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The Trust is delighted to announce that Bodmin Community Hospital’s minor injury unit opened its doors at new premises today, 14 June 2023.

The move is part of our strategy to deliver improved services closer to people’s homes in what is another positive step for north and east Cornwall.

Following the completion of the new community diagnostic centre towards the end of last year, the second phase of the project sees the minor injury unit and its staff relocate a short distance from the existing hospital building to the centre which is located closer to the entrance to the site.

The new minor injury unit boasts a dedicated triage room, 4 treatment bays, an isolation treatment bay, and all the essential areas necessary for delivering exemplary care standards. The Bodmin minor injury unit is 1 of 10 minor injury units run by the Trust across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The services make a vital contribution to the delivery of urgent care in our system taking pressure off Treliske and Derriford Hospitals.

Work is now underway on phase 3 with the second floor being turned into a multi-use clinical space and additional community diagnostic facilities. The diagnostics centre delivers a range of diagnostic services, and includes x-ray, CT scanner and ultrasound services, supplemented by a mobile diagnostic imaging space that has facilitated MRI capabilities at the site. The centre is home to the fifth CT scanner in Cornwall and the first east of Truro.

“It’s wonderful to be at the new site here in Bodmin. We now have a fantastic new unit to work from and I think this is another important step in the right direction as we aim to provide the best possible service for patients.” Sister Laura Innis

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