16 November 2021
Our Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) has moved to the first floor of the East Wing at University Hospital, Coventry, for a 22-week period.
This temporary move will enable us to progress estates and facilities improvements as part of exciting £15 million plans to expand our Emergency Department over the coming year.
MIU will continue to treat patients for injuries and illnesses including broken bones, sprains and wounds, burns and scalds, bites and injuries to upper and lower limbs.
Claire Evans, Lead Nurse for Emergency Medicine at UHCW, said: “We are very proud of our MIU and the safe, high quality care we provide for those in need.
“This relocation will help to kick start the wider investment in our Emergency Department to future proof our services and further improve how patients are assessed and treated.
“We would like to thank all staff who have helped and supported a seamless transition during what has been an extremely busy period for our services.”
The wider programme of works, which will continue until September 2023, is designed to expand our Emergency Department, which welcomes around 150,000 patients per year, and will include a reconfigured MIU when they return in May 2022.
Funding will also be used to create additional treatment cubicles in majors and adult resuscitation, provide more treatment spaces and an expanded waiting room in the Children’s Emergency Department, and provides increased space for same day emergency care.
All work is designed to complement services provided at Rugby Urgent Treatment Centre, available 24/7 at the Hospital of St Cross, and Coventry NHS Urgent Treatment Centre, open between 8am and 10pm in Stoney Stanton Road.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
If you are experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19, e.g. fever, loss of taste or continuous new cough, please DO NOT attend for a blood test.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Booking an appointment helps patients, their carers and family members to plan their hospital visit better, helping to reduce clinic waiting times and enabling patients to be seen much more quickly.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test, click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Patients from Rugby and the surrounding areas are able to access the Friends Blood Taking Unit at the Hospital of St Cross.
Referrals for blood tests can be from GP's, practice nurses or from hospital consultants. Patients are also able to leave other samples, such as urine, which have been collected at home, at the hospital's Pathology Reception.
Location: Near Brookfield House, just off North Road - map here. Opening hours: The blood taking clinic sessions for adults and children are listed below:
Monday -Friday 7am-4:45pm Appointment only
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Suspended due to COVID
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Suspended due to COVID
April 2020 NEW - This Clinic is now by appointment. Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above.
Address: Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FS Location: Access is via the main doors, the Phlebotomy team are in Area A. Opening hours: Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). 8am–4.45pm
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Specialist Tests - There are a small number of specialist tests where blood needs to be taken on a hospital site as the sample must be transferred to the laboratory rapidly for the test to be undertaken. Click here for a list of these specialist tests and to find out more.