It's time for the Minor Injuries Unit at Cossham Hospital

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#201

There is no facility for attention and medical needs near this area. It was a godsend for me and my fellow friends when getting treatment as children with small cuts and broken bones.

Robert Monday (Bristol, 2021-10-13)

#202

Cossham Hospital resides on the boundary of two Local Authorities and is easily accessible by public transport. Parking is already in place and it would take pressure off of the other overstretched MIUs and A and E facilities.

Carol BOND (Bristol, 2021-10-13)

#203

A minor injury unit is urgently needed in this area.

Stephen Brooks (Bristol , 2021-10-13)

#205

It’s important to have a minor injuries unit easily accessible to this area

Christine Miles (Bristol , 2021-10-14)

#209

We really need something for this area, it's along drive to Yate

Sue Lockyer (Bristol, 2021-10-15)

#212

Elizabeth Langley

Elizabeth Langley (Bristol, 2021-10-15)

#216

I want a minor injury unit locally as I live in Kingswood and it would be very hard to get to Southmead from here.

Susan Cook (Bristol, 2021-10-16)

#220

Since the closure of Frenchay hospital there has been no local minor injuries unit created as promised. We have a large contingent of elderly as well as young children in this area. We are therefore left with no other option but to travel to A&E which is closer than Yate minor injuries unit. Neither of these are easy to get to without a car.

Angela King (Bristol, 2021-10-17)

#221

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joanna davies (Bristol, 2021-10-17)

#225

I believe its essential for the Kingswood & Downend areas of Bristol.

John Turner (Bristol, 2021-10-17)

#227

We desperately need a minor problem injuries unit this side of Town

Jayne Martin (Bristol, 2021-10-18)

#230

My daughter was taken there for severe broken glass injuries

Richard Fuller (Spalding, 2021-10-18)

#231

We need an A and E closer than Southmead Hospital. Yate is too far in an emergency too.

Grace Nicholls (Bristol, 2021-10-18)

#235

My mother who lives in Kingswood needed to go to MIU recently and I had to take her all the way to Yate. Seems ridiculous when there is a hospital in Kingswood!

Clare Wyatt (Bristol, 2021-10-19)

#238

It would make sense to have an MIU at Cossham Hospital which people living this side of Bristol could use. Our nearest MIU is at Yate at present since Frenchay Hospital closed .

mary.w.harris@icloud.com Harris (Kingswood,Bristol, 2021-10-19)

#239

It’s essential for our local community to have the MIU especially since we lost Frenchay A&E to Southmead Hospital

Lisa Curtis (Bristol , 2021-10-20)

#245

The need for a Minor Injuries Unit in east Bristol is obvious because of the distance to the nearest A&E.
Alternative treatment a Doctors surgerys is non starter because of the Fort Knox mentality of these surgeries due to their strategy regarding the ongoing pandemic

Michael Philip Marshall (Bristol, 2021-10-21)

#246

I’m passionate about using Cossham Hospital as it was donated to the local people and it would provide an essential service locally relieving the A&E Services that are being used at the moment.

Margaret Curry (Bristol, 2021-10-22)

#248

East Bristol needs a minor injuries unit. I live in East Bristol and my nearest is actually in Bath!!! I really think that A&E visits would be greatly reduced by having a local minor injuries unit at Cossham.

Jackie Cook (Bristol, 2021-10-23)

#250

This would be a fantastic addition to the area as of the last few years there is no emergency help available in this area! I have had to take my father to a&e several tomes recently and both nearest hospitals have been over 6 hr waits due to not coping with the influx. Some visits needed hospitalisation but a few could have easily been covered by a MIU. Since the doctors only work office ours now, I beleive it would be invaluable to have this to cover our area.

Sue Durbin (Bristol, 2021-10-23)

#251

There is a huge gap in first line care left by frenchay that is putting pressure on gps and a&e that blocks essential appointments for those that need them.

Bryant Joanne (Bristol, 2021-10-23)

#254

I am signing because we were promised a MIU when the issue was first raised , however the NHS went back on their word and it didn't happen.

Barry Tinner (Bristol, 2021-10-25)

#255

There is no major hospital in the county of South Gloucestershire, therefore it is necessary to have a minor injury unit in this locality. If for no other reason than for cutting down on journey times and helping alleviate climate change, as well as getting more immediate help with any health issues.

Yvonne Thomson (Bristol, 2021-10-27)

#256

East Bristol needs a minor injuries unit more than ever with an increasing frail and elderly population and the pressure community nursing and allied health services are experiencing at present. We are still awaiting decisions in relation to the number and types of beds that will be provided in the promised Community Hospital on the Frenchay site. It is important for older people to be given options and control regarding where they want to be treated and carrd for, and many feel much safer closer to home and in a more familiar environment. Please ensure that Cossham Hospital remains central to the community it was gifted to all those years ago by Handel Cossham, in order to continue to provide health and social care and well being.

