Minor Injury Units

Minor Injuries Units are for less serious injuries, such deep cuts, eye injury, broken bones, severe sprains, minor head injury, minor burns and scalds.

Many people go to Accident and Emergency when they could be treated just as well and probably quicker at a Minor Injuries Unit. In Accident and Emergency staff must give priority to serious and life-threatening conditions, so if you go there with a minor injury you may have to wait longer to be seen. It is better to go to a Minor Injuries Unit if there is one locally.

You don't need an appointment to visit a Minor Injuries Unit. They are run by a team of highly qualified nurse practitioners with a lot of experience and expertise in the treatment of minor injuries.

Minor Injuries Units can treat a wide variety of problems including cuts and grazes, sprains and strains, broken bones (fractures), bites and stings (including problems: minor eye infections, scratches or something stuck in your eye).

List of local minor injury units

Out of Hours Doctors

Telephone: 0845 345 8995

The out-of-hours service provides urgent medical care from 6.30pm to 8.00am on weekdays and round the clock at weekends and bank holidays. It can help you if, for example, you have a fever or sickness but don't need to go to a hospital Emergency Department.

  • Remember to call first before going to an urgent care centre
  • Patients do not need to register for urgent care services

Urgent dental services when your dentist is closed

The Out of Hours service is available to provide urgent dental care for patients without a regular dentist or for all patients when dental practices are closed (evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays).

For emergency advice or treatment please call: 0845 345 8995 between 6.30pm to 9.30pm Monday-Thursday, 6.30pm to 10.00pm on Fridays, 9.00am to1.00pm and 2.00pm to 6.00pm at weekends, 9.00am to 5.00pm and 6.00pm to 9.00pm on Bank Holiday Weekends and Bank Holidays. Christmas and New Year opening times differ. View Christmas and New Year out of hours service times

This service is available to all Oxfordshire residents (including temporary residents and visitors). Callers will be phoned back for triage and provided with either advice or offered appointments for emergency treatment. This service is for people with urgent or emergency needs only and therefore does not provide routine care or repeat appointments.

For patients without a regular dentist who have a dental emergency during practice opening hours, please contact the NHS Oxfordshire Dental Helpline for details of NHS dental practices offering emergency appointments: telephone 01865 337267, 08000 113 824 or email dental@oxfordshirepct.nhs.uk

Eye Emergencies

The Eye Emergency Department is open between the hours of 8am and 6 pm (last appointment at 5pm) Monday through to Friday. During the weekend an emergency clinic is held from 8:30am to 4pm on both days. This department operates a booking system whereby patients are assessed either by phone or in person and offered an appointment.

For more information see The Oxford Eye Hospital