The Organisation
Dr Brown, Dr Nyholm, Dr Thebridge, Dr Walt, Dr Rashiq, Dr Sabir, Dr Boyle and Dr Rashid
There are 8 partners at the Omnia Practice (five male and three female) and also one female GP employed by the partnership, who all believe that the patients in this area of Birmingham should receive the highest standard of primary care. We aim and offer a range of services to meet local needs and this is reflected in the different skills of the doctors and practice staff.
The majority of our patients live fairly close to the surgery in Small Heath / Bordesley Green although some patients live further out in Yardley, Sheldon and on the Solihull borders. We have an ethnic mix comprising about 25% patients with origins in the Indian subcontinent and a wide social class base. There are pockets of high unemployment and we see a very diverse range of diseases amongst our population.
We work from a modern purpose built medical centre which is also a base for District Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors, Dentists, Physiotherapists and Chiropodists. We are closely linked to the local community Psychiatric Team and a Citizens Advice Bureau worker visits on a weekly basis.
The practice is open weekdays from 8:30am until 6:45pm with a mix of surgeries and clinics throughout the day. We run clinics in child health, diabetes, sexual health, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), substance abuse, travel health and minor surgery. All our nurses are trained in asthma care and contraception and have a wide range of nursing skills. We consistently achieve top targets in cervical cytology and child vaccinations and regard good clinical governance as part of every day practice.
The doctors have a variety of more specialist interests. Some undertake a role with continence and leg ulcer management using a laser. We are able to offer endometrial biopsies in house and the whole range of contraception and sexual health services. As an instructing family planning practice we undertake practical training for the DFFP and there is ample opportunity for doctors who wish to learn coil fitting tecnhniques.
One Partner works as a hospital practitioner in the Gastroenterology Department at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, undertaking upper and lower GI investigations. Another partner is a clinical assistant in Respiratory Medicine at Birmingham Chest Clinic and runs a clinic for COPD as a GP with Special Interest for the PCT. Life is not all about clinical medicine and currently one partner is Executive Chair of Birmingham East and North PCT.
