Minor Injuries Units can treat:

  • sprains and strains

  • broken bones

  • wound infections

  • minor burns and scalds

  • minor head injuries

  • insect and animal bites

  • minor eye injuries

  • injuries to the back, shoulder and chest

In East Lancashire there are two Minor Injuries Units:

Accrington Minor Injuries Unit
Accrington Victoria Community Hospital
Haywood Road
Accrington
BB5 6AS

Open 7 days a week from 8am until 8.30pm.

Rossendale Minor Injuries Unit
Rossendale Primary Health Care Centre
Bacup Road
Rawtenstall
BB4 7PL

Open 7 days a week from 8am until 8pm

If you need advice on the best place to go to treat your illness, call 111.

Adults and children over 5 attending our Minor Injuries Unit will now need to complete our online ‘streaming tool’ upon arrival. This aims to reduce waiting times and make sure those who need immediate attention are seen first.

The new system will take patient details via a smart device when they arrive and, depending on their illness or injury, provide a time to come back and be seen.

The idea is that people who need immediate attention get straight in, whilst those who can wait a short time are asked to come back later.

From 18 May, 2022 patients who attend our Urgent Treatment Centres and Minor Injuries Unit that require dental treatment and have been identified by our streaming tool as suitable for the Emergency Dental Service (EDS) will be asked to put their telephone number into the Streamer iPad. They will then receive a message confirming that the EDS will call them back within a certain timeframe to arrange an appointment. 

These patients will then be able to leave the department straight away to await an appointment and will not be required to register at reception.

This is an exciting joint initiative with the EDS to ensure that patients access the right service first time.

This process is applicable during the hours that the EDS is open. These times are:

Monday-Friday 8am to 9pm 

Weekends and Bank Holidays 10am to 5pm 

Outside of these hours - patients will register with reception as previously and be assessed in triage. They may then be given the EDS Telephone No to contact the service directly when it opens if that is what is required.

Please note the Minor Injuries Unit will be closed on Christmas day.