Royal Bournemouth Hospital

The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is an acute general hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. It has 692 beds and is part of Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.LocationThe hospital is located a short distance from the Wessex Way in Castle Lane East in Bournemouth. It is served by bus routes operated by Wilts & Dorset and Yellow Buses. Bournemouth railway station is approximately from the hospital.HistoryThe hospital opened in 1989. It replaced the Royal Victoria Hospital, Shelley Rd, Boscombe which was then demolished in 1993. (Sixteen of the original W. B. Simpson tile panels from the Royal Victoria Hospital may be found, mounted on the stairs of the hospital. The panels, which date from 1910, show nursery rhymes and fairy tales.) It also replaced the acute services at the Christchurch Hospital which were closed down.The Hospital Trust gained Foundation Trust status on 1 April 2005 following three consecutive years of being rated as a three star performing trust.ServicesIt has a 24-hour accident & emergency department, which sees around 60,000 patients a year, and a large day treatment centre and day surgery unit. A purpose built 18-bed ophthalmic unit is located on site as well as a cardiology unit and an orthopaedic unit providing hip and knee replacements.