- Accident and Emergency
- Anaesthetics
- Birmingham Behçet’s Syndrome Centre of Excellence
- BMEC Clinical Research Facility
- BMEC Surgical Skills Facility
- Cataract
- Cornea
- Day Surgery Unit
- Eye Clinic Liaison
- Fellowships
- Glaucoma
- Inflammatory Eye Diseases and Immunosuppression
- Laser Treatment
- Medical Illustration
- Medical Retina
- Neuro-Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus
- Oculoplastics
- Optometry
Elderly care
We provide a high quality and comprehensive service for people over 70, specialising in the treatment of falls, heart failure and movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease. We also offer general assessment for other conditions, including dementia.
We provide a high quality, comprehensive, needs-led service service for older members of our community specialising in the treatment of falls, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, continence, dementia, heart failure and palliative care. We see medical patients of all ages admitted via accident and emergency and have responsibility for ongoing hospital care on general, stroke and rehabilitation wards. There are two-day hospitals for assessment and ongoing treatment as day cases within the Trust. We work across three hospital sites and a number of community settings.
Team
Dr Page – Clinical Director
Special interests: falls, orthogeriatrics, end of life care.
Telephone: 0121 507 4718
Dr Kanakaratna
Special interest: movement disorders
Telephone: 0121 507 3494
Dr Sharobeem
Special interests: stroke, TIA (transient ischaemic attack)
Telephone: 0121 507 3636
Dr Khaira
Special interests: stroke, TIA (transient ischaemic attack)
Telephone: 0121 507 3748
Dr Hutchinson
pecial interests: falls in the community, nursing home care.
Telephone: 0121 507 4718
Dr Sarkar
Special interests: multidisciplinary falls, TILT table and heart failure.
Telephone: 0121 507 4903
Dr Kausar
Special interests: TIA (transient ischaemic attack) and stroke clinics, faecal incontinence clinic
Telephone: 0121 507 4908
Dr Siddiqui
Special interests: movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease and stroke
Telephone: 0121 507 4904
Dr Simons
Special interest: general rehabilitation
Telephone: 0121 507 4906
Services
Inpatient services
Provided at: City Hospital and the Sheldon Block (rehabilitation) Sandwell Hospital, Rowley Regis Hospital (rehabilitation), Leasowes (intermediate care in Smethwick) and Ryland View Nursing Home (palliative/continuing care in Great Bridge).
We provide most inpatient services for stroke and TIA (transient ischaemic attack) including rapid access TIA assessment and stroke thrombolysis. Orthogeriatric care is provided on a daily basis to the orthopaedic wards. We provide a referral-based service to other hospital speciality areas.
Outpatient services
There are a wide range of outpatient clinics on different sites to allow assessment and treatment of patients. We continue to develop these in partnership with the local primary care trusts.
Day Hospital
There are two day hospitals – one at Rowley Regis Hospital and another at City Hospital in the Sheldon Block. There is a clinic-based assessment and treatment centre at Sandwell Hospital. The day hospitals are bases for many of the specialist clinics and also provide on going outpatient rehabilitation.
Patient Stories
Please feel free to share your experiences of this service. Please e-mail your views to swbh.comms@nhs.net
Patient Information
AgeUk
National charity supporting older people
www.ageuk.org
Alzheimer’s Society
National charity supporting those with Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
www.alzheimers.org.uk
Patient UK
Web site designed for the public
www.patient.co.uk
Birmingham Carers Centre
charity supporting all carers in Birmingham
www.birminghamcarerscentre.org.uk
CARES
Charity supporting unpaid carers in Sandwell
www.carers.org/local-centre/sandwell
Sandwell LINk
Volunteers and organisations who live, work and care in Sandwell
www.sandwelllink.org
Contacts
Department telephone numbers:
City Hospital: 0121 507 4925
Sandwell Hospital: 0121 507 3748
Dr Page – Clinical Director
Telephone: 0121 507 4718
Dr Kanakaratna
Telephone: 0121 507 3494
Dr Sharobeem
Telephone: 0121 507 3636
Dr Khaira
Telephone: 0121 507 3748
Dr Hutchinson
Telephone: 0121 507 4718
Dr Sarkar
Telephone: 0121 507 4903
Dr Kausar
Telephone: 0121 507 4908
Dr Siddiqui
Telephone: 0121 507 4904
Dr Simons
Telephone: 0121 507 4906
