHS Trust which is responsible for all community and mental health services across Dorset. We serve a population of almost 700,000 people, employing around 5,000 staff.
We run Dorset's 11 community hospitals and the minor injuries units - as well as providing adult and children's community and mental health services, healthcare in Dorset's four prisons, specialist learning disability services, community brain injury services, addiction services and community dental services.
Our community health services encompass: district nurses, health visitors, school nursing, end of life care, sexual health promotion, safeguarding children, diabetes education, audiology, speech and language therapy, dermatology, podiatry, orthopaedic, wheelchair services and breastfeeding support services.
The Trust provides local services across a range of locations throughout Dorset, and even provides some services in Devon and the city of Southampton.