Minor Injuries
Minor Injury Units (MIUs) are nurse-led services providing treatment of minor injuries such as strains, sprains, cuts, grazes, bites, stings, burns and scalds.
Please remember – if the situation is an emergency and you need immediate care dial 999 and ask for an ambulance.
The service is provided by our Practice Nurses who have skills and experience in dealing with minor accidents and emergencies. If the nurse who assesses you considers that you need to see a doctor, you will be referred to the most appropriate service.
In the Minor Injuries Unit,
We CAN treat
- Minor cuts and grazes
- Cuts needing stitches
- Bites and stings
- Sprains and strains
- Sports injuries
- Anti-tetanus injections
- Minor abscesses
- Burns/scalds
- Removal of foreign bodies such as splinters, fish hooks, cotton buds from ears, earring butterflies etc
- Minor head injury
- Minor limb injury
- Whiplash (neck/headache following low speed car accident)
We CANNOT treat
- Children under 2 years of age
- Chest pain
- Abdominal pain
- Eye problems
- Dizzy spells
- Sore throat
- Asthma
- Gynaecological complaints
- Patients who require an x-ray
- Mental health problems
- Intoxicated patients
If the nurse suspects you have broken a bone they can refer you to Grantham & District Hopsital for an x-ray.
If you are unsure whether the Minor Injury Unit is the right place for you to have treatment, please contact the surgery on 01529 303301.