Health drop-in meeting for Oswestry
The future of Oswestry's minor injuries unit and primary care centre will come under the spotlight in drop- in sessions tomorrow.
Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group is holding a series of consultation meetings over a review into existing community services including Minor Injury Units, Diagnostic, Assessment and Access to Rehabilitation and Treatment services and community beds.
Town councillor, Nikki Hughes, fears that there could be a move to cut the number of minor injury units in the county putting Oswestry at risk.
Oswestry's minor injuries unit is based in the town's primary care centre while the DAART services at at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital .
Patients and staff are being encouraged to share their views on community services at the drop-in sessions, at the Orthopaedic hospital between 10am and noon and in the Primary Care centre between 1-3pm.
Town councillor Nikki Hughes said she was concerned about any threat to the services for the area.
"Obviously, losing our MIU in Oswestry would be a huge blow, particularly if we lose the A&E at Shrewsbury as this will leave us cut off from urgent care in Shropshire for the best part of 40 miles. It will also put more pressure on the A&E’s in their current form," she said.
Of the four, minor injury units in Shropshire only Oswestry has seen a noticeable increase in patients over recent months. A draft report in the units says the increase in is predominantly due to an increase in patients that are registered with a Welsh practice.
