Private eye care for Bromsgrove
For patients travelling from Bromsgrove, the choice is not simply drive or take the train: the station's large car park makes a middle option realistic too, for anyone happy to drive locally but not keen on driving into Birmingham.
Photograph by Nigel Thompson, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
If you drive the whole way
Leave the M5 at junction 4 — more direct here than junction 5 at Droitwich — and pick up the A38 towards Birmingham. Outside peak times it is around 20 minutes to Edgbaston. The motorway is not the slow part: the A38 Bristol Road through Northfield and Selly Oak, right at the Birmingham end, is light-controlled for most of its length and backs up badly at rush hour. Travel outside the peaks and this is an easy drive; travel inside them and it usually isn't.
Leaving the car at the station instead
Bromsgrove's car park is the largest on the line, around 350 spaces, which makes park-and-ride a genuine option here rather than the long shot it is at smaller stations. If you can manage the local drive but would rather not take a car into Birmingham traffic, this is the middle path: drive as far as the station, then let two direct trains an hour do the last 25 minutes into Five Ways. It is also where the dilating-drops rule below lands more gently — whether you drove the whole way or only to the station, you should not drive home afterwards, but a car waiting at Bromsgrove is a much smaller problem to solve than one waiting in Edgbaston.
If you have no car in this at all
There is a direct train from Bromsgrove to Five Ways, about 25 minutes, with no change and no need to find your way across Birmingham. Two trains an hour run this service, so it is a realistic way to arrive for an appointment at a specific time, not just a leisurely option.
The villages, and their own stations
Barnt Green and Alvechurch are worth a note of their own, because both sit on the same line: patients there can take the identical direct service to Five Ways without driving into Bromsgrove first, so the park-and-ride argument above does not really apply to them. Blackwell, Lickey and Tardebigge are closer to Bromsgrove station than to either village stop. Wherever your last sight test was done, ask for the prescription and its history before you book — practices keep it and rarely offer it unless asked.
Getting there
- By train from Bromsgrove
- About 25 minutes direct to Five Ways, then a 10-minute walk
- From Bromsgrove town centre by road
- About 20 minutes via the A38 and M5 J4
- From Barnt Green / Alvechurch
- About 15 minutes by road, or direct by train from either village station
- From Lickey / Tardebigge
- About 25 minutes via the A38
Your nearest clinics
Edgbaston Eye Consultants
22 George Road
Birmingham B15 1PJ
Where you can see Ms Jiang
An interactive map of the clinics. Every clinic is also listed in full below, with its address and consulting times.
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Two minutes, no obligation
Not sure whether a consultation is worthwhile?
Answer a few short questions and we will tell you honestly whether it is worth coming in. It takes about two minutes and is not a medical assessment.
This questionnaire is not a medical assessment and does not tell you whether you can have surgery.
What treatment costs
Your exact costs are confirmed in writing before anything is booked, and nothing is charged before you have had them in front of you.
Laser eye surgery
£1,295per eye
Laser vision correction is elective and is not usually covered by private medical insurance.
Premium monofocal lens
The lens used for cataract surgery or refractive lens replacement, set for one working distance.
from £2,795per eye
Multifocal lens
The lens used for cataract surgery or refractive lens replacement, focusing at more than one distance.
£3,595per eye
Lens surgery for spectacle independence is not usually covered by private medical insurance.
Implantable contact lens
£3,395per eye
YAG laser capsulotomy
from £395per eye
Your exact costs are confirmed in writing before anything is booked. Nothing is charged before you have had them in front of you.
Common questions
What happens at the first consultation?
The first appointment takes about 45 minutes and is with Ms Jiang herself, not a delegate.
- A discussion of your symptoms, your general health and what you want from your vision
- A full examination, including measurements of the eye and its focusing power
- Dilating drops, which blur your vision for a few hours
- A frank conversation about the options, including doing nothing
- A written summary sent to you and, with your consent, to your GP
Because of the dilating drops, you should not plan to drive yourself home.
Do I need a referral from my GP?
Not for a self-funded consultation — you can book directly. If you are claiming on private medical insurance, most insurers require a GP or optometrist referral before they will authorise the appointment, so check with your insurer first.
Do you accept private medical insurance?
Note that refractive lens exchange carried out to reduce dependence on glasses is generally not covered by insurance, as it is considered elective. Cataract surgery usually is.
Can I come for a second opinion?
Yes, and you are welcome to. Bring any measurements, scans or correspondence you already have. Ms Jiang is happy to review a plan made elsewhere and tell you whether she agrees with it.
Arrange a consultation
Enquiries are answered within one working day by Ms Jiang’s secretary.
Considering treatment, and based in Bromsgrove?
Send Ms Jiang’s practice a message and we will come back to you within one working day.