The charitable fund enhances the provision of healthcare services that are provided to the population served by DCH NHS Foundation Trust. This encompasses the provision of medical equipment, furniture and furnishings, improvement of the environment and facilities, enhancement of staff and patient education and the welfare of staff and patients.
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What does Dorset County Hospital Charity do?
Dorset County Hospital Charity exists to enhance care for patients at Dorset County Hospital.
Working with our amazing staff, the local community, corporate partners, volunteers and supporters we raise money to fund those important extras, above and beyond the NHS budget, which make our care for patients better.
We manage fundraising programmes to provide wonderful facilities, state-of-the-art medical equipment, enhanced training opportunities and staff welfare initiatives – essentially making Dorset County Hospital, its environment and its services the best they can possibly be.
We also run special appeals to support major capital projects, such as the Chemotherapy Appeal, or to provide extra funding for our wards and specialist care areas. Our Greatest Need Appeal will support all parts of Dorset County Hospital, funding new equipment and enhancing the hospital environment for everyone who uses it.
What we fund:
Dorset County Hospital is committed to providing the best possible facilities and environment for our patients, visitors and staff, supporting services and projects which cannot be funded by the NHS budget alone.
We use money donated to the Charity to invest in new facilities, state-of-the-art medical equipment and enhanced training to diagnose and treat our patients.
Dorset County Hospital Charity has commenced a £2.5M Capital Appeal, to enhance patient care and staff welfare in the new Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit. The Appeal is raising funds for enhanced facilities to make patient care and staff wellbeing even better. It will also fund artistically designed elements in both new units to help create a sympathetic and healing environment for the benefit of all.
The Need
There is currently insufficient Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit capacity at Dorset County Hospital to meet both current and future demand. The Emergency Department was built to accommodate 22,000 attendances; in 2021/22 attendances were 50,119. To meet patient demand, Dorset County Hospital will build a new Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit which will significantly improve the hospital’s capacity and transform the experience of Emergency and Critical Care patients and their families. Funding has been prioritised by the government’s New Hospital Programme (NHP) for this major development in healthcare provision.
Why fundraise for Dorset County Hospital Charity?
Every year we raise money through donations, gifts, legacies and events to help make our hospital a better place for the 300,000 patients we care for. From supporting major campaigns like the Cancer Appeal to funding better facilities for individual wards, the impact of your support will be felt across every corner of our hospital and will directly touch the heart of our community.
The provision of excellent healthcare can be expensive and many key projects that make a real difference are only possible with the help of all our fundraisers, donors and supporters. Your generous donations directly help our staff to provide the best possible experience for our patients and their families; fund new and advanced medical equipment; create welcoming and comfortable environments for our patients and their families and support staff well-being.
We know that coming to hospital can be a worrying time for many people and that little things can make a big difference. Dorset County Hospital Charity funds a wide range of projects, equipment and those important extras which help to make patient care even better and which cannot be funded by the NHS budget alone.