Victoria Hospital, Wimborne
From 1 July 2011, Dorset Primary Care Trust has transferred the management of community based health services (including those detailed on this web page) to Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust.
Therefore if you have any questions or comments relating to these services, please visit http://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/feedback.
Visiting to all Community Hospitals is 15:00 – 16:30 and 18:30 – 20:00hrs.
It is also requested that only two visitors per bed at any time.
The Ward Manger will be able to make any discretionary exceptions for relatives who wish to give assistance to patients eating or for patients who are unwell.
Matron:
Jacqueline Hourahane
Victoria Road
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 1ER
telephone: 01202 856410
Built to celebrate the jubilee of Queen Victoria over a hundred years ago, it has continued to be a focal point for local health care to the present day.
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Available services
- Cuthbury ward
- Hanham ward
- minor injuries unit (MIU)
- x-ray and ultrasound
- physiotherapy department
- occupational therapy
- visiting Victoria hospital
- leaflets
Services have developed to meet the changing health agenda and today Victoria Hospital, Wimborne is able to provide:
Elective surgery
- inpatient and day cases
- general surgery
- orthopaedics
- oral surgery
- urology
- gynaecology
- ear, nose and throat
- diagnostic endoscopy
Outpatient consultation
– a wide range of medical and Consultant clinics
- cardiology
- clinical oncology
- colposcopy
- dermatology
- elderly medicine
- ear, nose and throat
- general medicine
- gastroenterology
- general surgery
- gynaecology
- ophthalmology
- oral and maxillo facial
- orthopaedic medicine
- orthopaedics
- post menopausal bleeding
- rheumatology
- urology prostate assessment
Other health professional sessions:
- speech therapy
- audiology
- diet (dietetic)
- continence advice
- stoma care
- rheumatology follow up
- orthoptics
- orthotics
Cuthbury ward
A warm welcome is extended to you from all of the staff.
Cuthbury ward is part of your local Community Hospital. It has fifteen beds offering the highest standards of patient care including rehabilitation, respite and palliative care in a warm and friendly environment.
- telephone: (01202) 856438
Ward philosophy
Our patients are regarded as individuals who have the right to make decisions regarding their own care. This care is aimed towards supporting the patient to meet his/her needs, or working with a relative or friend when this is not possible.
Rehabilitation
The environment on a rehabilitation ward is generally less hectic and more relaxed than an acute ward. We promote a friendly environment and focus on the positive.
Rehabilitation enables patients to achieve their optimum level of self-care and independence. You will be encouraged to do as much for yourself as you are able with support form the ward team.
A usual stay is an average of three weeks. This varies according to your individual needs and your plans for the future.
When you no longer need hospital care your discharge will take place as soon as it is possible to do so.
Hanham ward
Hanham ward has a seven bed bay for day surgery patients and five surgical beds for patients staying overnight or for longer.
Surgeons visit from Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals to carry out operations. A variety of specialties are provided:
- anaesthetics
- ear, nose and throat
- general surgery
- gynaecology
- oral surgery
- orthopaedics
- urology
Surgical
- telephone: (01202) 856429
Beds
The ward has seven medical beds. There is a four bed bay and three single rooms for the use of local GPs who look after their own patients and do not require specialist input. This works very well and patients appreciate the fact that they can get inpatient treatment in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere and also be nearer their relatives.
Minor injuries unit (MIU)
The MIU is located in the Hanham ward. More information and opening hours of the MIU is available under related links.
Patients requiring the service outside of these hours should contact the Dorset Emergency Care Service (DECS) on 0845 600 10 13
X-ray and ultrasound
Telephone: 01202 856442
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm
X-ray service
The service provides examinations for patients referred from their GP, outpatient clinics, minor injuries department and the hospital wards.
GP x-rays, by appointment only
The form is either sent or faxed to the department you will be contacted by telephone or post to arrange an appointment. We do not offer a walk-in service.
Urgent x-ray requests
Spaces are kept each day for x-ray requests that have been marked urgent by the doctor. These are usually arranged directly with the patient they can also be arranged with the surgery. The referring GP will make this decision.
Victoria hospital clinic x-rays, wherever possible, these are carried out at the same visit.
X-ray reports are sent to the doctor who requested them. The doctor should tell the patient how to obtain the results.
Chiropractor x-ray service
An x-ray service is provided for Chiropractors. Requests are accepted from all clinics on receipt of an x-ray request form signed by a registered Chiropractor. These x-rays are offered on an appointment system and are chargeable to the patient.
Ultrasound service
Appointments only. Ultrasound scans cannot be arranged over the telephone. The appointments are posted to the patient within one week of receipt. This will include appropriate preparation and acceptance instructions.
The waiting times are:
Urgent: two - seven days
Routine: four - six weeks
Physiotherapy
Available services:
- manual therapy
- therapeutic exercise
- electrotherapy
- locomotion/gait analysis.
We appreciate psychological, cultural and social factors influencing your own role in helping your recover.
Physiotherapist Kathryn Harding is the team leader for the department and is available to answer your questions on services provided.
Musculoskeletal outpatients
The team assess, diagnose and treat 200 or more patients referred each month to the physiotherapy department with musculo-skeletal problems.
Please bring a list of medication and wear appropriate clothing to expose any areas requiring assessment or treatment. Patients may be required to undress to their underwear for spinal assessments
Referrals are accepted from consultants, GPs, minor injury units and other health professionals.
Patients referred on an urgent basis are contacted by phone and seen within five working days of referral. All other patients will receive a letter from the department informing them of our waiting times.
Community physiotherapy
Patients unable to attend the department and suitable for home treatment are referred to the community physiotherapy team based at St Leonard’s Hospital.
Neurological and rehabilitative physiotherapy
The team provide physiotherapy input for patients with neurological or orthopaedic problems required as part of their assessment and ongoing treatment.
Gynaecology/urotherapy physiotherapy
Senior physiotherapists provide a comprehensive urotherapy service for patients experiencing symptoms of urine leakage, incontinence, urgency or frequency.
NHS referrals are accepted from consultants, GPs and other health professionals throughout the region. All details of your treatment will be discussed with you at your appointment.
Appointments
If you cannot attend an appointment for any reason, please contact the department on 01202 856449 as soon as possible.
We also have physiotherapy students, when attending, they are supervised by a senior physiotherapist. If you have any questions, please ask member of staff.
Occupational therapy
The department provides a rehabilitation service for both in and outpatients with the aim to enable people to manage their lives as independently as possible following illness or injury.
Intervention may include:
assessment and treatment of daily living skills for personal and domestic tasks
- adaptations / equipment provision to the home
- cognitive and perceptual testing and treatment
- lifestyle and condition management programmes
- hand therapy treatment and provision of orthotic splinting
- home assessment visits to aid planning of safe discharge from hospital
Patients may be seen on the wards, in the Occupational Therapy department or in their own homes.
The team accept referrals from consultants, GPs and other health care professionals.
For queries regarding Occupational Therapy, please telephone 01202 856411.
Visiting the hospital
Victoria hospital is located on the Wimborne to Blandford road. It serves a population of approximately 73,770 people.
Stagecoach buses numbers 132 and 133 all stop in Wimborne Square, which is approximately 10 minutes walk from the hospital.
There is a Car Park adjacent to the Outpatients Department for patients and visitors.
