The hospital is located a short distance from the Wessex Way (A338) in Castle Lane East (A3060) in Bournemouth.

[6] On 3 November 2021, a ceremony was carried out to mark the start of construction work on building a new wing.

[10] It is also the home to a diabetic unit called BDEC, which treats and educates local patients diagnosed with the disease.

[11] The independent regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), rated the Royal Bournemouth Hospital as "Good" overall in March 2018.

It won a number of awards and was added to the British Film Institute's national archives.