Nose and sinuses

Looking after your nose and sense of smell

  • Nasal douching (Or nasal irrigation – washing the inside of your nose after surgery or nose bleeds)
  • Smell training (If you have lost your sense of smell) (B)

Nose and sinus operations and procedures

Nose and sinus conditions

Where is this information from?

(A) NHS Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group works for the people of Rotherham buying the health services that they need. “We have responsibility for a budget of £410 million to improve the health of people in Rotherham and to provide safe, high quality health services. We are responsible for commissioning community health services, hospital health services, health aspects of social and continuing care, GP prescribing and GP out of hours services that Rotherham people use.”

(B) FIFTH SENSE is a “charity for people affected by smell and taste disorders. Based in the UK, we support people affected by smell and taste disorders across the world and are the first charity providing direct support, advice and a signpost to potential diagnosis and treatment to people affected by such conditions.”

(C) ENTUK.org“ENT UK is the professional membership body representing ear, nose and throat surgery and head, neck and thyroid surgery in the UK.” Its members include over 2300 ENT health professionals. Their patient information leaflets linked above are written and reviewed by named specialist consultant ENT surgeons.

(D) NHS Ayrshire & Arran is a Scottish Health Board. “NHS Scotland is made up of 14 regional NHS Boards, seven national NHS Boards and one public health body. Each NHS Board is accountable to the Scottish Government. Regional NHS Boards are responsible for the protection and the improvement of their population’s health and for the delivery of frontline healthcare services.  National NHS Boards support the regional NHS Boards by providing a range of important specialist and national services.”

(E) University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust “Our Trust manages two major hospitals in Coventry and Rugby, which between them serve a population of over a million people. Every year we provide more than 800,000 episodes of care to patients from across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.”

(F) Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust: “Our vision is Great Staff, Great Care, Great Future, as we believe that by developing an innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver great care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Trust and our community. We operate from two main hospital sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital but we also have a number of additional services based across Hull. We employ around 11,000 staff and welcome around one million patients through our doors every year”

(G) University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust provides services to some 1.9 million people living in Southampton and south Hampshire, plus specialist services such as neurosciences, cardiac services and children’s intensive care to more than 3.7 million people in central southern England and the Channel Islands.”

Last updated 14/09/22