About Us

We have a team of managers, doctors, nurse, phlebotomists, receptionists, secretaries, and admin staff.

Practice mangaer	Penny Goodman
Nurses	Sue Baber, Anne Beasant, Jean Ainsworth, Carolanne Grattan, Kathryn Stacey.
Phlebotomists	Julie, Julie-Anne, Rachel.

The Doctors.

The practice has a mix of doctors which hopefully means you can find someone who can meet your needs. Although our practice can offer a choice of doctor we would encourage you to try and see the particular doctor dealing with your problems. This will mean we can provide some continuity of care and mean problems are sorted out in a caring and efficient way. More information about the doctors is set out below.

The District Nursing team.

The district nursing team is composed of Simon, Sheila, Monica, Therese, Amy, Noreen, Sharon and Heidi. They offer a service to housebound patients providing holistic nursing care and health promotion. Primarily wound care, chronic disease management, continence care and palliative care. The team can be contacted through the health centre or directly on 0117 3304259 / 3304260

Details of the doctors:

	DR JONATHAN WOOD BA MBChB Cambridge 1981, DCH, DRCOG, DFFP Jonny became a GP at the practice 20 years ago in partnership with Dr Thompson. More recently he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in General Practice at Birmingham University. He also helps to organise a local farmers market.	DR CHRIS REE MA MBChB Oxford 1981 DCH DRCOG DGM MRCGP Chris started at Brooklea in 1988. His medical interests are general medicine, care of the elderly, paediatrics and gynaecology. His other side involves running and walking in mountains or other deserted places.
	DR BRIAN HANRATTY MBBCLBAD(Dub) MICGP DCH Brian moved to Brooklea from Dublin in 1999.He has a wide range of general practice interests and is a board member of the south Bristol commissioning consortium. He enjoys teaching medical students and registrars. His family and sport fill his outside interests.	DR PETER HARBORD MBChB FPCert Peter was in partnership at Brooklea with Dr Stephanie French who retired at the end of 1999. Following this he joined with the Woodside group. He is presently developing his interest in joint injection.
	DR KATHARINE ALSOP MBChB 1987, MRCGP, DRCOG, FPCert, Dip Geriatric Medicine Katharine joined the practice in February 2001 she was a GP registrar in Southmead. She then worked for eight years in the care of the elderly team in Bristol Hospitals. In 2004 she has obtained the occupational health diploma and is an approved GP trainer.	DR JEFF CLARK BM, MRCGP, DRCOG, FPCert Jeff worked in Whitchurch Health Centre before joining Woodside in 1997 to develop his interest in training and is an approved GP trainer. He is a member of the "South Bristol GP Trainers Workshop" He enjoys computers and designs the website but still prefers people!
.	DR LOUISE YOUNIE MBChB 1997 DRCOG DCH MRCGP DFFP. Joined the practice in September 2002. Louise is at Nightingale 2 days a week. She works for the university in a teaching role for 3 days with all years of medical students. She is a keen cyclist including around the practice.	DR CATHERINE ZOLLMAN BA (Physiol') MBBS MRCP MRCGP PCME PCHM Trained in Medical Oncology and General Medicine Catherine also has interests in Medical Education and in Holistic Medicine. She has been a trustee of the British Holistic Medicine Association and has organised national conferences on various aspects of Whole Person Care. She a key role teaching medical students.
	DR MELANIE HILL MBBS BSc MRCP MRCGP Melanie has now joined the practice workforce and will bring her experience in medicine as a member of the royal college of physicians. She has also worked in gynaecology and psychiatry.	DR JOHN KEKWICK MBChB MRCGP John trained at Liverpool Medical School and already has a range of hospital experience including accident and emergency, care of the elderly, psychiatry. He has a special interest in palliative care working a day a week at St Peters'. He was our Registrar 2005-2006. His interests also include sustainable living and farming.
	DR KATE ROBERTS MBChB MRCP MRCGP Kate Qualified in Bristol in 2001 follow which she obtained her membership of the royal college of physicians. She also has a great knowledge of dermatology (skin disease) and hopes to practice this in hospital in the future.