About Us

Our aim is to provide a high standard of healthcare by making appropriate and innovative use of limited NHS resources in partnership with other healthcare providers and in partnership with you.

The practice, which has a Christian foundation, was started in 1977 when Dr Derek Munday took over a single-handed practice in Wokingham Road, Earley. It expanded rapidly throughout the 1970s and 80s when Lower Earley was built, and we now serve about 26,500 people from our three surgeries in Earley, Lower Earley and Winnersh.

Our team of about 130 people includes doctors, practice nurses, healthcare assistants, patient services, support staff, district nurses, health visitors, midwives, dieticians, smoking cessation advisers, physiotherapists and counsellors. Other professionals regularly visit the practice. The practice is part of the Berkshire West Primary Care Trust.

Teaching and training:

We are part of the South Central Regional Scheme (Oxford Deanery) for training GPs and supporting medical and nursing teaching. Sometimes one of our team may have a medical student or student nurse with them during consultation. When this happens we will always ask beforehand whether you are comfortable with this, or whether you would prefer to see your doctor or nurse on their own. Occasionally a video recording may be made of the consultation, but only with your written consent.

Appointments may be with doctors who are on a general practice training programme at this practice. They are qualified doctors and always appropriately supervised.

Our recent Practice Newsletters will tell you more about us.

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Vacancies

If you are interested in working in this challenging and rewarding environment, please contact Fiona Nairn, Personnel Manager: Tel: 08444 773 005, or write to her at: Brookside Group Practice, Brookside Close, Earley, Reading RG6 7HG

Comments & complaints

We welcome comments and constructive suggestions to help us improve the service. If you have any comments, or if you have experienced problems, we would encourage you to speak to a member of the practice team. If you prefer to write down your comments, forms are available in each of the waiting rooms, or you can write to the general manager or the deputy general manager, at Brookside surgery.

Disability

Staff are pleased to assist with practical problems of disability - please ask them. We have a portable hearing loop at each reception - please ask if you would like to use it. We are able to make appointments for patients with hearing difficulties through the BT Touch-Type system. We also supply batteries for NHS hearing aids - just bring in your used batteries and record book.