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Accy Vic is still up and running but has limited services now. It is run by the PCT and has a minor injuries unit. There are some wards which tend to be inhabited by elderly people who are unfit to be nursed at home but not seriously ill enough to require acute care on a general medical ward. I think the GP's make direct referral to Accy Vic when they have a patient who requires a bed. Consultants come over from Blackburn and run clinics there, so there are antenatal clinics, eye clinic and general clinics for surgical and medical patients. There is a renal unit there and also an EMI Unit (Elderly Mentally Ill). There is a physio suite there and family planning clinic. The Health Visitors from the local PCT tend to be based there.