Our Dorset (NHS)

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Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board (ICB) is committed to supporting the whole of the Armed Forces Community and recognises the value this community brings to our organisation. As an Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award holder, we will endeavour to support this community in many ways through encouraging applications to our jobs through this site and ensuring these applications are considered should they meet the criteria required for the role.  The transferrable skills and potential specific needs of military partners are recognised in our proposed Armed Forces Community policy, which also support additional paid leave for Reservists.  The ICB will look at leave requests sympathetically for those who are partners of military personnel who have/are being deployed on exercise or operations, as well as supporting them to work from home where appropriate and consider flexible working.

About us

NHS Dorset is the public name of NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board (ICB).  NHS Dorset assumed the statutory responsibilities of the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and is also responsible for planning to meet the healthcare needs of people and communities in Dorset.  We are committed to working with others to:

  • Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
  • Tackle inequalities in outcome and access
  • Enhance productivity and value for money
  • Help the NHS deliver broader social and economic development, particularly post the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NHS Dorset will listen to people and communities across Dorset, see things from their perspective, and co-design the services that people really need going forward, so that we can support people to live healthy and happy lives from cradle to old age.  We work together locally with:

  • NHS Dorset County Hospital
  • Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
  • South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
  • University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
  • Dorset Council
  • Public Health Dorset
  • People and communities within Dorset.