Minor Injuries Units (MIUs)
If you require urgent care, please call 111 or go online for an assessment. This helps us to provide the right support/treatment as quickly as possible, and could save you an unnecessary journey.
If you turn up unannounced at the MIU, you will be assessed but could be directed elsewhere or given an appointment later that day or the next.
If you have an injury that is not life-threatening, you can get help from a minor injuries unit (MIU) rather than going to an A&E department. This will allow A&E staff to concentrate on people with serious, life-threatening conditions and will most probably save you a longer wait for treatment.
We have MIUs at several of our community hospitals across Dorset, offering treatment for:
- injuries to upper and lower limbs
- broken bones, sprains, bruises and wounds to shoulder, upper limbs knee, lower leg, ankle and foot
- bites – human, animal and insect
- burns and scalds
- wound infections
- minor head injuries
- foreign bodies in eyes, nose and ear
- minor asthma attacks.
We can also provide emergency contraception, and may be able to help with minor ailments (check with your local MIU).
All our MIUs have X-ray facilities but opening times vary. We are also unable to X-ray certain parts of the body, or children under the age of two. If possible, please call your local MIU first to assess if an X-ray is required.
If your problem is not urgent, please contact your GP surgery first. You can still call your GP outside normal surgery hours, but you will usually be directed to an out-of-hours service. The out-of-hours period is 6.30pm to 8am on weekdays, and all day at weekends and bank holidays.
Where to access the service:
Locations
Minor Injuries Unit - Blandford Community Hospital (Blandford) TEMPORARILY CLOSED
WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Please note that all MIUs will see their last patient 30 minutes before closing.
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday: 9am-6pm
Saturday – Sunday: 10am-4pm
Bank Holidays: 10am-4pm
X-ray facilities:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9am-5pm
no bank holidays or weekends
Minor Injuries Unit - Bridport Community Hospital (Bridport)
WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Please note that all MIUs will see their last patient 30 minutes before closing.
Opening Times:
Monday to Sunday: 9am-6pm (last patient seen at 5.30pm)
Bank Holidays: 9am-6pm
X-ray facilities:
Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
Closed bank holidays and weekends
Minor Injuries Unit - Portland Community Hospital (Portland) TEMPORARILY CLOSED
WiFi: No
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Please note that all MIUs will see their last patient 30 minutes before closing.
Opening Times: TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Minor Injuries Unit - Swanage Hospital (Swanage)
WiFi: No
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Please note that all MIUs will see their last patient 30 minutes before closing.
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday: 8am-8pm
Saturday – Sunday: 8am-8pm
Bank Holidays: 8am-8pm
X-ray facilities:
Monday to Friday 9am-2pm
Closed bank holidays and weekends
Minor Injuries Unit - Victoria Hospital (Wimborne)
MIU
Monday to Sunday: 8am-8pm
Please note that all MIUs will see their last patient 30 minutes before closing and you must call ahead and book an appointment. Do not just turn up.
X-ray
Monday to Friday: 8.30am-4pm
WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Minor Injuries Unit - Westminster Memorial Hospital (Shaftesbury)
WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Please note that all MIUs will see their last patient 30 minutes before closing.
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday: 9am-6pm
Saturday – Sunday: 10am-4pm
Bank Holidays: 10am-4pm
X-ray facilities:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday only: 9:15am-12:30pm and 1:30-4:30pm (Wednesday - Closed)
Closed bank holidays and weekends
Minor Injuries Unit - Yeatman Hospital (Sherborne)
WiFi: Yes
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Please note that all MIUs will see their last patient 30 minutes before closing.
Opening Times:
Monday to Thursday: 9am-6pm
Sunday: 10am-4pm
Bank Holidays: 10am-4pm
X-ray facilities:
Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
Closed bank holidays and weekends.
Urgent Treatment Centre - Weymouth Community Hospital
WiFi: No
Parking: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Opening Times:
Monday to Sunday: 8am-8pm
(Including Bank Holidays)
X-ray facilities:
Monday to Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10am-2pm