Conditions that can be treated at the Minor Injuries Units include:

• Wounds – cuts and bruises (Tetanus immunisation can also be given)
• Bites – human, insect and animal
• Minor burns and scalds
• Muscle and joint injuries – strains, sprains, limb fractures
• Sports injuries
• Minor illness eg. earache, sore throat
• Eye problems - eg, removal of foreign bodies, conjunctivitis etc.
• Earache (patients aged two years and over)
• Cystitis (not children or male patients)
• Minor head injuries (with no loss of consciousness)

 The Minor Injuries Unit staff are not able to provide:

• Repeat prescriptions
• Care for dental problems
• Treatment for long-standing conditions
• Treatment for patients under 2 years old
• Travel vaccinations
• Medicals
• Sick certificates.

Patients should not attend with chronic (long-standing) conditions or with medical emergencies.

The Minor Injuries Units do not provide routine wound re-dressing, removal of stitches, clips, etc

Patients are assessed by Specialist Nurse Practitioners with specific education and experience in the speciality.

Patients are seen and their injury assessed, if necessary, with the aid of plain x-rays and a diagnosis made.

Appropriate interventions such as wound closure, plaster of Paris casting and splinting are carried out.

Patients with a limited range of minor illnesses - for example, sore throat / earache (adults and children aged two years and over), conjunctivitis, urinary tract infection (female patients aged 14 years and over) can be seen and usually treated within the service.

Patients whose care cannot be completed within the service may be referred to their GP or to specialist hospital teams for further / follow-up care.

This is a walk-in service so no appointment is necessary. Patients are generally seen in the order they arrive unless their needs are assessed as being clinically more urgent than other patients who are already waiting.

Please note: x-ray services are provided by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

Contact details 

Doddington Hospital, Benwick Road, Doddington, Cambs PE15 0UG
T 01354 637078

North Cambs Hospital, The Park, Wisbech, Cambs PE13 3AB
T 01945 468787

Princess of Wales Hospital, Lynn Road, Ely, Cambs CB6 1DN
T 01353 772500 

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