Minor Injuries Unit set to open in Mayo
The unit will open initially on a phased basis with the hours and days extending in the coming weeks to operate on a 12 hours per day.
A Minor Injury Unit is set to open in Ballina.
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill visited Ballina District Hospital today, which is located on Mercy Road beside the hospital.
The unit will open initially on a phased basis with the hours and days extending in the coming weeks to operate on a 12 hours per day, seven days per week basis, and will treat breaks, sprains, strains, cuts, burns and soft tissue injuries.
It will be both GP and self-referral led, and will hope to ease pressure on Mayo University Hospital's Emergency Department.
In a post on social media, Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo Dara Calleary said: "From first raising the possibility of a Minor Injuries Unit in Ballina with former Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly in 2022, to securing ring-fenced funding as part of Budget 2025 in October 2024, and engaging with both Ministers Donnelly and Carroll MacNeill and the HSE since then, I have been relentless in my pursuit of this project.
"I can see the enormous potential of a local injury unit in Ballina and I am absolutely delighted and extremely proud to have it opening here to serve the people of Ballina and the wider Mayo community.
"It was an election promise of mine in 2024 and I am delighted to deliver it. I wish the 25 strong staff every success."
