A new eight-point-six million pound urgent treatment centre has been opened at Weston General Hospital.

The dual-purpose facility has an emergency department as well as specialist GPs on site for less urgent treatment.

With the number of patients using the department rising by up to ten percent a year, the aim is to direct people to the most appropriate doctor or nurse as efficiently as possible.

Clinical Service Manager Corwen Griffith doesn't want people to go over their own GP's head though:

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