We are excited to work with Suvera, a trusted digital health NHS Partner, to bring this service to you. They already support patients nationwide to make managing your health much easier.

What will you have access to?

As part of this new online long-term condition service Suvera provides, you will have access to a secure patient portal. From here, you can submit information about your health from home.

When you’ve shared information about your health, a dedicated and specialised care team at the practice will review your data. They will then provide clinical support all year round for your condition management.

How will this benefit you as a patient?

By working with Suvera, we hope to improve your experience with the practice with the following benefits:

• Providing easier and more flexible access to appointments throughout the year.
• Giving you a more active role in managing your health.
• Helping you get the medications and treatments you need faster, so you stay in good health for longer.

Submitting information

You will receive a text message inviting you to use the online clinic and a link to our patient portal. To access the patient portal, use your full name and date of birth to log in.

Answer the questions or submit your blood pressure readings through the patient portal. Any information you share is safe and \\secure and won’t be shared with anyone but your GP practice.

Ongoing appointment

A member of the care team will review the information you share and decide what the actions or next steps should be.

If you need an appointment, this will be done on the phone or via video call. In this appointment, you will discuss your long-term conditions, medicines, and other important lifestyle factors like diet and exercise.

Find out more

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact the Surgery or Suvera.

Find out more about Suvera, you can call 0800 808 5288 or visit www.suvera.com/patients

For more information visit https://www.bpas.org You can self refer to these services.

Health visitor’s prime responsibility is for the care and welfare of children under 5.

Please contact the team on 0121 466 3860.

We offer all vaccines except yellow fever.

Please book with our practice nurse to discuss, preferably 6 weeks before travel. Some vaccines have a charge – we keep this as low as possible.

We also provide private prescriptions for malaria tablets.

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To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

We provide a full range of contraceptive services including the Pill, Injections, implant, IUCD and IUS fitting and removal.

The Doctors are able to fit coils and implants, both for our patients and for patients from other surgeries in partnership with Umbrella.

The Midwife holds a clinic at Kings Norton on Wednesday and Ash Tree on Tuesday.

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If you have a positive pregnancy test you can now make your own online self-referral for your maternity care, without needing to see a doctor or nurse at the practice.

Our practice is now registered and listed on the online referral portal, so all you need to do to refer for your maternity care is visit the secure link below and provide the information requested. You’ll need your NHS number and the name of the practice, with which you must be registered.

The information you provide will be used to process your referral by both the community maternity team assigned to our practice and the booking office of your chosen hospital within Birmingham and Solihull. A copy of your referral will also be shared with us, your GP Practice, for information.

Click on this link or type into your browser using your mobile phone or digital device (laptop/ computer) – http://www.badgernotes.net/selfReferral/CareLocation/BUMP it’s quick and easy and will just take a few minutes. This link can also be used to refer a pregnancy on behalf of someone else, providing you have her consent.

You’ll be able to select a first, second and third preferred choice of hospitals to provide your care and for the birth of your baby; we have a number of birthing facilities:

Hospitals sites include	Review websites for further information	Booking Office number
UHB – Good Hope Hospital	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | Good Hope Hospital (uhb.nhs.uk)	0121 424 7620
UHB – Birmingham Heartlands Hospital	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | Maternity – Heartlands Hospital (uhb.nhs.uk)	0121 424 2729
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital	Maternity services at Birmingham Children’s Hospital | Birmingham Women’s and Children’s (bwc.nhs.uk)	0121 335 8100

If you would like to refer to any other hospital then please speak with your community midwife at your first ante-natal booking appointment or contact your GP.

Useful information: to support you throughout your pregnancy
Information guides on all you need to know about trying for a baby, pregnancy, labour and birth. Pregnancy – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
The Ask the Midwife – a  live zoom session hosted by consultant midwives, Health Visitors and clinical staff to answer questions on pregnancy, birth and caring for your baby. Ask The Midwife – BUMP (yourbump.nhs.uk)
Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) a team of people who provide feedback about local maternity systems to a panel of maternity health professionals from service users on co-production to improve services. https://gatewayfs.org/our-work/health-and-wellbeing-services/maternity-voices-partnerships-mvps/
Bump (Birmingham & Solihull United Maternity and Newborn Partnership). Uniting maternity services; in Birmingham and Solihull to improve your maternity experience. Together Bump partners offer you personalised care, with more choice about your care – for both you and your baby. BUMP – Birmingham & Solihull United Maternity and Newborn Partnership (yourbump.nhs.uk)

The community midwifery team assigned to your GP Practice will contact you, please allow up to 7-10 working days for your referral to be processed, however if you do not hear from the team, within this period, please contact the midwife directly via the details listed below:

Community Midwife contact details:

Charlotte Road Team: 0121 444 4758  Mon-Friday 9-10am. 4-5pm.

One of the team members will contact you once your referral is processed. If you have any technical problems using the web address, please email project.bump@nhs.net

Well baby clinics are held at the following locations:

If you need to contact the Health Visitor call 0121 466 3860.

We offer joint injections for certain clinical conditions.

Please book a telephone consultation to discuss with your GP.

Everyone is at risk of developing heart disease, stroke, diabetes or kidney disease.

The good news is that these conditions can often be prevented – even if you have a history of them in your family. 

We offer free NHS Health Checks to help you be better prepared for the future and be more able to take steps to maintain or improve your health.