The Urgent Treatment Centre at Montagu Hospital is run by a dedicated and highly skilled Emergency Nurse Practitioners who provide care for less serious injuries, such as sprains, cuts, grazes, minor burns, bites and stings.

Many people go to an Emergency Department, when they could be treated much more quickly at the Urgent Treatment Centre. The unit can also arrange X-Rays for possible broken bones and treat minor eye and ear injuries.

Montagu Hospital’s Urgent Treatment Centre can treat:

• Sprains and strains
• Simple fractures
• Wound infections
• Minor burns and scalds
• Sunburn
• Cuts
• Grazes
• Minor eye injuries
• Foreign bodies in eyes and ears
• Simple head wounds
• Insect and animal bites.

Please note: Patients with head injuries over 65 years cannot be seen at Montagu Minor Injuries unit under N.I.C.E Guidelines.

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