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Weymouth LifeDorset

Doctors, dentists, A&E

Who to ring and where to go, from a life threatening emergency down to a sore throat. Weymouth has no A&E, so this matters.

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In an emergency

Weymouth has no A&E. The nearest is Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester. Tap to call.

999

Life threatening emergency

Hours: 24 hours

Ambulance, police, fire or coastguard. Chest pain, trouble breathing, heavy bleeding, stroke signs, someone unconscious, anyone in the water. 112 works too.

NHS 111

Urgent but not an emergency

Hours: 24 hours

Free. Tells you where to go, can book you into the urgent treatment centre or an out of hours GP, and has a mental health option. Emergency dental problems go through 111 as well.

Dorset County Hospital A&E

Nearest A&E

Williams Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2JY

Hours: 24 hours

The nearest emergency department to Weymouth, about 20 minutes up the A354. Walk in through South Wing, Entrance 1, while the new department is being built. Weymouth has no A&E.

Weymouth Urgent Treatment Centre

Urgent treatment centre

Weymouth Community Hospital, 3 Melcombe Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 7TB

Hours: 8am to 8pm every day, last patient 7.30pm. X-ray Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, weekends 10am to 2pm

Sprains, suspected broken bones, cuts, minor burns, minor head injuries, bites, minor eye injuries. Ring 111 first and they can book you a slot. No beds, no A&E.

Connection, Dorset mental health helpline

Mental health crisis

Hours: 24 hours

Free, any age, anywhere in Dorset, run by the NHS. Also reachable through 111. If a life is at risk call 999. Samaritans are on 116 123, free, any time.

Coastguard

Trouble on the water or the cliffs

Hours: 24 hours

Dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard. Someone cut off by the tide, in the water, or stuck on the cliffs. The Wyke Regis volunteer rescue team covers Abbotsbury to White Nothe.

Doctors

Every GP practice in Weymouth and Portland. Whether they are taking new patients is what nhs.uk said when we checked, so ask the practice.

Weymouth Bay Medical Practice

GP surgery

Royal Crescent Surgery, 25 Crescent Street, Weymouth, DT4 7BY

Hours: See the practice website

Also runs Preston Road Surgery (102 Preston Road, 01305 832203) and Dorchester Road Surgery (179 Dorchester Road, 01305 766472). Taking new patients on nhs.uk, September 2026.

The Bridges Medical Practice

GP surgery

26 Commercial Road, Weymouth, DT4 7DW

Hours: Monday 8am to 7.30pm, Tuesday to Friday 8am to 6.30pm

Branch at Littlemoor Surgery, Louviers Road, 01305 813040. Taking new patients on nhs.uk, September 2026.

Cross Road Surgery

GP surgery

Cross Road, Weymouth, DT4 9QX

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm

Taking new patients on nhs.uk, September 2026.

Wyke Regis and Lanehouse Medical Practice

GP surgery

Portland Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, DT4 9BE

Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.30pm, Saturday enhanced access clinics

One number for all three sites: Wyke Regis, Lanehouse Surgery on Ludlow Road, and Chickerell Surgery on Lower Way. Taking new patients, September 2026.

Royal Manor Health Care

GP surgery, Portland

Royal Manor Health Centre, Park Estate Road, Easton, Portland, DT5 2BJ

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm

Branch at The Gatehouse Surgery, Castle Road, same number. Taking new patients on nhs.uk, September 2026.

Dentists

NHS dentist status changes weekly. The notes say what nhs.uk said and when. For urgent dental pain ring 111.

Melcombe Avenue Dental Practice

Dentist

Weymouth Community Hospital, 3 Melcombe Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 7TB

Hours: See nhs.uk

NHS: taking new NHS patients aged 17 and under only, as of July 2026. Adults needing an NHS dentist urgently should ring 111.

Greenhill Dental Practice

Dentist

1 Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT4 7JR

Hours: See nhs.uk

Not taking new NHS patients as of June 2026. Private patients, ask the practice.

