Sherwood House Medical Practice Birmingham: appointments, hours and patient help
Sherwood House Medical Practice is an NHS GP surgery at 9 Sandon Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8DP. The current NHS profile shows the practice as accepting new patients. This guide explains practical appointment routes, current opening hours, repeat prescriptions, test results, registration, home visits, accessibility, CQC history and what to do when the surgery is closed.
Use the main number for appointment help, urgent GP requests during opening hours, home-visit questions, registration support, prescription problems, results queries and accessibility arrangements.
Sherwood House Medical Practice
9 Sandon Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B17 8DP
This is the Birmingham practice. Do not confuse it with Sherwood Medical Partnership, Sherwood Rise Medical Centre or other practices using “Sherwood” in Nottinghamshire.
Open directionsSherwood House Medical Practice opening hours
| Day | Current listed access | Practical note |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 8:00am–6:30pm | Check the current practice site before relying on historical extended-hours information. |
| Tuesday | 8:00am–6:30pm | Normal weekday access. |
| Wednesday | 8:00am–6:30pm | Normal weekday access. |
| Thursday | 8:00am–6:30pm | Check for temporary training or bank-holiday changes before travelling. |
| Friday | 8:00am–6:30pm | Order routine medication before the weekend where possible. |
| Saturday | Closed | Extended-access appointments elsewhere may operate separately. |
| Sunday | Closed | Use NHS 111 for urgent non-emergency help. |
Appointments: phone, online access and clinical triage
Current NHS appointment data shows that Sherwood House records routine consultations, clinically urgent consultations, clinical triage, planned clinics, procedures, telephone appointments, face-to-face care and home/care-home visits.
The exact online booking screen can change, so the safest route is to start from the official practice website, the NHS App where the required appointment function is enabled, or call 0121 420 0100.
If the problem could be life-threatening, call 999. If it is urgent but the practice is closed, use NHS 111.
Say clearly that you need urgent clinical advice and give one concise description of the main problem.
The purpose is to identify the right urgency and professional. A GP is not automatically the only appropriate route for every request.
Current NHS England data shows that telephone consultations form a substantial part of Sherwood House appointment activity, so a callback may be part of the care route.
If the practice asks you to come in, check the appointment time and any preparation needed before travelling to Sandon Road.
What the latest published 2026 appointment data shows
NHS England’s July 2026 practice-level data provides useful context, but it measures recorded appointments after they have been booked. It does not measure how long someone spent on the phone or how many attempts it took to obtain an appointment.
6,244 appointments
Recorded by the practice during July 2026.
78.6% urgent same day
Of appointments coded by the practice as clinically urgent, 78.6% were dealt with on the day they were booked.
73.1% routine within 7 days
For non-clinically urgent appointments, 73.1% took place within seven days of booking.
84% routine within 14 days
Most recorded routine appointments took place within two weeks of booking.
60.6% face to face
The remaining recorded activity included telephone and other appointment modes.
42 home / care-home visits
The July data also records home and care-home visiting activity.
These are historic practice-level activity statistics, not a promise of how quickly an individual patient will be seen. NHS England notes that appointment-system data does not capture every part of general-practice workload.
Repeat prescriptions: use a current digital or practice route
The NHS App is a safe first route for a medicine that is already authorised on your repeat list. You can also use the current prescription service provided by Sherwood House if the practice offers a separate online route.
Medicine appears on your repeat list
Open the NHS App, choose the repeat-prescription service, select the required medicine and confirm the pharmacy where you want the prescription sent.
Medicine does not appear
Do not repeatedly submit it as a standard repeat. Contact Sherwood House because a clinician may need to review the medicine before it can be issued.
For broader help with repeats, medication reviews and pharmacy problems, see the Medication Practices guide.
Test results: check who ordered the test first
The NHS App can display test results once they have been released to your GP record. If you cannot see the result, or need to know what the clinician’s comment means, contact Sherwood House Medical Practice.
If Sherwood House arranged the test, the GP practice is usually the correct first place to check. If a hospital consultant arranged it, the hospital team may own the follow-up.
Do not assume every result appears immediately; it may need to be received, reviewed and released first.
Give the test date and type so the practice can identify the correct result.
Register with Sherwood House Medical Practice
The current NHS profile lists Sherwood House Medical Practice as accepting new patients. Registration can still depend on the practice boundary and your circumstances, so check the current NHS profile before submitting your details.
Confirm that the practice still shows as accepting new patients.
If you are near the edge of Edgbaston, Harborne, Bearwood or another neighbouring area, ask Sherwood House before assuming your postcode qualifies.
