| Medical Needs in Schools and Early Years | The Medical Needs in Schools and Early Years Service is a city wide service providing training and support for all 500 Schools and 410 Early Years Settings in Birmingham. | Children and Families |
| Multiple Sclerosis Clinic | Provides assessment and advice to increase independence and quality of life of adults with multiple sclerosis.
| Rehabilitation Service |
| Neurological Physiotherapy | A community based Neurological Physiotherapy Service for adults aged 18 and over who are registered with a Birmingham GP and require a Neurological Physiotherapy Assessment and then treatment. | Adults and Community |
| Neuro-muscular Specialist Clinic | Assesses the needs of people with neuromuscular conditions to help maintain independence or adapt to changes affecting social and domestic life.
| Rehabilitation Service |
| Non-Traumatic Spinal injuries Specialist Clinic | Provides assessment and advice and onward referrals as necessary to assist service users in managing ther condition.
| Rehabilitation Service |
| NURSING AND THERAPIES | Supports the wider organisation to deliver on key areas of patient experience, patient safety and clinical effectiveness. | Nursing and Therapies Directorate |
| Nutrition | Birmingham Community Nutrition provides nutrition services for children and adults across the city. | |
| Occupational Therapy (Learning Disability Service) | Works with adults who have a learning disability and additional complex needs.
| Learning Disability Service |
| Orthopaedic Triage | Community-based orthopaeadic triage service for the management of musculoskeletal conditions giving rise to spinal, knee and shoulder symptoms.
| Adults and Communities |
| Paediatric Dietetics | The Paediatric team are Registered Dietitians and Assistants who provide dietary advice to children with nutritional problems and their families across Birmingham. | Children and Families |
| Paediatric Eye Services | Service providing eye tests for reception year children in primary schools, special schools and child development centres.
| Children and Families Division |
| Paediatric Liaison Nursing Service | A nurse-led service to liaise with and collect information from hospital accident and emergency departments and inpatient paediatric wards.
| Children and Families Division |
| Paediatric Occupational Therapy | This service works in partnership with other professionals to help children maximise their ability to live more independent lives.
| Children and Families Division |
| Paediatric Physiotherapy Services | Offers treatment, by physical means, of conditions that affect or compromise normal childhood development.
| Children and Families Division |
| Paediatric Short Break Training Service | The aim of our service is to enable children and young people with additional healthcare needs access to a wider range of respite and short break services through the training of care staff.
| Children and Families |
| Pain Management (East & North locality only) | The pain management service is currently available in East and North locality and aims to provide rapid pain assessment, early advice and treatment and avoid unnecessary referral to hospital. | Adults & Community |
| Palliative Care | The service aims to give choice and dignity to patients in the final stages of life, providing care that enables individuals to die in an environment that is supportive to them and their carers.
| Adults and Community Division |
| Parkinson's Specialist Nursing Service | The Parkinson's nurse offers support and education for those affected by Parkinson's disease and Parkinson's syndromes. The nurse liaises with community and hospital services to ensure continuity of care and offer help in aspects of living with Parkinson's disease and managing the medication involved. | Adults and Communities Division |
| Patient Experience | Gives service users, patients, carers, and the wider public a voice and active involvement in service delivery.
| Nursing and Therapies Directorate |
| Periodontal Department |
The periodontal department is the main provider of specialist periodontal care in the West Midlands, offering diagnostic, advisory and, if necessary, treatment service for patients referred by dental practitioners, medical practitioners (secondary care) and medical, surgical or dental consultants within the region (tertiary care).
| Dental Hospital |
| Physiotherapy | Physiotherapy services are provided in various settings for a range of clinical needs. Click the 'physiotherapy' link on the left and then choose the service most appropriate to your need.
| All divisions |
| Podiatry | Provides assessment, diagnosis, advice, treatment and referral for a wide range of foot conditions in health centres, community hospitals and in housebound patients' homes. | Adult and Communities Division |
| Posture and Mobility Services | A collection of services whose primary function is to work in conjunction with local wheelchair services, rehabilitation units and regional specialist services.
| Rehabilitation Service |
| Prison Health Service (HMP Birmingham) | Working in partnership withBirmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, this service provides all primary healthcare services for prisoners at HMP Birmingham. | http://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/about-us/divisions-and-directorates/adults-and-communities/ |
| Prosthetics/ Amputee Service | A dedicated service for the people who have undergone an upper or lower limb amputation arising from trauma, disease or congenital problems.
