Stamford Minor Injuries Unit reopens
The Minor Injuries Unit at Stamford and Rutland Hospital is reopening today
The Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at Stamford and Rutland Hospital is reopening today (1 October).
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust said it had to be temporarily closed in order to redeploy staff needed to work in other departments during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
Phil Walmsley, Chief Operating Officer, said:
"There has clearly been a continued need to offer a MIU service in Stamford and the local community.
"We made the decision to temporarily close the unit, in order to move staff who were very much needed on our Peterborough City and Hinchingbrooke sites, but we appreciate this did create a gap at Stamford and Rutland Hospital.
"We are very grateful to local residents for their patience and we are pleased to be reinstating the MIU from 1 October."
All patients will be triaged when they arrive at the unit to make sure they are in the right place for the care they need.
The MIU will be open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Visiting restrictions remain in place and anyone attending is asked to go alone unless they are visiting as a carer to the patient.