Based on the south coast of England, the trust serves a population of more than 800,000 people, reaching as far as Purbeck, the New Forest and South Wiltshire, and collectively employing more than 9,000 members of staff. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services, our trust is home to a range of specialist services and facilities including:

• our flagship Dorset Cancer Centre, offering medical and clinical oncology services for the whole of Dorset, serving a total population of over 750,000
• a major trauma unit for east Dorset, serving a population of more than 500,000 people
• a state-of-the-art Cardiology Unit (the Dorset Heart Centre), and
• our award-winning orthopaedic service providing hip and knee replacements (the Derwent Unit)

Within UHD we pride ourselves on the delivery of safe and high quality care. Every single person working within this organisation makes a difference to the quality of care provided.