Injury units in Ross and Leominster have opening hours cut (From Ledbury Reporter)
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Injury units in Ross-on-Wye and Leominster have opening hours cut
3:30pm Thursday 4th October 2012 in News By Paul Broome
MINOR injury units in Ross-on-Wye and Leominster are to have their opening hours cut.
Wye Valley NHS Trust says the move will help strengthen Hereford County Hospital’s accident and emergency department.
A recent MIU review found that members of staff at the units - which will now only open 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday - have to leave wards and work alone or in pairs when treating patients during the night, putting them at risk.
“For the vast majority of the 8,000 visits we can expect at the two MIUs this year it will be ‘business as normal’,” said Peter Wilson, medical director at Wye Valley NHS Trust.
Ross unit currently sees an average of 24 people each month, while just a dozen people visit the Leominster unit in that time.
MIU’s usually treat sprains, strains and broken bones as well as minor burns, scalds and insect bites.
Signs alerting people to the changes have been placed at both sites.
Comments(3)
bobby47
says...
11:24am Fri 5 Oct 12
Tell you what the media ought to do. Make a short film involving Mr Wilson. Take a wooden Mallet, hit him across the kneecap, just enough for him to sustain a 'minor injury' and film him navigating the system during these times of closure and then, if all goes well and he makes a full recovery we can all say, well done Mr Wilson. What an excellent idea.
My warmest regards.
M M
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11:45pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Conservative Government, Conservative Council, Remember THE NHS is SAFE in our HANDS!!!! the usual pre-election b******t
fordshire77 says...
9:45am Fri 5 Oct 12