Useful Contacts

Hospitals

  • Poole General 665511
  • Royal Bournemouth General 303626
  • Eye Unit Bournemouth Hospital 704181
  • St Ann’s Hospital 708881
  • Christchurch Hospital 486361

Nearest walk-in Centre

  • Boscombe & Springbourne Health Centre (11 Shelley Road, Bournemouth BH1 4JQ, 01202 727969)
  • Open 7 days a week 0800-2000

Social Services

  • Bournemouth 458000
  • Care Direct 454979

Citizens Advice Bureaux

  • Bournemouth 7510927
  • Ferndown 893838

Unplanned Pregnancy

  • Contact BPAS - British Pregnancy Advisory Service on 03457 304030

Other Numbers

  • NHS 111
  • NHS Bournemouth & Poole 541400
  • LiveWell Dorset including smoking cessation 0800 840 1628
  • Healthwatch Dorset (for enquiries about health and social care services) 0300 111 0102
  • We are With You - Drug & Alcohol Services in Bournemouth 01202 558855
  • Addaction 020 7251 5860
  • Narcotics Anonymous 0300 999 1212
  • Samaritans 08457 90 90 90
  • Family Planning 0300 303 1948
  • Access Dorset 01202771336
  • National Bereavement Service 0800 0246 121

If you have an enquiry about health and social care service please contact Healthwatch Dorset on 0300 111 0102.

If you are not satisfied with your local NHS please contact Dorset Advocacy on 0300 343 7000 (email: nhscomplaints@dorsetadvocacy.co.uk). This service is free and can help you with any complaint you wish to make against the NHS.