Grove Surgery

• 24 hour blood pressure monitoring - by invitation
• Asthma / COPD review appointments
• Baby clinic
• Blood tests - needs referral by a GP
• Care planning - by invitation
• Contraceptive and sexual health services
• Diabetic review appointments
• Dressings and suture removal
• ECG
• Minor operations
• Smears – by invitation
• Smoking cessation
• Spirometry – needs referral by a GP
• Cancer Screening - bowel cancer, bowel cancer screening, breast screening
• Children’s Health
• Hospital Referrals
• Chronic Heart Disease - angina, heart attacks, heart failure
• Diabetes
• Respiratory
• Men’s Health - prostate cancer, testicular cancer
• NHS Health Checks
• Family Planning
• Sickness Certificates
• Travel Clinic
• Vaccinations
• Childhood Immunisations
• Women’s Health - breast screening, cervical screening, emergency contraception

This practice was originally founded in 1883 and became the first partnership formed in the Solihull area in 1895 when Dr A V Bernays (Solihull) was joined Dr E S J Whitehouse (Shirley).

Surgery Facilities

• Access for Wheelchair users
• Toilet for wheelchair users
• Induction loop
• Parking
• Access Without Steps

The Doctors

The practice has 14 doctors; their names, qualifications and year of registration are listed below.

Our team also includes GP Registrars who are doctors in training for general practice who are attached to the practice for either one year or six months at a time.

You are free to make an appointment with any of these doctors, subject to availability, but we would encourage you to stay with the same doctor to provide continuity of care.

Nursing Team

Our practice nurses and health care assistants deal with an array of problems and patients do not always need to see the doctor.

For some problems such as vaccinations, blood tests or cervical smears booking with a doctor may mean a wasted journey and appointment.

This is one of the reasons why our receptionist may enquire about the nature and urgency of your problem to ensure that you see the correct person.

Our practice nurses can help with:

• Contraception and Family Planning
• Cervical Smears
• Immunisations for travel
• Routine monitoring and advice on Asthma, diabetes, COPD, hypertension, heart disease, thyroid disease, rheumatology, smoking cessation, diet management, lifestyle, travel health.

Our health care assistants can help with:

• New patient and NHS Health Checks
• Blood tests/phlebotomy
• Most vaccinations apart from childhood immunisations and travel vaccinations
• Ear Syringing

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