Public Services
The town is served by a small police and fire station provided by Dorset Police and Dorset Fire and Rescue Service respectively, both located centrally within the town.
Swanage Hospital is a small Cottage Hospital provided by NHS Dorset with an accompanying Ambulance Station provided by the South Western Ambulance Service. The hospital has a Minor Injuries Unit, providing basic 24 emergency care, inpatient and outpatient departments, an operating theatre, radiography, physiotherapy and occupational therapy departments. Swanage Medical Practice provides GP services.
Given the coastal location, the town is also served by an RNLI lifeboat station and a HM Coastguard post.
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