General-practitioner services

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NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (NHS Arden and GEM CSU) on behalf of Birmingham and Solihull CCG would like to notify you of an opportunity to provide primary medical services in Birmingham at Poplar Primary Care Centre, Kings Heath and Hodge Hill Family Practice, Hodge Hill. Expressions of interest are sought from providers for 2 primary medical care service contracts both with an anticipated start date of 1.1.2020 as the existing contracts will cease on 31.12.2019. Poplar Primary Care Centre is located in Kings Heath, Birmingham. The practice building is a converted house, managed by NHS Property Services. Birmingham and Solihull CCG wish to procure primary medical services as the current contract is due to expire on 31.12.2019. The practice has a raw list of 5 836 patients and a weighted list size of 5 911 patients. The practice has a young population, 28,86 % of the registrants are under 19, compared to the national average of 22,75 %. 51,54 % of the population are aged between 20 and 49, compared to the national average of 41,3 % and only 19,6 % of registrants are over 50 compared to the national over of 35,98 %. The practice is located within the fourth most deprived decile. Information from the 2011 Census shows that Kings Heath has a high BAME population with 22,4 % of the population identifying as Asian, 4,4 % identifying as black, 5,1 % identifying as mixed race. Hodge Hill Family Practice is located at Hodge Hill Primary Care Centre, Hodge Hill, Birmingham. The premises were purpose built 10 years ago and the GP practice is co-located with a number of community services including; physiotherapy, pharmacy and podiatry. The building is managed by Community Health Partnerships (CHP). Birmingham and Solihull CCG wish to procure Primary Medical Services as the current contract is due to expire on 31.12.2019. The practice has a raw list of 4 585 patients and a weighted list size of 4 410 patients. The practice has a young population when compared to the national average with 35,4 % of the practice population aged under 18, compared to the national average of 20,7 %. The practice has a smaller percentage of older patients with 7,7 % of the patients aged over 75, compared to the national average of 10,1 %. The practice is located within the most deprived decile. Information from the 2011 Census shows that Hodge Hill has a high BAME population with 26,5 % of the population identifying as Asian, 12,0 % identifying as black, 5,6 % identifying as mixed race.