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Search results for DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS

  • Where to give birth: the options

    Find out about your options for where to give birth: at home, in hospital or at a midwife-led (midwifery) unit. Learn more about which pain relief methods will be available.

  • Special care: ill or premature babies

    Find out about the special care given to babies born early (prematurely) or those who are sick, jaundiced or born with a disability.

  • Outpatients and day patients

    Find out what happens before, during and after your outpatient appointment and how you should prepare.

  • Test results for COVID-19

    Find out what your NHS COVID-19 rapid lateral flow test result means.

  • Mental Health Act

    In most cases when people are treated in hospital or another mental health facility, they have agreed or volunteered to be there. But there are cases when a person can be detained, also known as sectioned, under the Mental Health Act (1983) and treated without their agreement.

  • What happens during female sterilisation

    Find out how female sterilisation is done as keyhole surgery in hospital.

  • Preparing for female sterilisation

    Find out how to prepare for female sterilisation, including what to do before a general anaesthetic.

  • Zika virus

    Find out more about Zika virus, including where it's found, how you catch it and what the symptoms are.

  • Yellow fever

    Find out about yellow fever, including where it's found, what the symptoms are, and how it can be prevented by having the yellow fever vaccine.

  • X-ray

    Read about how X-rays work, why they're used, what happens before, during and after an X-ray, and what the risks are.