RAPID access 'pop up' hospital clinics treating hundreds of patients each day could be established in shopping centres and possibly other venues.
The seven-days-a-week scheme is being worked up by University Hospitals Dorset, the trust which runs Bournemouth and Poole hospitals.
Extensive space is being considered for use at the Dolphin Centre in Poole and the Sovereign Centre by NHS bosses as part of a 'thinking differently' programme as the service gets to grips with huge backlog of patients on waiting lists, post-Covid.
Around 45,000 people are waiting for treatment, with 5,500 having been on a list for more than a year.