PEOPLE are being urged to ensure they get the right treatment this Easter bank holiday weekend.
The Minor Injury Unit (MIU) at Bromsgrove’s Princess of Wales Community Hospital will be open from 8am to 8pm everyday, including Good Friday and Easter Monday and extended x-ray services will also be available throughout the whole weekend.
This follows a successful extended offer in March, which saw x‑ray services available for patients across most Saturdays and Sundays.
People are urged to go to the MIU for minor injuries, rather than to A&E at Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital or the Worcestershire Royal.
Waiting times are often shorter and patients can be seen a lot quicker.
MIUs are open throughout weekends and bank holidays, treating injuries such as sprains, simple fractures, cuts, burns, minor head injuries and wound infections. Using your local MIU when appropriate helps reduce waiting times and keeps emergency departments free for more serious cases.
Dawn Shaw, MIU Team Lead at Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, said: “Bank holidays are often busy for both families and local services, and people aren’t always sure where to go for help.
“By extending x‑ray services throughout the Easter weekend, we’re making it easier for people to get the right care quickly for minor injuries, while also easing some of the pressure on our emergency departments at a particularly busy time.”
Patients will be assessed by the MIU team first.
X‑rays are not available as a walk‑in service.
Visit: hacw.nhs.uk/MIU for more on Worcestershire’s MIU opening times.
Pharmacy times
People can get expert confidential advice for minor incidents and illnesses as well as medicines for a range of minor ailments.
Pharmacy times over the Easter bank holiday weekend will be different to the usual ones.
On Good Friday, April 3, Tesco pharmacy, Coldfield Drive, Redditch, will be open from 10am to 4pm.
On Easter Sunday, April 5, the County Pharmacy, Church Road, Redditch, will open from 10am to 1pm.
And on Easter Monday, April 6, Tesco pharmacy, Coldfield Drive, Redditch, will be open from 10am to 4pm.
People can visit: 111.nhs.uk or call 111 to get advice from trained NHS staff, including signposting to the best service to meet their healthcare needs.
