Your local MIU can treat you if you have:
- Cuts and wounds (including those that may need stitches)
- Minor burns and scalds
- Sprains, minor injuries or broken bones – in legs below the knee, and arms below the shoulder, where you can bear the weight through your foot or move your fingers (our experienced staff can arrange x-rays and apply plaster if required)
- Insect bites or other animal bites
- Tetanus immunisation after an injury
- Minor head injury – where there has been no loss of consciousness or vomiting, and no residual symptoms i.e. headache, nausea, visual disturbance, dizziness or any other symptom of concussion
- Removal of foreign bodies from eyes, nose or ears
- Nose injuries and broken noses
- Removal of rings, earrings and studs.
- Under 1-year-olds: Go to the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, Emergency Department
- 1 to 5-year-olds: Go to either the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock or the Vale of Leven Minor Injury Unit
- 5 to 15-year-olds: Go to the nearest Minor Injury Unit. Minor Injury Units are located within the Emergency Departments of Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock
- Over 16-years-olds and adults: Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. There is also a dedicated Minor Injury Unit at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
We ask all patients if you are experiencing any of the above that you contact 111 in the first instance who will assist you with the correct action
- New Stobhill Hospital, 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow, G21 3UW. MIU is open from 9am – 9pm Monday – Sunday, Tel: 0141 355 1536
- New Victoria Hospital, Grange Road, Glasgow G42 9LE. MIU is open from 9am – 9pm Monday – Sunday, Tel: 0141 347 8474
- Vale of Leven, Main Street, Alexandria, G83 OUA. MIU is open from 8am – 9pm Monday – Sunday, Tel: 01389 817345
- West Glasgow, Yorkhill Hospital site. MIU is open from 9am – 9pm Monday – Sunday, Tel: 0141 201 0290