Call for Oswestry to have an urgent care site
The second biggest town in Shropshire needs its own urgent care centre, according to its deputy mayor.
Councillor Paul Milner said Oswestry's minor injuries unit is the busiest in the county – despite it being one of the units open the least amount of hours.
He said it strengthens the case for an urgent care centre to be based in the town. Last year 9,539 patients used the unit at Oswestry Health Centre in Thomas Savin Road.
He was speaking following a meeting on urgent care provision. The meeting in Oswestry was one of a number being held by Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
Urgent care centres would be created as part of the proposed shake-up of healthcare and A&E units in the county. They would be available to people who need non-emergency and non-life threatening treatment. But fears have been raised that some areas could miss out.