The Bridges Dental Practice

Dentist

23 Gloucester Street, Weymouth, DT4 7AW

Hours: See nhs.uk

Not taking new NHS patients as of August 2026.

Carlton Dental Practice

Dentist

1 Carlton Road South, Weymouth, DT4 7PL

Hours: See nhs.uk

Check nhs.uk for whether they are taking NHS patients, it changes often.

Littlemoor Dental Practice

Dentist

Littlemoor Shopping Centre, Littlemoor Road, Weymouth, DT3 6NQ

Hours: See nhs.uk

Check nhs.uk for whether they are taking NHS patients.

Fortuneswell Dental Practice

Dentist, Portland

84 Fortuneswell, Portland, DT5 1LR

Hours: See nhs.uk

Check nhs.uk for whether they are taking NHS patients.

Emergency dentist

Dentist

Hours: 24 hours through 111

Toothache you cannot manage, a knocked out tooth, swelling: ring 111 and they triage you into an urgent dental slot. An urgent NHS appointment is £27.40, September 2026. No practice in Weymouth or Portland is confirmed as taking new NHS adults right now.

Pharmacies

The late and Sunday ones first. A pharmacist can treat a fair few things without a GP appointment.

Asda Pharmacy

Pharmacy, late and Sunday

Newstead Road, Weymouth, DT4 8JQ

Hours: Monday to Saturday 9am to 9pm, closed 12.30 to 1 and 4.30 to 5. Sunday 10am to 4pm

The late one. Pharmacy First: a pharmacist can treat earache, impetigo, infected insect bites, shingles, sinusitis, sore throat and simple UTIs without a GP appointment.

Morrisons Pharmacy

Pharmacy, Sunday

Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT3 5AX

Hours: Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm, closed 1 to 2. Sunday 10am to 4pm

Weymouth Pharmacy

Pharmacy

26 Abbotsbury Road, Westham, Weymouth, DT4 0AE

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm

Boots Pharmacy, Wyke Regis

Pharmacy

107 Portland Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, DT4 9BG

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm

Clinics

Sexual health, blood tests, eyes and the community hospitals.

Portland Community Hospital

Community hospital

Castle Road, Castletown, Portland, DT5 1AX

Hours: Outpatient clinics and physiotherapy

The minor injuries unit here is closed with no reopening date published. Use Weymouth Urgent Treatment Centre. Free parking.

Sexual Health Dorset, Weymouth hub

Sexual health

Weymouth Community Hospital, Melcombe Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 7TB

Hours: Monday to Friday 8.15am to 4.45pm, closed 12.30 to 1.30

Testing, treatment, emergency and routine contraception, coils and implants, PEP and PrEP, under 21 service, free condoms.

Blood tests, Weymouth Community Hospital

Blood tests

Outpatients, East Entrance, Weymouth Community Hospital, Melcombe Avenue, DT4 7TB

Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8am to 2pm. Book by phone 11am to 2pm

Appointment only, for tests requested by a hospital clinician. Tests your GP asks for are done at the surgery.

Eye problems

Eyes

Dorset County Hospital Eye Department, Williams Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2JY

Hours: Emergency eye clinic Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm, Saturday 8.30am to 12, by referral

Minor eye injuries go to Weymouth Urgent Treatment Centre. Sudden loss of sight, flashes and floaters, chemical in the eye or severe pain: the emergency eye clinic sees you by referral from a GP, optician, the UTC or A&E.

Coast and beach

Lifeboat, lifeguards and who to call when someone is in the water.

RNLI Weymouth Lifeboat Station

Lifeboat

Lifeboat House, Nothe Parade, The Quay, Weymouth, DT4 8TX

Hours: Crew on call 24 hours. The number is for enquiries only, emergencies are 999

Lifeguards on Weymouth beach every day 2 May to 27 September, 10am to 6pm, and at Greenhill in the school holidays. No flags means no lifeguards.

Defibrillators

Call 999 first. The operator knows where the nearest registered defibrillator is and gives you the cabinet code. Defib Finder shows the public register.

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