Rosalyn Pyle (Webbs Heath, 2021-10-27)

#262

East Bristol needs it's own MIU. I am 74, I rely on public transport to get about and Cossham Hospital is my local hospital and is accessible by bus. The RUH is more accessible by bus than Southmead Hospital from where I live, even the BRI, albeit on an hour-long bus ride plus a long walk. Handel Cossham would be turning in his grave knowing that the hospital that he gifted to local residents was not now available to them for minor injuries.

Helen Bevan (BRISTOL, 2021-10-28)

#265

Simply put we need this.

Bryan Garlick (Bristol, 2021-10-29)

#266

It is a hospital originally gifted to the people of Kingswood for of aid their medical conditions (IE NOT an actual built NHS hospital) Also MIU was promised when Cossham hospital was to be reconfigured

Tim Gibbs (Bristol, 2021-10-29)

#268

We do not even have a direct bus to Yate ! Nor, really to anywhere else. I recently went to Cossham for a chest X-ray and think it is vital to save Cossham for the residents of Kingswood, to whom it was originally donated.

Janet Williams (Bristol, 2021-10-29)

#269

I needed to visit Cossham for an x-ray. If it was not for Cossham being within walking distance I would have had to travel a lvery ong way without a car.

Stephen Williams (Bristol, 2021-10-29)

#272

I believe a minor injury unit at Cossham Hospital is essential for the well being of residents in East Bristol

Malcolm Allen (Bristol, 2021-10-30)

#273

It is imperative that we have a MIU within reach of the local areas.

Maureen Walker (Bristol, 2021-10-30)

#274

This is my local hospital and south and east Bristol are being left behind as far as health services are concerned. We have terrible transport links to north Bristol therefore we urgently need this facility.

Jane Lawrence (Bristol, 2021-10-30)

#275

This was promised to the people

Marie Hooper (Bristol, 2021-10-31)

#277

Anne Scott

Anne Scott (Bristol, 2021-10-31)

#280

Roz Dick

Roz Dick (Bristol, 2021-11-03)

#281

It's a brilliant idea

Katie Stewart (Bristol , 2021-11-03)

#282

East Bristol needs a MIU as promised
several years ago and the NHS reneged
on this. People including pensioners
currently have to make a long and inconvenient journey to the nearest MIU
for treatment. This is unacceptable and
needs to be remedied NOW!

John Balmond (Bristol, 2021-11-03)

#283

We need this facility for the people of Kingswood as there is nothing in the area.

Roberta Locke (Bristol , 2021-11-03)

#289

Because it costs a fortune in taxi fares if you don’t drive to get to the other minor injuries units

Lorraine Pillinger (Bristol, 2021-11-04)

#292

It is our local hospital essential for the elderly and young families,we need it to happen!!!

Fred Abraham (Bristol , 2021-11-05)

#296

We need a minor injuries unit in this part of south Glos. Southmead, BRI and Yate are all too far away and with so many more new housing, and elderly residents more medical facilities are needed to treat minor injuries to stop the main A & E depts being clogged up. Let them.deal.with the.major stuff. Everythjng is pratically there already to run a MIU. Frenchay was ripped away from us and nothing left to replace it. A community hospital was promised 15 years ago and still no sign of it. Gives us something

Nicola Harris (Bristol, 2021-11-07)

#297

There is no 'in between' hospital services in the area....it is a choice of trying to book at a GP or visit one of the two city A&E departments. The ever expanding population of East Bristol needs this MIU service.

Alastair Jack (Lyde Green , 2021-11-07)

#302

This was promised!

Philip West (Bristol , 2021-11-10)

#305

We were promised this when they closed Frenchay hospital

Paul Strover (Bristol, 2021-11-11)

#307

I live by cossham and have no transport and a disabled daughter so would be very good to have this unit

Sheila Neal (Bristol, 2021-11-12)

#314

Our local hospital needs this. Residents need this facility closer.

Linda Tyrer (BRISTOL, 2021-11-14)

#316

Thing’s like this mater and make a difference to people’s lives.

Alan Tustin (Birmingham , 2021-11-14)

#318

I believe in the need for a minor injuries unit at Cosham Hospital to serve the people of East Bristol

Malcolm Revett (Bristol, 2021-11-15)

#319

This is a promise that so far lies broken

Martin Short (BRISTOL, 2021-11-16)

#321

It is time the promise was kept

Annette Short (BRISTOL, 2021-11-16)

#326

Since the loss of Frenchay Hospital, the £19m refurbishment of Cossham was supposedly inclusive of the promise of aMinorInjuries Unit. This promise has not been fulfilled and is urgently needed following the abject failure of the two year attempt to provide it via local gp surgeries which I believe was a sop to fob off complaints about the broken promise.

