The emergency department at Grantham Hospital looks set to change the way it treats some fracture injuries.

Lincoln County Hospital is trialling a new streamlined service where children with buckle injuries of the wrist or collarbone fractures, as well as adults with boxer's fractures in their hands, no longer have to return for extra appointments and check-ups.

If the service change is successful it will be rolled out to the emergency departments at Grantham and Boston hospitals.

Orthopaedic Paediatric Surgeon, Tom Southorn, said: "We need to modernise the way we are treating children and patients who have suffered these injuries.

"We know that these injuries heal very well, in a short period of time, with little to no risk of long term complications.

"The key thing is that everyone benefits from this change.

"This will be so much better, especially for our young patients and their families as they will no longer have to take time out of school and work to attend these appointments.

"It will also enable us to see emergency cases sooner whilst requiring no additional funding."

The move is in line with national guidelines which say it is not necessary for patients to return to a fracture clinic with such injuries unless there is a concern.