Solihull Hospital is continuing its journey to having a full Urgent Care Centre on site as it welcomes two new services.

From Saturday 29 October both an Urgent Primary Care service and a Booked Primary Care service will be available on site, as the temporary building for the Solihull Walk-in Centre at the Lode Lane entrance closes its doors and services from that building cease.

Staff from the Walk-in Centre have transferred across to be a part of the new services, run by Birmingham and District General Practitioner Emergency Room group (Badger), and were welcomed by the Trust’s Minor Injuries Unit staff with a special meet and greet coffee morning.

The Urgent Primary Care service will provide an urgent ‘see and treat’ service for patients with minor illnesses. This service will be for patients without a prior booked appointment. Patients will need to report to the Urgent Primary Care reception located next to the existing Minor Injuries Unit reception.

The Booked Primary Care service will be for patients who have had an appointment booked for them, either via 111, their GP out-of-hours service or in some instances at the Urgent Primary Care service. For those patients who have been referred by 111 or their GP out-of-hours service, they will access this reception area from the north entrance of Solihull Hospital, opposite the visitor car park.

Signage will be in place around the hospital and grounds to direct people to the new locations.