Minor Injuries

Minor injury treatment

We are able to treat minor injuries, which could save you a trip to A&E. Please ring 0300 234 5555 for a telephone consultation. If the assessing clinician feels it is necessary to see you, they will invite you in for a face-to-face appointment.

We can help with:

Cuts and Lacerations
Bruises
Minor Dislocations
Foreign Bodies
Minor Head Injury
Minor Trauma to Body including hands / limbs / feet
Eye Injury
Burns and Scalds
Bites
Falls
Whiplash / minor RTA injuries

When to use A&E services

Examples of when it is right and appropriate to attend A&E without delay are:

Major injuries such as injuries from road traffic accidents
Falls from a considerable height
Major Head injuries
Collapse
Severe chest pain
Severe haemorrhage
Poisoning
Extensive burns
Severe breathing difficulty

When not to use A&E services

These conditions can generally be safely managed by your GP, Practice Nurse and in some cases the individual themselves:

Flu-like illnesses, coughs, earache, back ache
Minor breathlessness or wheezing
Abdominal pain (unless extreme or associated with collapse)
Urinary difficulties (unless completely unable to pass water)
Diarrhoea and vomiting
Social problems
Simple bites and stings
Vaginal bleeding (unless very heavy and associated with faintness)
Rashes (unless it appears like spontaneous bleeding under the skin or the person appears very unwell)
Backache
Emergency contraception
Dental problems (except major trauma)

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