Minor Injuries Unit

Our building houses a separate Minor Injuries Unit with its own signed entrance.  A casualty service has existed on this site for over fifty years and the Practice took over full responsibility for it about twenty years ago. The MIU was moved into the present building after it was built in 1994.  The Unit is staffed by accredited General Practitioners with a special interest in minor injuries (GPWSI) and accredited nurses with additional training ( Nurse Practitioners in minor injuries).

The Minor Injuries Service exists to reduce pressure on the local A&E departments and is available to all patients who live or work in the area.

Our waiting times are typically much shorter than the major A&E departments.

Injuries which can be dealt with are usually less than 48 hours old and traumatic in origin of a self-presenting “walking-wounded” type. Ambulance cases are not accepted.

The following list gives and idea of what we deal with, but is not comprehensive;

1. Following recent injury where it is suspected stitches may be required. Lacerations capable of closure by simple techniques (suturing, gluing)
2. Bruises
3. Minor dislocations
4. Foreign bodies in skin or non-penetrating eye injuries.
5. Recent injuries not amenable to simple domestic first aid
6. Blows to the head where there has been no loss of consciousness
7. Partial thickness burns or scalds
8. Minor trauma to hands, limbs or feet