Dawlish Community Hospital

Dawlish Community Hospital
Barton Terrace
Dawlish
Devon
EX7 9DH

Tel: 01626 868500

Revised MIU arrangements

Our Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) in Dawlish currently remains closed due to staffing levels and the current level of demand on our services. If you have a minor injury, please visit our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Newton Abbot Community Hospital.

We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause our local communities. Thank you for your understanding at this time.

Services provided

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening
Community Nursing
Depression and Anxiety Clinics
Diagnostic Physiological Measurement
District Nurse Service
Health Visitors
Intermediate Care Services
Lower Limb Therapy

Facilities

Accessibility

Car parking
Disabled WC
Induction loop
Step free access

Accommodation

Access to TV
Internet access
Family accommodation
Private rooms

Travel information

When entering the hospital from the lower level entrance, please use either the stairs or the lift to come up to the Main Reception on the upper level. The lower level entrance is only open between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday. If attending the hospital out of these hours, walk up the hill between the hospital and the surgery. At the top of the hill, turn right and enter via the Main Entrance.

Travelling by car

On-site parking arrangements: There is no visitor parking on the hospital site and only a small staff car park which you need a staff parking permit to use. However, there is a public pay and display car park immediately adjacent to hospital that is owned and managed by Teignbridge District Council.

Travelling by bus

Stagecoach operate three buses which stop at Dawlish Green/Brookdale Terrace, which is close to the Dawlish railway station. These are:

Number 2/2A – Regular intervals daily between Newton Abbot and Exeter.

Number 22 – Regular intervals daily between Paignton and Dawlish Warren

Number 186 – Town bus stops outside Hospital. Buses every 30 minutes from Monday to Saturday.

Met Office B Bus – Regular intervals daily between The Met Office in Exeter and Dawlish via Matford, Marsh Barton and Exeter City Centre. This service only serves Dawlish on Sundays.

Directions for walking from the bus stop at Dawlish Green (from the Exeter direction) 0.6 miles on foot to Dawlish Hospital:

The bus will stop at Dawlish Green by the seafront.

By the bus stop cross the road at the zebra crossing.
Follow the path on the left-hand side of the brook.
On exiting the path at the bridge, cross the main road at the pelican crossing to your left.
On reaching the other side turn to your right and proceed to walk up Brunswick Place.
At the top of Brunswick Place, cross over the road and follow the path which runs along the left side of the brook. Keep on this path which will take you into the Barton car park and you will see the Barton Surgery to your left.
The hospital is the next building you will come to on your left after the surgery and the entrance to the hospital from this path will bring you in at the lower level of the hospital.

Directions for walking from the bus stop at Brookdale Terrace (from the direction of Torquay or Newton Abbot) 0.6 miles on foot to Dawlish Hospital:

The bus will stop at Brookdale Terrace. On exiting the bus, turn to your right and proceed to walk up Brunswick Place (directions from Brunswick Place above).

Travelling by rail

The closest train station to the hospital is Dawlish, which is also approximately 0.6 miles from the Hospital.

Walking: On exiting the station, turn left and cross the road at the zebra crossing and follow the path on the left-hand side of the stream. On exiting the path at the bridge, cross the main road at the pelican crossing to your left. On reaching the other side turn to your right and proceed to walk up Brunswick Place (directions as above).