Save the Minor Injuries Unit

Please sign my petition to help safeguard the Minor Injuries Unit at Gosport War Memorial Hospital

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Many people are not aware of the excellent care provided by the staff at the

Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.  It's often not until we have to use the service after an accident or injury that many of us realise the Minor Injuries Unit even exists, or the range of care that the staff provide.

The MIU is currently under used, because people are unsure of the service it provides, the opening hours, and whether it can be accessed directly without having to go to a GP.  In the last month the opening hours have been reduced from 8am to 9pm, 7 days a week, to 10am to 6pm.

My petition below is simple

Change the name of the Minor Injuries Unit to Accident Treatment Centre

Together we are petitioning Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PH NHS Trust) to change the name of the MINOR INJURIES UNIT at Gosport War Memorial Hospital to ACCIDENT TREATMENT CENTRE.

Renaming the MIU to an Accident Treatment Centre will truly reflect the range of services the staff provide, and hopefully safeguard it's future viability and existence.  It would also mean less people have to endure the journey to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, freeing up over-stretched resources there.

I have met with Ursula Ward, Chief Executive of the PH NHS Trust and will continue to campaign for improved services at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.  I believe that the hospital can provide more services for residents of Gosport, Lee-on-the-Solent, Stubbington, and Hill Head and I will work with healthcare providers to ensure this.

A friend recently had cause to use the Minor Injuries Unit and commended the quality of care the staff provide there.  They were advised also that the service provided is the same as the Accident Treatment Centre, as it was named, at Haslar hospital, and indeed many of the healthcare professionals are the same people.

The Minor Injuries Unit can treat a range of injuries including sprains, fractures, minor burns and eye injuries. There is an X-ray suite. Staff can also prescribe a range of drugs and medicines.

An argument of the NHS Trust is that calling the unit an Accident Treatment Centre will result in patients attending in emergencies or after road traffic accidents.  This is unlikely as in an emergency a paramedic would make a judgement to take the patient to Queen Alexandra at Cosham.

Please paste the following into the form below: "I petition Ursula Ward to change the name of the Minor Injuries Unit at Gosport War Memorial Hospital to ACCIDENT TREATMENT CENTRE"