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Medical Advice
Disabled Access
Both surgeries have wheelchair access and Smethwick Medical Centre has adapted toilet facilities.
Services
To book an appointment please call the appointment line or visit your general practice
Aquarius - by doctors' referral only
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
For confidential alcohol counselling Monday 1.00pm - 5.00pm
Antenatal Clinics - with the Midwife
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Thursday 1.30 - 3.00pm
Hollybush Medical Centre Tel 0121 423 1205
Tuesday 2.00 - 3.00pm
With the Practice Nurse
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Friday 9.00am - 12:00 noon
Available for walk in on the day
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Injections Only Monday 9.00 - 10.00 am
Nurse and Health Visitors Wednesday 1.30pm - 3.00pm
Hollybush Medical Centre Tel 0121 423 1205
(Alternate weeks) Tuesday 2.00 - 3.00pm
Phlebotomy (Blood Tests) by Doctor's referral only
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Monday 9.00am - 10.30am
Hollybush Medical Centre Tel 0121 423 1205
With Nurse by appointment
If you suffer from incontinence, ask the receptionist for a 'BBC' appointment with the District Nurse
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Referrals only
Doctors referral only for diabetic foot care
Morning After Pill -This should be taken as close as possible after the event and must be started within 72 hours. This can be obtained from the following sources:
Your GP (on prescription)
Family Planning Clinic (free)
Accredited pharmacists (free to those under 20, over 20 at a cost)
When you call for an appointment for emergency contraception, please tell the receptionist that you need an urgent appointment.
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Hollybush Medical Centre Tel 0121 423 1205
Doctors referral only. The practice provides several trained counsellors.
With the doctor and practice nurse
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Thursday 9.00am - 12.00 noon
Hollybush Medical Centre Tel 0121 423 1205
Ask at reception for more information
If you are aged 75 or over you should be seen annually by your doctor, the practice nurse, elderly care nurse, district nurse or health visitor. If patients are not able to attend surgery, a home visit will be arranged with our elderly care nurse or health care assistant.
Contraceptive care is provided by all the doctors during surgery hours.
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Hollybush Medical Centre Tel 0121 423 1205
Fertility treatment - IVF by doctors’ referral only
Sandwell Primary Care Trust’s eligibility criteria for treatment are:
The couple in which the woman is aged 23 to 39 at the time of treatment.
Infertility should be defined as failure to conceive after regular unprotected sexual intercourse for 2 years in the absence of known reproductive pathology
Couples who have no surviving children together and who fulfil all other criteria will be eligible
The woman should have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of between 19 and 30 at the time commencement of treatment
Women who smoke should be referred to a Sandwell approved Smoking Cessation Service to support their efforts to stop smoking by following a structured NHS funded programme and must have stopped smoking before being referred.
Those couples where one or both partners have been voluntarily sterilised will not be eligible for treatment under this policy
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Book your appointment at Reception
An influenza vaccination is particularly recommended for patients with heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes, residents of nursing and rest homes as well as those aged 65 and over. Please contact the reception staff in September for details of the vaccination dates and to make an appointment.
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
An influenza vaccination is particularly recommended for patients with heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes, residents of nursing and rest homes as well as those aged 65 and over. Please contact the reception staff in September for details of the vaccination dates and to make an appointment.
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Dr Gibson
There are a range of services available all by doctors’ referral
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
With the Practice Nurse
If you have been asked to come for a smear, call reception and they will book you an appointment.
The doctors and nurses will offer you advice and information about how to stop smoking. If you wish, they will refer you to Sandwell Smoking Cessation service for more support and patches.
Fiona Collins – ask at reception for a self referral form.
The Spiritual Care Advisor is for everyone, of all faiths or none. Fiona can offer confidential pastoral and spiritual care for patients and their carers. She can help if you are struggling with illness, bereavement, finding life stressful or need someone to talk to.
By doctors referral only
For confidential alcohol counselling
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Monday 1.00pm - 5.00pm
Travel Immunisations/Vaccinations
Book your appointment at reception. Please make an appointment at least eight weeks in advance of your holiday to ensure adequate cover.
This is not an NHS service but a private consultation and therefore there is a fee per person for some travel immunisations. Staff will be pleased to advise you of the fees beforehand
With the practice nurse. All women should have a smear test every three years.
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Book your appointment at reception
We can also provide the following vaccinations: Men ACXY, Rabies, Hep B (for travel). There is a fee for these vaccinations.
Smethwick Medical Centre Tel: 0121 558 0105
Hollybush Medical Centre Tel 0121 423 1205
