All Services

Asthma/COPD Clinics

The clinics are run by the practice nurse and clinician who is qualified in this field.

We offer regular review of treatment and instruction in inhaler use and self-help.

Joint Injections and pain management clinics

We have specialist pain management clinics run by a specialist GP, Dr Tahir Mohammed on Mondays.

Clinicians at the practice can directly refer you into this clinic.

Health Trainer

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment with the trainers.

The health trainer, Miss Louise Pickard, will provide one-to-one advice and support on weight management, diet advice and healthy lifestyle.

Louise is able to refer and signpost you to a wide range of services such as weightwatchers, slimming world, smoking cessation, exercise/gym and swimming.

Child Immunisations / Postnatal check for mother

All new babies are invited for regular check-ups from 8 weeks old.

You will receive an invite from the childhood immunisations team.

Contact the surgery when you receive the invitation. 

Antenatal

Friday mornings; new pregnancies for first antenatal booking is a 1 hour appointment.

Antenatal follow-up checks are 20 minute appointments.

NHS 111

If you have an urgent but non life-threatening medical need, make sure you use NHS 111 first rather than going straight to A&E.

If you do need urgent care, then NHS 111 can now book you in to be seen quickly and safely in A&E. NHS 111 is also able to direct patients to or book an appointment at Urgent Treatment Centres, GP surgeries, pharmacies, emergency dental services and walk-in clinics.Contacting NHS 111 first will also help the NHS to keep you safe by maintaining social distancing and ensure that you receive the right care in the right place, in a more timely and safe way.

However, you should still dial 999 if you have a life-threatening illness or injury.

Just think 111 first. When you think you need A&E, contact NHS 111 by phone or online.

Home Visits

If you, or a loved one are of advanced age, or find it difficult to visit the practice due to an illness, injury or disability; our home care visits are there to support you. Please telephone the reception before 10:00am (preferably) and our care navigators will inquire further to assess how best to help you.

Your GP will only visit you at home if they think that your medical condition requires it and will also decide how urgently a visit is needed. You may also be visited at home by a community nurse if you are referred by your GP. 

You may also be visited by the GP in the case of recent child birth or are newly registered with a GP and have a child under 5 years.

Clinics we offer at our GP surgery

We provide a range of services and clinics.

The following clinics are available at our surgery by appointment:

  • Baby Immunisations
  • Blood pressure and urine checks
  • Cervical smears
  • Childhood immunisations
  • Chronic disease management
  • Cryotherapy
  • Ear syringing
  • Family planning advice
  • Minor injuries
  • Skin Surgery
  • Removal of stitches
  • Registration health checks
  • Travel Advice and Vaccinations

Chargeable Services

Please review our list of non-NHS work that we offer at our GP surgery, which attract a fee. This includes certificates, forms, medical examinations and various travel vaccinations.

Some services are not covered under the NHS contract and we may charge for these services.

Please see below a list of the non-NHS services:

  1. Passport form signing
  2. Private letters, private sick-notes and private prescriptions
  3. Taxi forms
  4. Insurance claim forms
  5. Request for copies of medical records
  6. Medicals for pre-employment

The fees charged are based on the Birmingham Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales. Please speak to reception staff for further information or a list of charges for private medical work.

Why does my doctor charge fees?

When your doctor is asked to give medical information about you in the form of a report, letter or certificate, the request kick starts a series of processes.

This takes time and is not always straightforward or simple to complete. Some of the information is not available easily and will mean the doctor has to sort and select the right information for the request.

The doctor also must establish who is funding this work and if it is not part of their NHS work, agree a fee for this.

Many patients see their doctor as the embodiment of the NHS and all that it provides – free care at the point of delivery. However not all work doctors are asked to do is paid for by the NHS and many GPs are self-employed.

This means they must cover their time and costs – staff, buildings, heating, lighting, etc – in the same way as any small business. The NHS only pays for NHS work, any work outside of the NHS must be funded by other means and this is why fees are charged.

Your doctor receives large amounts of request and which is often to do with whether your general health allows you to do something e.g. to work, receive benefits, drive, play sport, attend school, own a house, a firearm or it is for insurance, court or other medico-legal reasons.

All requests will vary in complexity, volume and consistency ranging from signing a certificate which can take minutes, to an in-depth report with an examination that can take hours.

When your doctor signs a certificate or completes a report, it is a condition of remaining on the Medical Register that they only sign what they know to be true.

In order to complete even the simplest of forms, they may have to check your entire medical record (some of which may not be accessible on a computer or on site).

Carelessness or an inaccurate report can have serious consequences for the doctor with the General Medical Council (the doctors’ regulatory body) or even the Police.

Your doctor is inundated with work. They have to balance their time with treating the sick, keeping their practice afloat and making sure they are doing all of this safely and within their professional duties as a doctor.

With certain exceptions written within their contract, doctors do not have to carry out non-NHS work. However, many choose to for the benefit of you and other families they treat.

Where a doctor chooses to undertake the work, we advise them to inform and always agree a fee in advance of undertaking work.

Should their volume of work prove to be greater or more complex than expected, the doctor will contact you to discuss how to proceed.

– Not all documents need a signature by a doctor and can be done by other professionals. Please check the form and accompanying guidance as you may get a quicker response that way.

– If you have several forms requiring completion, present them all at once and ask your doctor if he or she is prepared to complete them at the same time to speed up the process.

– Do not expect your GP to process forms overnight. Urgent requests may mean that a doctor has to make special arrangements to process the form quickly, and this will cost more.

– Don’t book an appointment with your doctor to complete forms without checking with your doctor’s administrative staff as to whether you need to or not.

Get test results

General Information about Test Results

When you attend a test of any kind, you will be told how long you should expect to wait for the results.  This is a guideline, and we ask that you wait this time before checking for your results.

Please note that we have a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection. We will only give test results to the person they relate to unless that person has given prior permission for their release or if they’re not capable of understanding them.

There are different ways you can access the results of tests that have been done at our GP surgery.

  • You can use your Patient Access account (or the NHS app) and access the results from there. Please note that results are only available once the doctor has reviewed them. If you don’t have access to your record online, please request this in your online account or ask our reception team for help, ideally after 2 pm.
  • You can telephone the practice by 0121 544 8666

Please note that the results of tests carried out during hospital visits are not normally sent to the practice.

Why have I been asked to have a repeat test?

If a doctor asks you to have a repeat test, it is usually because:

  • The result was borderline or unclear, and the doctor wants another sample to monitor the situation or to re-check the results.
  • The result is abnormal, and the doctor cannot interpret the result without further tests and has asked you to come in for more tests.

Please do not worry if the doctor has asked you for a repeat test. The doctor will speak to you or request to see you directly if they need to discuss the results.