Henry Olpin (Bridtol, 2021-11-18)

#329

I’m signing because East Bristol has no emergency medical facility since the closure of Frenchay hospital.

Christine Weedon (Bristol , 2021-11-20)

#330

When I needed hospital treatment for a broken wrist I went to Bath hospital and came home on two buses because the A and E waiting times were so bad here in Bristol. We need an A and E for minor injuries in East Bristol at Cossham Hospital.

C Stones (Bristol, 2021-11-20)

#331

An MIU was promised & is desperately needed

John Clease (Bristol , 2021-11-21)

#332

I live in Hanham and we need this facility urgently

Jeannette Sharp (Bristol, 2021-11-21)

#334

its an essential service for this area

Mary Younie (Bristol, 2021-11-21)

#335

Diane Holt

Diane Holt (Keynsham, 2021-11-21)

#337

Wendy Batten

Wendy Batten (Bristol, 2021-11-22)

#342

I’m signing because this is a local resource important to me and my family

Bob Mittins (Bristol, 2021-11-22)

#343

No where to go this side of town

steve Jackson (Bristol, 2021-11-23)

#344

Because there is nothing this side of town
We have to far to travel

Geoffrey Tanner (St george bristol, 2021-11-23)

#352

62 years ago, when I was 5 years old, I was rushed to Cossham by the only neighbour with a car, after I had been hit on the head by a lump of falling metal. I had a number of stitches in my forhead. If that happened to anyone now, they would need to go to Southmead or the BRI, which is not straightforward, especially if they do not have access to a car. I therefore believe it is essential for Cossham Hospital to have a minor injury unit as originally promised.

John Watts (Bristol, 2021-11-26)

#353

The unit was promised and is much needed to serve local people and take some pressure off Southmead A&E

Sandra Zealand (Bristol, 2021-11-26)

#359

More hospital facilities are needed to the east of the m32,
Particularly an mic at Cossham

Roger Murphy (Bristol, 2021-11-28)

#360

Mr Ian Archard

Ian Archard (Bristol, 2021-11-28)

#366

First it was promised,
It’s a long Journey to Yate or Southmead Hospital.
I have used Cossham twice this year
Not for minor injuries though but if I needed to it’s not far from Hanham.

David Weedon (Bristol , 2021-11-30)

#368

Mrs Tracey Tarr

Tracey Tarr (Bristol , 2021-12-01)

#369

I think we need a accident service at cossham as southmead is to far for people living in the south Gloucestershire area. Since Frenchay hospital closed

Sandra Guest (Bristol, 2021-12-02)

#371

We need a local MIC in the area
For some Yate is too far
We do not have a local hospital now so should at least be provided with a local MIC

Diane Hedgcock (Bristol , 2021-12-03)

#372

With the closure of Frenchay hospital Hanham and the surrounding area is not well supported for MIU.
Thank's

Ralph Starr (Bristol, 2021-12-03)

#373

Long promised and much more convenient for a wide population

jacqueline dalgarno (Bristol, 2021-12-03)

#374

Mark Naish

Mark Naish (Bitton, Bristol, 2021-12-04)

#376

We need better access to minor injury unit within our own area

Brian Woodland (Bristol, 2021-12-05)

#377

We desperately need a minor injuries unit this side of Bristol. Southmead & BRI too hard to get to & people with no one to take them suffer hardship trying to get to these places alone.

Barbara Johnson (Bristol, 2021-12-07)

#378

This area is poorly served by the NHS. Our local hospital was closed long ago and promises broken.

Paul Pritchard (Bristol, 2021-12-07)

#379

Christine Holcombe

Christine Holcombe (Bristol, 2021-12-07)

#385

We need a minor injuriy unit in our area to take the strain off of Nurses and Doctors at our main hospitals

Martin Davies (Bristol, 2021-12-10)

#386

Its much more convenient to bs16 2px than either southmead or bri !

Roger Elliott (Year, 2021-12-10)

#387

This was promised and it makes sense for people in this area to have a more local minor injuries unit. Instead of going to Southmead on the other side of Bristol or over to Bath. This would also increase capacity in the other hospitals.

John Dalgarno (Bristol, 2021-12-10)

#389

My husband and I are in our 80’s and find Southmead Hospital too much of a journey if requiring A & E facility

Michele Corsie (Bristol, 2021-12-11)

#391

it is badly needed

Joan Green (Bristol, 2021-12-11)

#394

It is a convenient hospital for myself to use and it is an area which has no local MIU services. The MIU was promised when the refurbishment took place.

Jo Aldworth (Bristol, 2021-12-12)



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