New plans for hospital depts revealed

by Faith Eckersall

Thanks to a multi-million-pound donation by the Friends of the Royal Victoria Hospital at Wimborne, plans to form a new Minor Injuries Unit and enhanced physiotherapy department have been unveiled.

Starting in the early summer, changes will see an increase in paediatric and primary care treatment rooms with improved privacy and new Minor Injuries Unit facilities that will meet current emergency medicine, safeguarding and Care Quality Commission standards.

The Friends also hope to see a reduction in MIU waiting times, with better local access and an improved physio gym with more flexibility, ventilation and privacy for patients.

The plans come on top of the ongoing improvements to the hospital’s X-Ray department which have been, in part, also funded by the Friends.

The removal of the MIU from the rear to the front of the building will also make it easier to promote it to an Urgent Treatment Centre in the future. n The Friends of Wimborne’s Royal Victoria Hospital have thanked local groups for their recent financial donations.

The Friends are also pursuing their goal of securing the land adjacent to the hospital, vacated by the Football Club and earmarked for hospital use.

A spokesman said: “Current plans are to use it to enlarge the car parking available, but in decades to come, it might be put to other uses, such as expanding the hospital’s healthcare facilities.” Find out more at friendswimbornehospital.org.uk.

Witchampton & Crichel Club gave £277, East Dorset Tractor Pack £229 and the organisation received £1,070 from Wimborne Bowls Club.

Diary dates for 2023 include the June 10 Minster Fair on Minster Green and, on July 13, the NHS 75th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting at Wimborne Community Centre.