Minor Injury Units
This part of the website has been designed specifically for GPs, Clinical Commissioning groups, care homes and other care professionals who need the service referral information or access to Trust policies and care leaflets.
How do Care Professionals refer into this service?
GPs can refer directly to the Minor Injuries Unit by using the contact details on this page or they can call the Care Co-ordination Centre on 01743 454903.
Types of patients regularly seen
The Minor Injury Units (MIUs) see all patients with minor injuries, such as those listed below. There are no age limits, and you do not have to be a resident in Shropshire to use the facilities.
Staff at the Minor Injuries Units treat:
- Bites, human and animal
- Cuts and lacerations
- Foreign bodies in the eyes, nose and ears
- Fractures that require plaster only
- Minor burns and scalds
- Minor head injuries (with no loss of consciousness)
- Soft tissue injuries, for example sprains and bruises
- Wound infections
Patients not seen by this service
We do not see patients suffering from the following:
- Abdominal pain
- Alcohol-related problems
- Breathing problems
- Chest pain
- Drug overdose
- Gynaecology problems
- Health conditions usually treated by a GP
- Mental health problems
Contact the Service Manager
- Divisional Manager - Community Hospitals
Andy Matthews
William Farr House
Mytton Oak Road
Shrewsbury
SY3 8XL
Tel: 01743 277500 ext 2661
Contact key clinician(s)
- Clinical Lead Minor Injuries
Phil Atkins
Bridgnorth Community Hospital
Northgate
WV16 4EU
Tel: 07900 901087