The NHS in Dorset is using innovation to help see patients more quickly, with plans to run clinics on the top floor of Beales department store in the Dolphin Centre, Poole.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD) is developing plans with partners across Dorset to run outpatient appointments in a completely different way, taking over the top floor of Beales department store in the Dolphin Centre in Poole. This space will be converted into a safe, clinical area for tests and screening. This is in response to the growing waiting lists following many cancellations because of the Covid pandemic. The new centre is planned to welcome its first patients in the autumn.