A new year-round Nurse Led Walk In Centre, based at Tenby Cottage Hospital, will open on Monday, July 10, providing treatment for urgent minor illness and minor injuries.

The service will be open to from 10 am to 5 pm for patients to attend, with the centre closing following treatment of the last patients by 6 pm.

A&E services for serious illness and injury will continue to be delivered at Withybush General Hospital.

Conditions that can be managed by an Emergency Nurse Practitioner at the Nurse Led Walk In Centre include:

• earache and throat infections;

• skin complaints, including rashes and sunburn;

• minor muscular-skeletal injuries and pain;

• soft tissue injuries;

• hay fever, insect bites and stings;

• minor injuries, cuts, wounds, minor burns;

• minor eye complaints and irritations requiring washouts and irrigation and;

• removal of foreign bodies.

Jill Paterson, Interim Director of Commissioning, Primary Care and Therapies and Health Sciences at Hywel Dda University Health Board, said: “I am pleased to confirm that the new Nurse Led Walk In Centre based at Tenby Cottage Hospital will open on Monday, July 10..

“This is a year round service where patients will be seen by an Emergency Nurse Practitioner who can provide care and treatment directly, or refer to other appropriate services where necessary.

“On behalf of the Health Board, I would like to thank everyone who has worked very hard to establish this service. We are grateful for the support and input from the Hywel Dda Community Health Council (CHC) and the South East Pembrokeshire Community Health Network (SEPCHN) in getting the Nurse Led Walk In Centre up and running.”