Search results for DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NHS
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Mental health aftercare if you have been sectioned - Social care and support guide
Read about the mental health aftercare you may need when you leave a psychiatric hospital after being sectioned.
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Care after illness or hospital discharge (reablement) - Social care and support guide
Short-term care for people who need extra support to help their recovery at home.
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Choosing where you have end of life care
If you are approaching the end of life, you may be offered care in a variety of settings. A palliative care team should try to organise for you to be cared for according to your wishes.
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Tests for diagnosing dementia
Information on the tests used by GPs and specialists to diagnose dementia, including the GPCOG test, blood tests and brain scans.
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Your newborn twins
What to expect at the hospital after your twins or triplets are born, and tips for when you take them home.
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Baby and toddler safety
Safety for babies, including preventing falls, burns and scalds, choking and suffocation, strangulation, drowning and poisoning.
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Expressing and storing breast milk
Everything you need to know about expressing and storing your breast milk, including tips on hand expressing and electric breast pumps, and how to freeze, defrost and warm breast milk.
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Hospitals
Information about NHS hospitals, including going into hospital, staying in hospital and being discharged.
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Going into hospital
Advice about going into hospital as a patient or a visitor
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Visiting someone in hospital
The information in this section is a general guide to visiting someone in hospital. Details will vary depending on which hospital you're visiting. Check on the hospital's website for more information.