| Rehabilitation Service |
| Psychiatry | To provide a comprehensive range of psychiatric services to adults with learning disabilities who have additional complex mental health care needs. | Learning Disability Service |
| Psychology | The city-wide community based service provides specialist clinical psychology services to adults with learning disabilities who have additional complex health/mental health needs.
| Learning Disability Service |
| Quit Smoking | The Stop Smoking service provides smokers with everything they need to quit smoking. If you live in Birmingham and would like to quit smoking then get in touch with the team using this webpage. | Adults and Community services |
| Rapid Response Service | Provides rapid assessment and treatment of acutely unwell patients in community settings. It offers a commitment to providing an initial assessment by the most appropriate clinician within a two-hour response time. | Adults and Community Division |
| Rehabilitation | Includes West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and inpatient units at Moseley Hall and West Heath hospitals. | |
| Respiratory Services (Central and West Birmingham) | For adults in Central and West Birmingham diagnosed with one or more condition that causes breathing difficulties. | Adults and Community Division |
| Respite Care - Edgewood Road | The Respite Care Unit at Edgewood Road provides respite nursing care for children aged five to 18 with chronic illness or disability.
| Children and Families Division |
| Respite/Short Break Services | Provides a specialist short break service to adults (aged 19 years and over) with learning disabilities who have additional complex health needs for a non-continuous period of 60 nights annually.
| Specialist Services Division |
| Safeguarding Adults | Provides advice and support for staff engaged in caring for adults at risk. | Nursing and Therapies Directorate |
| Safeguarding Children in Birmingham | Birmingham Community Healthcare's Safeguarding Children service. | Nursing and Therapies |
| School Health Service |
The School Health Service aims to help children benefit fully from their education by identifying any condition which may affect their ability to learn. It also has an important role in promoting the health and safety of school aged children.
| Children and Families Division |
| School Nursing (Special Schools) | Special School Nurses undertake a range of activities aimed at improving the health of children at school and promoting healthy lifestyles in adulthood.
| Children and Families Division |
| Sheldon Unit | The Sheldon Unit provides end of life palliative care for patients in Birmingham. | Adults and Community |
| Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia | Provides a range of information, advice and guidance and clinical services citwide and in Solihull.
| Adults & Community Division |
| Spasticity Specialist Clinic | Assesses people with complex tone problems and co-ordinates appropriate management on an individual basis.
| Rehabilitation Service |
| Special School Nurses | Undertake a range of activities aimed at improving the health of children at school and promoting healthy lifestyles in adulthood.
| Children and Families Division |
| Speech and Language Therapy | Speech and language therapy is provided by teams in all clinical divisions for children and adults who have communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties.
| All divisions |
| Stop Smoking Service | The Stop Smoking Service offers a range of treatment options designed to help South Birmingham people stop smoking. | Adults and Community Division |
| Stroke service | Part of Adults and Community division the Stroke service is delivered in the community across Birmingham and in South Birmingham at Moseley Hall Hospital. | Adults and Community |
| Sub-acute care and rehabilitation | Wards 5 and 6 at Moseley Hall Hospital and Wards 10, 12 and 14 at West Heath Hospital are generic sub-acute wards providing care and rehabilitation for older adults. | Adult and Communities Division |
| Supported Living Outreach Team | A consultancy service providing 24-hour crisis support to domiciliary care providers caring for clients with complex challenging needs that would otherwise be in long-term inpatient learning disability hospitals or placed out of county.
| Learning Disability Service |
| Tissue Viability Service | Provides diagnosis, prevention and management of patients with complex needs relating to pressure ulcers, lymphoedema and wounds.
| Adult and Communities Division |
| Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit | For older adults requiring inpatient rehabilitation following orthopaedic surgery or trauma, based in a 27-bedded unit in Ward 11 at West Heath Hospital.
| Adults and Community |
| Under 5s programme | The Under 5’s service is a health promotion service working in Children’s Centres and associated community venues. Aimed at tackling health inequalities such as obesity, infant mortality and oral health. | Children and Families |
| Vascular Services | | Adults and Community Division |