Search results for DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS
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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.
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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.
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Outpatients and day patients
Find out what happens before, during and after your outpatient appointment and how you should prepare.
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Test results for COVID-19
Find out what your NHS COVID-19 rapid lateral flow test result means.
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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.
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What happens during female sterilisation
Find out how female sterilisation is done as keyhole surgery in hospital.
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Preparing for female sterilisation
Find out how to prepare for female sterilisation, including what to do before a general anaesthetic.
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Zika virus
Find out more about Zika virus, including where it's found, how you catch it and what the symptoms are.
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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.
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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.