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Minor Injury Unit - Neath Port Talbot

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IMPORTANT - read this first

You must NOT attend the Minor Injury Unit with a suspected heart attack, cardiac arrest, chest pains, stroke etc, or with severe injuries. To do so is extremely dangerous as the unit has no doctors and CANNOT treat you. Your care will be delayed, and this could lead to your condition significantly worsening, or even death.

For all serious illnesses and injuries you MUST go to an Emergency Department (A&E) like the one at Morriston Hospital. It has the specialist doctors, staff and facilities needed to save lives. Seriously ill/injured people are seen urgently, so this is the fastest way to get the care you need, even if the ED is reporting as very busy.

Remember - the Minor Injury Unit is for minor injuries only

The Minor Injury Unit (MIU) - key information

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Who the MIU can treat

A picture of a child with a fractured ankle Adults, and children over the age of one, who have had a minor injury from an accident within the last four weeks. The unit has emergency nurse practitioners, triage nurses and health care support workers who can treat patients for minor injuries. See below for more details.

 

Opening times, address, telephone number

A picture of a black eye The unit's opening hours have temporarily changed to *8am-9pm, seven days a week.  Address: Minor Injury Unit, Neath Talbot Hospital, Baglan Way, Port Talbot, SA12 7BX. Contact number: 01639 862160  *For more information about the temporary opening times, please see bottom of the webpage.

 

What the MIU CAN treat

  • cuts and minor burns

  • sprains and strains

  • broken bones

  • dislocation of the shoulder, fingers and toes

  • head and facial injuries - provided there is no loss of consciousness, no vomiting, and you are not on anticoagulants (blood thinner) medication

  • neck injuries, where you are mobile with no pins and needles in your arms

  • back injuries where you are mobile and the pain has not occurred from you twisting your back or lifting something

  • foreign bodies in the eyes, ears and nose

  • non-penetrating eye and ear injuries

  • rib injuries where you are not coughing up blood and you don’t have a chest infection

  • bites (insect, animal or human)

  • insect stings

  • assaults

What the MIU CANNOT treat

  • chest pain

  • heart attack/cardiac arrest

  • stroke

  • serious injuries

  • colds, coughs, sore throats, earache, rashes, temperatures

  • urinary infections, cystitis or catheter problems

  • dental problems

  • accident with injury to abdomen/stomach

  • breathing problems/shortness of breath

  • painful limbs, joints or backs

  • skin complaints including boils and rashes

  • wounds that have not been caused during an accident.

  • abdominal pain, with or without vaginal bleeding

Getting to the MIU

Minor Injury Unit, Neath Talbot Hospital, Baglan Way, Port Talbot, SA12 7BX. Contact number: 01639 862160

Coming to the Minor Injury Unit by public transport? - Plan your journey here  

*Minor Injury Unit opening times update:

Due to ongoing staffing pressures we have made the difficult decision to temporarily reduce the opening hours of the Minor Injury Unit at Neath Port Talbot Hospital. It is now available from 8am until 9pm, seven days a week, for a period of nine months, rather than the previous times of 7.30am-11pm.

Anyone needing urgent attention that cannot wait until the following day should use 111 or, if it is serious enough, the Emergency Department at Morriston Hospital.

 

 

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