What can you go to a minor injuries unit for?

What can be treated at a Minor Injuries Unit

injuries to upper and lower limbs.
broken bones, sprains, bruises and wounds.
bites – human, animal and insect.
burns and scalds.
abscesses and wound infections.
minor head injuries.
broken noses and nosebleeds.
foreign bodies in the eyes and nose.

Is minor injuries in A&E?

If your injury is not serious, you can get help from a minor injuries unit (MIU), rather than going to an A&E department. This will allow A&E staff to concentrate on people with serious, life-threatening conditions and will save you a potentially long wait.

Can you just turn up at minor injuries?

You can also just turn up and walk in. Find your nearest open walk-in centre or minor injury unit in the map below: Many walk-in centres and minor injury units have a GP service and outside of the usual opening times there is an out-of-hours GP service. To access the out of hours GP service, please call 111.

What kind of injuries are called minor injuries?

Examples of Minor injuries include:

Sprains & Strains.
Broken Bones.
Arm and leg injuries.
Cuts and grazes, burns and scalds.
Eye injuries.
Minor head injuries.
Insect and animal bites.
Allergic reactions.

How are minor injuries treated?

Treating a Minor Sports Injury

Rest. Pain is your body’s way of telling you to rest an injured area.
Ice. Ice is a great pain reliever.
Compression. Putting pressure (compression) on an injury helps limit swelling and gives support.
Elevation. Keeping an injury raised (elevated) helps reduce swelling.

What is a minor injury?

Minor injuries happen to us all the time, and they include: Scrapes. Cuts. Bruises. Sprains and Strains.

What are A&E minors?

Both Minor Injury Units are staffed by highly trained nurses to deal with minor injuries such as wounds, sprains, minor fractures and minor head injuries where the patient does not need the facilities of a major A&E department and parking is available.

What does a minor injury mean?

Minor injuries can be painful, but they don’t threaten your life, mobility or long-term survival. Examples of minor injuries include the following. Shallow cuts or abrasions. Sprains and muscle strain. Bruises and skin lesions.

Is urgent care the same as A&E?

Urgent care centers can treat most conditions at A&E, but when you have the feeling that the situation could be quite dangerous, it is wiser to head directly to the emergency room. Urgent care is for minor, while the ER is for major medical issues.

Should I go to A&E for a sprained ankle?

Go to urgent care if your pain level and swelling is significant and you have difficulty walking, to the point that you need assistance, due to the pain. Go to the emergency room if your foot is bruised, deformed, or you are unable to walk at all. You may have a fracture, broken bone or serious ligament damage.

What is considered a minor injury?

Examples of minor injuries include the following. Shallow cuts or abrasions. Sprains and muscle strain. Bruises and skin lesions. Minor burns covering only a small area of skin.

What is the meaning of minor injury?

Minor injury means a wound or other specific damage to the body such as, but not limited to, abrasions, splinters, bites that do not break the skin, and bruises. Minor injury means any injury that requires first aid treatment, but does not require medical attention by medical personnel.

When is the Doddington minor injury unit open?

Doddington Minor Injury Unit (MIU) Doddington MIU is open Monday to Friday 8.30am – 6pm (x-ray 9am – 5pm), Saturday and Sunday from 9am – 5pm (no x-ray).

When does Doddington Miu X ray unit reopen?

X-ray facilities at Doddington MIU will restart on Monday 28 June. X-ray facilities will be available as follows: There are also two other Minor Injury Units locally including:

Where are the minor injury units in Peterborough?

Conditions that can be treated at Minor Injury Units and Urgent Care Centres include: X-ray services (see specific service for times available). Peterborough Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) has now moved and is located at Peterborough City Hospital (previously located within the City Care Centre on Thorpe Road).

Is there a hospital in Doddington, Cambridgeshire?

Doddington Community Hospital lies in the heart of the Fens and provides a wide-range of services to local people including thousands of out-patient and diagnostic attendances each year. Visiting consultants and other professionals also provide outpatient services at Doddington.