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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray McGlone" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 9:22 PM Subject: Minor Injury Units I'm currently doing some research into the our Minor Injury Units with medicine on-site. The following are existing Minor Injury Units or small A&E units being downgraded (I mean developed) all with Medicine on-site, so similar to Kendal. I may have missed 1 or 2 as I've had to phone places to confirm the situation. The nurse led ones don't accept 999 ambulances and have a medical admission unit in the hospital instead. Some like Kendal are over 20 miles from the main A&E unit. Kendal also has the hinterland of the Lake District in it's catchment area e.g. Windermere, Ambleside, Grasmere. Hexham Hospital, Bridlington District Hospital, Montagu Hospital (nurse led) at Mexborough, Heatherwood Hospital (nurse led) has anaesthetic cover, Cirencester, West Cornwall Hospital at Penzance, Goole Hospital geriatric medicine only. Is anyone on the list aware of any others in England? Ray it may not be quite what you are looking for, but in Sheffield the Royal Hallamshire has an MIU , an emergency admissions unit, eye cas , NHS walk in and a GP co-op base but no A+E as it was centralised at the Northern General ( all the 'trauma' type specialities have a presence at the Northern other than the Neurosurgeons - Ortho , vascular, cardiothoracics , plastics, general surgeons, and a bit of oral + max fax ). but the Hallamshire is a big hospital with plenty of medicine, surgery and gasses bods on site. Martyn Hodson [log in to unmask] Registered Nurse SJA Ambulance Attendant writing for myself, views expressed are entirely my own, and may not reflect those of my employer or St. John Ambulance , Nationally or locally -Duct tape is like the force, it has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.