Minor Injuries Units Emergency Departments North Dorset: Dorset County Hospital Blandford Community Hospital Williams Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2JY Milldown Road, Blandford DT11 7DD Telephone: 01305 251150 Telephone: 01258 394032 Poole General Hospital Westminster Memorial Hospital Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2JB Magdelene Lane, Shaftesbury SP7 8BD Telephone: 01202 665511 Telephone: 01747 475251 Royal Bournemouth Hospital Yeatman Community Hospital Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, BH7 7DW Hospital Lane, Sherborne DT9 3JU Minor Injuries Unit Telephone: 01202 704167 Telephone: 01935 813991 South West Dorset: Salisbury Hospital Bridport Community Hospital Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ Hospital Lane, Bridport DT6 5DR Telephone: 01722 336262 Telephone: 01308 426245 Yeovil District Hospital Lyme Regis Medical Centre Higher Kingston, Yeovil, BA21 4AT Uplyme Road, Lyme Regis DT7 3LS Telephone: 01935 475122 Telephone: 01297 445777 Portland Community Hospital Castle Road, Portland DT5 1AX Telephone: 01305 860111 Weymouth Community Hospital The information in this leaflet is available in additional Melcombe Avenue, Weymouth DT4 7TB languages and alternative formats. Please contact the Telephone: 01305 762545 Trust for further details. South and East Dorset: © Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust. St. Leonard’s Community Hospital All rights reserved. Not to be reproduced in whole or in Local Treatment Centre (out of hours) part without the permission of the copyright owner. 241 Ringwood Road, Ringwood BH24 2RR Leaflet ref: PD-MIU14-17 6.30 pm–10.30 pm Monday–Friday, 8 am–8 pm Sat, Sunday and bank holidays. Telephone 111 for an appointment. Swanage Hospital Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust Queens Road, Swanage BH19 2ES Sentinel House Telephone: 01929 475009 4–6 Nuffield Road Victoria Hospital Poole, Dorset Victoria Road, Wimborne BH21 1ER BH17 0RB @DorsetHealth

Telephone: 01202 856410  01202 277000  www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk Advice to patients suffering If the nose is bleeding: Further advice nose injuries If your condition gets worse, other  Use ice packs (such as frozen peas symptoms develop, or you’re generally Any swelling around the nose should be wrapped in a tea towel or cloth) concerned and need advice quickly, allowed to settle for 5 days. and hold on your nose for about 10 minutes. Repeat this as necessary. contact NHS 111 or log on to If after this time, your nose appears out www.nhs.uk/111 of shape or if there is any nasal block-  If you live alone, inform a relative, age, then you should contact your near- friend or neighbour that you have You may also contact your Doctor est Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) depart- had a nose bleed. during normal surgery hours. If the ment and ask for an appointment to see  If you are over 65 years old and call to your Doctor is urgent and outside the Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist. taking Warfarin or Aspirin, inform the normal surgery hours of 8.00am to Local ENT clinics are held at Dorset your doctor that you have had a 6.30pm, your surgery will redirect you County, Blandford, Bridport and nose bleed. to the appropriate out of hours service Sherborne hospitals. Please contact the or advise you to call the NHS 111 Do not: relevant hospital for an appointment: number.  Blow your nose hard. Dorset County Hospital: Out of hours – please call your own 01305 255444  Remove any blood clots from GP’s out of hours contact number. your nose. Blandford Hospital: 01258 456541 In an emergency, dial 999.

Bridport Hospital: 01308 422371 Who to contact if you are Please read this leaflet carefully. concerned Yeatman Hospital, Sherborne: If you are concerned or there is 01935 813991 If your painkillers are not helping, or if anything you do not understand or Bournemouth / Poole Patient you feel dizzy or unwell, or if you have you require further information, Services including ENT: recurrent nosebleeds that will not stop, please contact your nearest Minor 01202 443815 please contact your Doctor. Injuries Unit or Urgent Care Centre using the contact details on the If you are a visitor to this area and will back of this leaflet. have returned home in 5 days’ time, please contact your local Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist department if necessary.