Red Cross pilot project at Tenby to continue to September
A weekend summer service pilot run by the British Red Cross is continuing at Tenby Hospital. The pilot summer service provides people with treatment for injuries such as strains, sprains and insect bites, or illnesses such as minor allergic reactions. The Red Cross are also able to offer advice and triage services for other injuries and illnesses. For the first few weeks, the Red Cross service ran alongside the Minor Injury Unit with emergency nurse practitioners on site. This trial period has now ended and the Red Cross service has been evaluated as being safe and appropriate. During the evaluation period the Red Cross service only referred a small number of people to the MIU service. Hospital Director and Associate Medical Director for Quality and Safety at Hywel Dda Health Board, Dr Iain Robertson-Steel said: “We have looked carefully at the clinical need of the patients who have attended Tenby Hospital during the pilot period and it has been deemed that the Red Cross service is ...