RESIDENTS across Kidderminster, Stourport and Bewdley are being urged to ensure they get the right treatment over Christmas.
With local emergency departments facing unprecedented demand, staff at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust’s minor injury units (MIUs) want everyone to be aware of the alternative treatment centres available.
MIUs across Worcestershire are open seven-days-a-week throughout the festive season (including bank holidays). They offer advice and treatment to anyone with a minor injury.
Bromsgrove’s MIU at the Princess of Wales Community Hospital is open from 8am to 8pm, while the MIU at Kidderminster Hospital opens from 8am to 10pm.
The minor injury units at Evesham Community Hospital and Malvern Community Hospital open from 9am to 9pm. The one at Tenbury Wells opens from 9am to 5pm every day.
Local pharmacists can also give expert confidential advice, as well as medicines for a range of minor ailments. No appointment is necessary,
Here are the pharmacy times for Worcestershire over the Christmas bank holidays:
Christmas Day
Kidderminster Pharmacy, Stourport Road, Kidderminster, is open between 1pm and 3pm
Areley Kings Pharmacy, Stourport, is available between 10am and 1pm.
Boxing Day
Crest Pharmacy, Linden Road, Kidderminster, is open between 10am and 1pm.
And people, if they are unsure of where to go, can initially contact NHS 111, either online at 111.nhs.uk or by calling 111.
