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Opening Times:
0800-2100 – 7 days a week
Lymington Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) is situated within Lymington New Forest Hospital.
We are a GP led team of nurse practitioners, specialist paramedics, experienced health care support workers, and a dedicated reception team. During our opening hours from 8am to 9pm, 7 days a week we assess and treat or refer acute presentations with minor injuries and minor illnesses for all ages of patients. Our aim is to ensure that we provide a high standard of clinical care to all our patients and to ease the pressures and demands on the local emergency departments.
Important notes:
Please do not call the UTC for clinical advice or advice regarding if you should attend. Due to the demands on the department, our clinicians are unable to speak to you over the phone. Instead please call 111 who can properly discuss your condition and advise you appropriately.
Please note that the Radiology department closes at 8.30pm and no Xrays can be taken after this time. If an Xray is required, you will be asked to return the following morning.
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Self Care
Care for yourself at home
Minor cuts & grazes
Minor bruises
Minor sprains
Coughs and colds
Pharmacy
Local expert advice
Minor illnesses
Headaches
Stomach upsets
Bites & stings
NHS 111
Non-emergency help
Feeling unwell?
Unsure?
Anxious?
Need help?
GP Advice
Out of hours: Call 111
Persistent symptoms
Chronic pain
Long term conditions
New prescriptions
UTCs
Urgent Treatment Centres
Breaks & sprains
X-rays
Cuts & grazes
A&E or 999
For emergencies only
Choking
Chest pain
Blacking out
Serious blood loss
What we can treat
Urgent and newly presenting:
- Sprains and strains
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Limb fractures following an injury
- Dislocations of fingers and toes
- Wounds including cuts and grazes
- Soft tissue injuries and bruising
- Minor burns and scalds
- Insect and animal bites
- Minor eye injuries
- Urinary tract infections
- Stomach pains (if not pregnancy related)
- Minor illnesses
- Children with minor illnesses
- Minor allergic reactions
- Mild anxiety
- Earache
- Removal of foreign bodies from ear
- Rashes
- Skin infections
What we can’t treat
We’re unable to request bloods, CT/MRI scans, ultrasounds or X-rays of chests, backs, heads or hips.
- Injuries more than two weeks old cannot be x-rayed
- Ongoing chronic and minor illness
- Conditions under the care of your GP or hospital specialist
- Severe chest pain
- Severe abdominal pain
- Spinal injuries
- Major trauma (including falls from over 1 metre)
- Breathing difficulties
- Severely unwell children
- Pregnancy related problems
- Injuries sustained longer than 2 weeks previous
- Overdoses
- Alcohol or drug related problems
- Dental problems
- No x-rays for under two year olds
- Routine dressing changes
- Catheter problems
