{"id":188,"date":"2013-11-27T22:06:54","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T22:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingvts.org\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:28:05","slug":"parkside","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/reading\/trainees\/gp-placements\/parkside\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkside Family Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/parksidefamilypractice.nhs.uk\/\">Parkside Family Practice webs<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parksidefamilypractice.org.uk\/\">ite<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parkside Family Practice is a well established training practice east of Reading town centre. We work as one practice over two sites; the Wokingham Road site has been recently renovated and the Woodley site is a modern purpose built premises in Woodley town centre. We currently have 16,981 registered patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parkside Family Practice has a long history of teaching and training, and we consider education to be one of our core values. We take pride in providing a welcoming, positive and supportive environment for all staff and learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We currently have 2 GP trainers, Dr Jagdip Nijran and Dr Manraj Jheeta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Nijran is one of our GP Partners, and has a keen interest in education. He was trained in Windsor VTS and became a GP trainer in 2023. He is clinical director of Wokingham North PCN and a Director of the local GP federation The Primary Care Alliance, as well as an LMC representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Jheeta has been a salaried GP at Parkside Family Practice since 2014, having previously been a GP trainee at the practice. 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