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The Woodside Doctors

The practice was started in 1916 by Dr Finzel. The original surgery was in Marsh Lane, Barton Hill, but it was moved to Dr Finzel's new house, The Beeches in Salisbury Road.
Dr Finzel Snr., his son Dr Harry Finzel and Dr Brian Evans practised from The Beeches until 1973, when Dr Harry Finzel retired and Brooklea Health Centre opened.

There are three other practices at Brooklea Health Centre; we have a rota for on call and emergencies with Drs Primrose and Ree and we share the Health Centre facilities with all the other doctors, but each practice is independent and separate.

DR JONATHAN WOOD BA MBBCh Cambridge 1981, DCH, DRCOG, DFFP Jonny became a GP at the practice 12 years ago. More recently he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in General Practice at Birmingham University.
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 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 has interests in sport, and IT in the practice designing the Web site and intranet.
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 LOUISE YOUNIE MB ChB 1997 DRCOG DCH MRCGP DFFP. Joined the practice in September 2002. Louise is at Woodside 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 JOHN KEKWICK MB ChB MRCGP John was our Registrar until August 2006. He trained at Liverpool Medical School and already has a range of hospital experience including accident and emergency, care of the elderly, psychiatry and palliative care. He interests also include sustainable living and farming.
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 has been a GP Educationalist with the Bristol Vocational Training Scheme since May 2003.
DR MELANIE HILL MBBS BSc MRCP GP Registrar Melanie is our Registrar in the practice from Aug 2007-July 2008. She has experience in medicine having already become a member of the royal college of physicians. She has also worked in gynaecology and psychiatry which will help her journey into general practice.
DIANNE PULLIN Practice Manager. Di has worked with the practice for many years and has helped to develop and structure the practice.

Practice Nursing Team


JEAN AINSWORTH
ANNE BEASANT
KATHRYN STACEY
JULIE-ANNE PERRY and JULIE SCOTT Phlebotomy (blood samples)

Training

We are a training practice and have medical students from Bristol University. These can be from the first to fourth year. We are happy for patients to ask for the students not to be present.
We can also have GP registrars who are qualified doctors and have usually worked for three years in hospital after qualifying and then work with us to improve general practice skills over a period of a year.

Past Registrars

DR PATRICK YON HIN MB Bch B.A.O. June 1993. Diploma in medicine of the Elderly. MRCPI Part 1 Patrick was here 2003-2004 and is missed by a large following. As well as the usual registrar tasks he also took a great interest in acupuncture. He is now a GP near Dublin.
DR RACHEL WARRINGTON MBBS BSc (hons) MRCP MRCGP Rachel was our registrar 2004-2005 and then an assistant until May 2007. She has now become a partner in knowle. Good luck in the new practice!
DR JOHN KEKWICK MB ChB MRCGP John was our Registrar until August 2006. He trained at Liverpool Medical School and already has a range of hospital experience including accident and emergency, care of the elderly, psychiatry and palliative care. He is hoping to work in a practice around bristol.
DR JINAI AKUM LUM BSc MBBS DRCOG DFFP GP Registrar Between Aug 2006-July 2007 Jinai was our registrar. She is now working in various surgeries in Bristol including woodside whilst deciding her next steps in General practice.

Retained Doctors
DR LINDA CROOK MB ChB 1996 MRCGP DFFP Linda worked with us from October 2002 to October 2005. Her Acupuncture and enthusiasm will definitely be missed. Unfortunately for those impressed by her acupuncture she has no plans for private sessions.