Prince Philip Hospital - Minor Injury Unit

Temporary changes to opening hours

From Friday 1 November 2024, for a period of six months, the Minor Injury Unit will be open from 8.00am until 8.00pm, seven days a week (instead of 24 hours a day)

The temporary change to opening hours, which only affects the Minor Injury Unit, has been put in place to protect patient and staff safety due to not having the appropriate Minor Injury Unit GP's in place during evenings and overnight.
 

What to do if you have a minor injury

If you live in, near, or are visiting Llanelli and have a minor injury in the daytime (between 8.00am and 8.00pm), you can continue to walk into the Minor Injury Unit at Prince Philip Hospital.

If your minor injury occurs between 8.00pm and 8.00am and cannot wait until the next day, please use:

• the NHS Wales symptom checker online (opens in new tab).
• or call NHS 111 Wales for advice (choose option 2 for mental health support)
• In a life-threatening emergency, whether you are an adult, young person, or for a child, always dial 999.

Further useful links

You can read more on the range of our services on the urgent care webpage (opens in new tab)

You can also read more on our minor injury units webpage (opens in new tab)

For children and young person health needs, you can read more on our children’s services webpage (opens in new tab)

Read the Board Paper - Proposed Overnight Closure Prince Philip Hospital Minor Injury Unit here (PDF, 1.5MB, 20 September 2024, opens in new tab) [Presenter: Andrew Carruthers]

Press releases:

14/10/2024 - Drop-in event for information about Llanelli's Minor Injury Unit (opens in new tab)

26/09/2024 - Board agrees temporary overnight closure of Minor Injury Unit in Llanelli (opens in new tab)

20/09/2024 - Board to discuss temporary overnight closure of Minor Injury Unit (opens in new tab)