Visiting or Contacting the surgery

Rood End Medical Centre
182-184 Vicarage Road,
Oldbury,
West Midlands,
B68 8JB
Opening Hours
Monday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

Our telephone lines are open between 08:00 – 18:30 Monday – Friday.

Bank Holidays Opening: We will be open for specific times during bank holidays. This information is available from reception, few days before the bank holiday. Please note: If you wish to book an appointment for a child under 10 years old, for an elderly patient or requesting a home visit, kindly contact us earlier in the day, just so we can accommodate you on the same day.

For general queries and non-urgent advice, please contact us by completing an online form. If you prefer to telephone us, please do this after 2 pm, where possible.

Non-urgent advice: Accessibility Statement

Rood End Medical Centre has wheelchair access, disabled parking and disabled toilets. Consultation on ground level can be requested, if required.


Out of Hours

Non-urgent advice: Out of Hours

If you need help now, but it’s not an emergency, go to 111.nhs.uk or call 111.

Our extended clinics are held between 18:30 – 20:00 on Monday – Friday and 09:00 – 17:30 on Saturday. To book an appointment in the extended clinic, please call the reception between 08:00 – 18:30 on Monday – Friday.

If your problem cannot wait until the surgery is open an on-call GP service provides full emergency cover. The contact number is 111.

An emergency is defined as an Accident or illness for which treatment cannot wait until the surgery is next open.

For example:
– Chest pain not responding to treatment
– Acute asthma
– Sudden and unexplained severe pain
– Severe headache
– Severe abdominal pain
– Possible broken bones, severe cuts, eye/head injuries
– In all these cases go to the nearest A&E department or call 999.

Common illnesses that are not normally emergencies are:
– Earache
– Flu and coughing
– Sore throat
– Back pain
– Vomiting and diarrhoea

Please visit or speak to your local pharmacist for treatment and advice.

Nearest Walk in Centre

Summerfield Gp and Urgent care centre
134 Heath Street,
Winson Green,
Birmingham,
B18 7AL

Website: http://www.summerfieldgpucc.nhs.uk/

Call 999 in a medical or mental health emergency. This is when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.