Hamd Medical Practice, Birmingham: patient reviews and CQC rating

What patients say about Hamd Medical Practice

Its best result against England is the share who said the wait for their last appointment was about right: 70%, against 69% across England. Its weakest is the share who found it easy to contact the practice through its website: 45%, against 58% across England. Of the 11 results in the table, 0 are above England and 2 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 9 within it.

On overall experience it is 109th of the 171 practices in Birmingham with 50 or more responses. 51% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 10 points higher than in 2025 (62%). 69 patients answered the survey (response rate 6%).

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 83% of 30 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Hamd Medical Practice is Good, published in December 2018. All 5 key questions are rated Good. It held the same rating in the report before (June 2016).

8,045 patients were registered at Hamd Medical Practice in September 2026, up 4.8% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

5% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 2.7 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 3,032 patients per GP, more than the England figure of 2,171 and Birmingham and Solihull's 1,990. The practice also has 1.7 nurses and 1.3 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 6,750 appointments a month, or 839 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 42% were face to face (England: 63%). 74% took place on the day they were booked and 0% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

62% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 5% of booked patients did not attend.

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for diabetes (13.7% against 7.9%) and serious mental illness (1.4% against 1.0%). It has a lower share for osteoporosis (0.2% against 1.2%), peripheral arterial disease (0.1% against 0.6%) and atrial fibrillation (0.5% against 2.2%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 53.1 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived).

Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 80.5 years for women and 75.0 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

54% of the practice's patients live in the B8 postcode district, followed by B9 (13%), B33 (6%) and B34 (4%). 97% live in Birmingham, the council area the practice is in.

Hamd Medical Practice, Washwood Heath Primary Care Centre, 4 Clodeshall Road, Birmingham, B8 3SW. Phone: 0121 270 5540. Website: www.hamdmedicalpractice.com.