Wimborne Ladies slipped to the foot of the Central Area Division as they were beaten 4-2 at home by Bude on Saturday.

Bude opened the scoring early on before Wimborne's Louise Neal's short corner found Vicky Gould free to score.

Bude netted two more first half goals, but Wimborne were back within sight when Emma James rammed home following another excellent short corner just before half-time.

The home side had the better of a much quieter first half, but the struggled to make their pressure tell and Bude wrapped up the points with a killer fourth goal late in the game.

A Rachael Cork hat-trick led Wimborne 2nds to a 5-3 win over Dorchester. Lynette Pritchard scored Wayfarers other goals.

Outpatients in need of urgent attention

SWANAGE Hospital's outpatients' department needs to be replaced within the next four years because of subsidence, surveys have revealed.

Cracks started appearing at the Everest building in Accord Road approximately 30 years ago and it has been underpinned twice in the past.

Hospital manager Maggie Hardy said: "It is not about to fall down and we are assured it is not dangerous but we know we have four years left to do something with this building."

She added: "Annual surveys have given another four year's life on the building."

Originally a private home built on former quarry land, Everest became an NHS maternity unit in 1948.

In 1977 it became an outpatients' department and each year some 5,000 patients attend its clinics. Thirteen visiting consultants offer a wide range of services saving Swanage residents a trip to Poole Hospital.

Health chiefs are discussing plans to create an outpatients' department by building a second storey on top of the main hospital's day room.

A provisional estimate for this idea is approximately £500,000 but a planning application has yet to be drawn up.

Mrs Hardy said: "Everest is homely and well-loved but it was never purpose built and it is not ideal for it's purpose. There is lack of space, insufficient storage space and having two separate buildings is not easy."

Health chiefs looked at the possibility of connecting Everest with the main hospital but the gradient is too steep.

And two years ago they looked at the possibility of underpinning the building a third time, which would cost £90,000.

At the moment the future of Everest has not been decided but one idea is to create an intermediate care facility for the elderly, run jointly with social services to bridge the gap between home and hospital.

"It is for when someone is not quite coping at home but doesn't really need to be sitting in a hospital bed," explained Mrs Hardy.

"These are all very tentative plans but the important thing is we are thinking about the future and thinking and working with social services."