NHS GP practices in England must provide a registration route; if digital registration is difficult, ask reception for a paper option.
NHS guidance says you do not need ID, proof of address, proof of immigration status or an NHS number simply to register with a GP surgery in England.
If you take repeat medicine, do not wait until the final few doses before changing practices. Keep the medicine names, strengths and previous prescription details available.
Home visits: call early and explain why attendance is not possible
Current NHS England data confirms that Sherwood House records home and care-home visits. The exact current request cutoff could not be verified from a live official practice page, so this guide does not invent one.
Say that you are asking about a home visit rather than a normal appointment.
Being housebound or medically too unwell to travel is different from simply preferring a home appointment.
A clinician may need to discuss the problem before deciding whether a visit is appropriate.
Fit notes: know the seven-day rule
| Situation | Usual NHS route |
|---|---|
| Off work for 7 calendar days or less | You normally self-certify with your employer. |
| Off work for more than 7 calendar days | You may need a fit note from an appropriate healthcare professional. |
| Hospital treatment caused the absence | Ask the hospital team managing the condition whether it should issue the fit note. |
| Existing fit note needs review | Use Sherwood House’s current administrative/clinical request route rather than waiting until the certificate expires. |
Services and regulated clinical scope
CQC currently registers Sherwood House Medical Practice for several regulated activities. This describes the service’s legal scope and should not be read as a guarantee that every clinic is available every day.
Diagnostic and screening procedures
CQC registers the practice for diagnostic and screening activity.
Family planning
Family-planning services form part of the practice’s CQC registration.
Maternity and midwifery
Maternity and midwifery services are included in the registered scope.
Treatment of disease and injury
This covers the core clinical work expected from general practice.
Surgical procedures
CQC also registers the practice for surgical procedures.
Additional NHS-profile services
NHS-derived service data lists long-acting reversible contraception, minor surgery and learning-disability health checks. Confirm current clinic availability before booking.
Accessibility, parking and arrival planning
Current NHS-derived facilities data for Sherwood House lists several access features. If one of these is essential to your visit, it is still sensible to confirm the current arrangement before travelling.
Wheelchair access
Wheelchair access is listed for the practice.
Disabled WC
A disabled toilet is listed in the practice facilities data.
Induction loop
An induction loop is listed for patients who use compatible hearing devices.
Car parking
Car parking is listed at the site.
Disabled parking
Disabled parking is listed among current facility information.
Cycle parking
Cycle parking is also listed.
Complaints and feedback
If something has gone wrong, start with Sherwood House Medical Practice so the team has an opportunity to investigate and respond. Ask reception for the current written complaints procedure if it is not available on the website.
Include dates, what happened, who was involved if known, and what you would like the practice to do.
Avoid sending confidential medical details to directories, review sites or MedicalPracticeUK.org.
The NHS explains how complaints about GP services can be made and escalated.
CQC rating: Good, with important historical context
CQC currently displays an overall rating of Good for Sherwood House Medical Practice. Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are all currently shown as Good.
| CQC event | Date / result | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive inspection | 22 September 2015 | The practice was rated Good overall, but Well-led required improvement at that stage. |
| Focused follow-up review | 6 June 2017 | CQC reviewed whether the practice had addressed the earlier governance and risk-management concerns. |
| Updated report published | 1 August 2017 | Well-led was updated to Good, leaving the practice Good across all five CQC questions. |
| Latest data review | 6 July 2023 | CQC said it had not found evidence requiring a new inspection or reassessment at that stage. |
Map and directions to Sherwood House Medical Practice
Sherwood House Medical Practice
9 Sandon Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B17 8DP
When Sherwood House Medical Practice is closed
| Situation | Use this route |
|---|---|
| Life-threatening emergency | Call 999. |
| Urgent but not life-threatening | NHS 111 online or call 111. |
| Minor illness or medicine advice | A community pharmacist may be appropriate, depending on the problem. |
| Routine prescription, form or admin question | Use the practice’s normal route when it reopens. |
Official and primary sources used
- Sherwood House Medical Practice official website
- NHS Sherwood House Medical Practice profile
- Care Quality Commission profile
- CQC inspection and review timeline
- NHS England Appointments in General Practice — July 2026
- NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit record for M88020
- NHS GP registration guidance
- NHS App
- NHS 111 online
Last verified: 21 September 2026. The official practice domain is confirmed by CQC, but some practice pages were intermittently unavailable during this research pass. Where a current practice-specific timing or interface could not be independently verified, this article deliberately omits it rather than copying a legacy booklet or inventing a workflow.