General Clinics

Our outpatient clinics are held in main outpatients in the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. We accept referrals from GPs and hospital doctors. You may be seen by any one the five consultants or a doctor in training (under supervision).

However, if we think that you have or may have a disease that one of us has a particular expertise in, we will arrange for you to see that doctor either on the first visit or for your follow-up.

We are happy to accept patients for a second opinion, but we need a letter from your GP or hospital consultant.

Please also see a list of some specific services we offer below.

Phlebotomy Services

At the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals more than 300 patients have blood taken each day. Recent improvement using a queue management system at Bournemouth has seen waiting times reduce by half and will soon be employed at Christchurch.

You do not need an appointment for phlebotomy in Bournemouth. There is a 'fast track' service if you have a hospital appointment on the same day for chemotherapy.

For more information please follow this link.

Anticoagulant Services

The service manages 3500 patients on warfarin. We offer five clinics a week Monday- Friday where we counsel, initiate and manage new patients on warfarin.

There are four Anticoagulant Practitioners who have all undergone higher specialist training in Anticoagulant Management.

Each day approximately 250 patients have their warfarin managed by our post and dose service and the service makes and receives over a thousand calls a month. This highly efficient anticoagulant service bench marks nationally and in the last survey was 7th in the country.

To view important information for patients taking warfarin please follow this link.

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention

At least 25,000 patients die each year in England due to hospital acquired thrombosis. Reducing avoidable dealths, disabilities and chronic disease is a clinical priority for the NHS.

Our Trust has its own comprehensive guidelines for preventing thrombosis in hospital which requires all patients being admitted to the Trust to be assessed for VTE.

The Trust has a Thrombosis Team which meets monthly and a Trust Committee made up of Consultants and Leads from all specialties. VTE prevention is taught on our Trust staff mandatory training.

We have patient information leaflets and a video displayed in our public areas on VTE prevention.

Nationally all Trusts are required to achieve 90% of all patients being assessed; Bournemouth has consistently achieved this for over a year which has made us one of the top performing Trusts in the country.

Haemophilia Services

More than 200 patients with bleeding disorders are registered with our unit. Adult patients with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders are seen in a designated clinic for bleeding disorders every Monday morning.

A Consultant Haematologist from a designated Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC) runs the clinic for bleeding disorders. Patients who require urgent care are managed on the haematology day ward during working hours and on ward 11 outside normal working hours.

The unit operates an open access policy for patients with bleeding disorders. It is envisaged that a comprehensive haemophilia service will be established in Bournemouth by early next year, to reflect the high number of registered patients.