Minor Injury Units and Urgent Treatment Centres

If your injury is not serious, you can get help from a Minor Injury Unit or Urgent Treatment Centre

Minor Injury Units (MIUs) and Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs) are there to help with injuries that need attention urgently but are not critical or life-threatening, such as:

sprains, strains, cuts and grazes
arm, foot and leg injuries
bites, minor burns and scalds
broken bones
minor head injuries
eye problems such as scratches and foreign bodies in the eye

They treat children as well as adults.

They’re in convenient places and you can be seen much more quickly than at A&E.

In fact, many A&E departments will pass you on to the nearest MIU or UTC if your condition isn’t serious enough for A&E – so you can save considerable time if you go straight there.

Most minor injuries units are open long hours. You don’t need to make an appointment and you’ll be seen by nursing staff in a calm, relaxed setting.

There are three units in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire:

Minor Injury Units and Urgent Treatment Centres

Yate Minor Injury Unit

Clevedon Minor Injury Unit

Bristol Urgent Treatment Centre