With winter here WHSCT director Geraldine McKay highlights minor injures unit which treated 25k in a year

Geraldine McKay, a senior Western Health and Social Care Trust director, has urged people with minor injuries to use Altnagelvin’s Minor Injuries Unit instead of the emergency department when appropriate. The unit recorded almost 22,500 attendances from November 2025 to November 2026, with the trust reporting about 25,000 patients treated in its first 12 months. The service opened in 2024 and aims to ease pressure on A&E.