Updated 25 March 2019
OHP- Church Road Surgery is part of the provider at scale organisation Our Health Partnership (OHP). The practice registered with CQC under the provider organisation OHP in August 2018.
Our Health Partnership (OHP) currently consists of 189 partners across 37 practices providing care and treatment to approximately 359,000 patients. The provider has a centralised team to provide support to member practices in terms of quality, finance, workforce, business planning, contracts and general management, whilst retaining autonomy for service delivery at individual practices. OHP also provides a mechanism by which practices can develop ideas to support the sustainability of primary medical services and provide a collective voice to influence change in the delivery of services locally and nationally
The practice is registered to provide the following regulated activities from its registered address and branch surgery:
- Diagnostic and screening procedures
- Family planning
- Maternity and midwifery services
- Surgical procedures
- Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Its registered address is 90 Church Road, Sheldon. Birmingham B26 3TP. The branch surgery address is Tile Cross Surgery, 144 Tile Cross Rd, Birmingham B33 0LU.
Overall, the service provides care to approximately 11,400 patients.
Information published by Public Health England, rates the level of deprivation within the practice population group as three, on a scale of one to ten. Level one represents the highest levels of deprivation and level ten the lowest. The practice population is predominantly white British.
The service has one registered patient list across the main and branch surgery and patients are able to access services at either of the two sites. The service uses a shared IT system which enables secure access to shared patient record functions. In addition, staff are able to work flexibly across the two practices to support patient demand.
One of the GP partners is registered as the CQC registered manager.
The practice employs three GPs (one male and two female). Three nurses and two healthcare assistants. There is a practice manager who is supported by a team of administrative and reception staff, some of which also carry out secretarial and call handling duties.
The service offers training and teaching facilities, which means GP trainees and foundation year
doctors are able to undertake part of their training at the practice.
The practice offers pre-bookable, same day face to face consultations and telephone consultations with a health care professional. The service also offers home visits to house bound patients on request, a clinician may contact the patient prior to visit to determine the nature of the illness. Individual opening and appointment times are set out in the evidence tables. Patients can access extended hours appointments on weekday evenings from 6.30pm until 8pm and on Saturday mornings at another practice locally through the extended access hub arrangement.
When the practice is closed patients are automatically diverted to the GP out of hours service provided by the Badger. Patients can also access advice through the NHS 111 service.