The Practice provides a limited minor injury service. This service is strictly for patients that have an injury that is less than 48 hours old and needs immediate attention. Injuries include the following:
– Wounds requiring cleaning and dressing
– Head injury not involving loss of consciousness
– Minor burns and scalds
– Minor trauma to hands, feet and limbs
– Vaccination for tetanus in those patients with a wound requiring this
If you require assistance outwith surgery hours or you fall into any of the below brackets, please contact the Flow Centre on 111.
Patients who meet the inclusion criteria below will initially be offered a Video Consultation (VC) if they have a smartphone or a Face to Face appointment if they do not. Following a VC consultation the Nurse Practitioner will either give the patients self-care advice or book a face to face appointment.
Opening hours: 08.00 – 20.00 Monday to Sunday inclusive
Telephone: 111
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients 8 years old and over
- Must be able to make own way to Minor Injuries Unit (can be either RIE Edinburgh, RHSC, SJH or WGH)
- Injuries within 14 days
- Wounds less than 24 hours old with controlled bleeding with or without foreign body
- Foreign body in nose or ear
- Crush injury to fingers/toes with no wound
- Ring removal from fingers/toes
- Minor burns or scalds (not involving hands, face or genitals)
- Head and face injuries not in exclusion criteria
- Eye injuries not in exclusion criteria
- Limb injuries (below shoulder or below knee)
- Animal bites including insect bites and stings
- Patients with fracture that require review after being treated outwith NHS Lothian
- Animal bites with localised swelling and no evidence of allergic reaction
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients 7 years old or under
- Patients who require transport to or from MIU
- Injuries that happened more than 14 days ago – advise back to GP
- Wounds that happened over 24 hours ago – advise back to GP
- Head injuries with loss of consciousness, vomiting/disturbed vision/altered behaviour, underlying blood conditions or patient on anticoagulants
- Human bites
- Dangerous mechanism of injury eg fall from higher than patients ow height or road accident with combined speed of 40mph
- Intoxication or overdose
- Minor burns and scalds to neck, face and genitals and chemical burn
- Eye injuries with visual disturbance or penetrating injury
- Insect bites with non-localized swelling or evidence of allergic reaction
- Injury or foreign body to abdomen, chest or back
- Unsafe environment/social circumstances
| Children Age: | Video Conferencing consultation | Booked face to face appointment |
| Children under 1year old | Not suitable | NO. Self present to RHSC or SJH |
| Children 1 year to 7 years | Not suitable for VC consultation. Book face to face if meets clinical criteria | YES – WGH, SJH or RHSC only |
| Children 8 years to 16 years | Suitable for VC consultation if meets criteria | YES – WGH, SJH or RHSC onlyRIE ED does not see children under 16 years old |