Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and Minor Injuries Unit (MIU)
If you need urgent treatment, but it’s not life threatening, please use your local Urgent Treatment Centre or Minor Injury Unit.
Problems that can be treated
Examples of problems that can be treated are:
- Cuts - we can use glue, steristrips (paper stitches) or sutures to close wounds
- Small burns or scalds
- Bites and stings
- Sprains and certain fractures (see below)
- Minor head injuries
- Infected wounds
- Foreign bodies in eyes
If you are unsure whether the UTC or MIU is the right place for your treatment, please dial 111 so they can advise you which service is appropriate for your specific needs.
Any patient attending the MIU with injuries or problems outside these protocols will be redirected to the appropriate agency, for example the Emergency Department or the patients' own GP Surgery
UTC and MIUs
The Minor Injuries Units (MIU) are nurse-led facilities providing an efficient, high-quality service for patients with minor injuries in the local community.
The Nurse Practitioners staffing the MIUs have all received specialist training to enable them to assess, diagnose and treat patients of all ages (although the very young or elderly presenting with certain conditions may fall outside of our protocols).
We also have X-ray facilities at our UTC and MIUs to help diagnose any broken bones (upper and lower limbs only), that we can then treat with a plaster cast if necessary.
Watch our video to find out what you can expect at an MIU
UTC and MIU Patient Information Leaflets
- Adult Pain Management Information & Advice
- Allergy Information & Advice
- Ankle Fracture Information & Advice
- Ankle Injury Advice
- Antiobiotic Information & Advice
- Asthma Information & Advice
- Back Pain Information & Advice
- Blepharitis Information & Advice
- Buckle (Torus) Fracture Information & Advice
- Burn & Scald Care Information & Advice
- Calf Injury Information & Advice
- Care of Your Plaster Cast
- Chest Wall Injury Information & Advice
- Child Head Injury Information & Advice
- Children's High Temperature
- Children's Pain Management Information & Advice
- Clavicle Fracture Information & Advice
- Colles Fractures Information & Advice
- Corneal Abrasion & Foreign Bodies
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Fractured Toe Information & Advice
- Head Injury Information & Advice
- Hyperextension & Finger Fractures
- Ingrowing Toenail Information
- Knee Injury Advice
- Mallet Finger Information & Advice
- Metacarpal Fracture Advice
- Neck Pain Information & Advice
- Pulled Elbow Information & Advice
- Radial Head Fracture Information & Advice
- Scaphoid Fracture Information & Advice
- Shoulder Fracture Information & Advice
- Shoulder Injury Exercise Information & Advice
- Shoulder Injury Information & Advice
- Subconjunctival Haemorrhage Information & Advice
- Tendonitis Advice
- Tennis or Golfer's Elbow
- Tendonitis Advice
- Ticks, Insect Bites & Stings
- Traffic Light System - Identifying Serious Illness in Children
- Welding Flash Information & Advice
- Wound Care Information & Advice
- Wrist & Hand Injury Advice
- X Ray Information
UTC and MIU Sites
Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), Plymouth
Cumberland Centre
Damerel Close
Plymouth
PL1 4JZ (Directions)
Tel: (01752) 434390
Opening times: 8am to 8pm, 7 days per week.
X-ray available: 9am to 6pm, 7 days per week
Minor Injury Unit (MIU), Kingsbridge
South Hams Hospital
Plymouth Road
Kingsbridge
Devon
TQ7 1AT (Directions)
Tel: (01548) 852349
Closed: Thursday 16 May at 2:20pm
Opening times: 9am to 5pm, 7 days per week.
X-ray available: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Minor Injury Unit (MIU), Tavistock
Tavistock Hosptal
Spring Hill
Tavistock
PL19 8LD (Directions)
Tel: (01822) 612233
Opening times: 8.30am to 5.30pm, 7 days per week
X-ray unavailable