the omnia practice ^NHS

The Omnia Practice is only open between 8:30am and 8pm Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday and until 6.45pm on Tuesdays and Fridays. If you need further care there are a number of providers which should be able to help out until the surgery is open again.

Phone the Omnia Practice on 0845 072 4618 out of hours and you will be put through to BADGER, who are now based in Bordesley Green at 121 Glover Street B9 4EY - overnight and weekend consultations will be available from this, the main Badger Centre from April 2010 as well as from the other centres at Heartlands Hospital, Solihull, Good Hope and Selly Oak Hospitals.

BADGER (Birmingham And District General Emergency Rooms

The Birmingham And District General Practitioner Emergency Rooms group is a consortium of local doctors. We have joined together to provide an improved out of hours emergency service for our patients. The BADGER out of hours co-operative was launched in 1996 and has grown substantially since then. Today we have over 200 general practitioners using the service with a patient base of over 400,000.

If you telephone the surgery out of horus, your call will be forwarded to BADGER.

NHS Direct

The NHS operates a 24 hour helpline (0845 4647) which will provide you with telephone advice for your ailments. See their website for more details and information. See their website for more details and information.

NHS Walk-in / Urgent Care Centres

These are useful centres where you can be treated for a range of minor illnesses or injuries. The Urgent Care Centre, based at Washwood Heath Health Centre on Clodeshall Road in Saltley, provides a walk in, no appointment service. The centre will see, treat and give advice for a wide range of minor illnesses and injuries, such as cuts, strains, sprains and other minor injuries and illnesses on site. The centre is open 9am to 6.30pm every day except Thursday and Fridays, with plans to extend the opening times soon. People can also use the Urgent Care Centre in Warren Farm, which is based on Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding and is open 8.30am to 7.30pm every day

Who should attend? The Urgent Care Centre will see, treat and give advice for a wide range of minor illnesses and injuries, including: Tonsillitis / throat infections, Chest infection, Mild asthma, Conjunctivitis/ eye problems, Cough, Abdominal pain, Minor injury, Burns and cuts, Ear infection and Emergency contraception.

When should I go to Accident and Emergency? If you are injured or seriously ill, you should go, or be taken, to A and E or call 999 in an emergency. This includes: loss of consciousness, pain that is not relieved by simple pain killers, rapid-onset confusion, persistent, severe chest pain, or breathing difficulties.