Shortage of crutches at Withybush Hospital
Have you recently injured your leg and been given crutches by the hospital or Minor Injury Units? Did you know you need to return these once recovered so other people can use them? Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, currently has a shortage of crutches and anyone who has been issued them by the hospital can return them to the Emergency Department, at Withybush General Hospital 24 hours a day or to South Pembrokeshire Hospital and Tenby Cottage Hospital Minor Injury Units. David Hawkings, Senior Nurse Manager, Emergency Care, said: “We know that people may have crutches they no longer need hanging around the house which they have just not got around to returning to us. “Each pair of crutches costs the NHS but they can easily be reused so we are asking people to please return them to us.”