History
of St. Bartholomew's Medical Centre
IFFLEY
ROAD
Before
1966 Dr. Ian Neill and Dr. Mike J.V. Bull were in practice at
217 Iffley Road. The house
is still there, although altered considerably. Some of our older
patients will remember it. In that year they moved to the newly
constructed East Oxford Health Centre. This had been an initiative
of Dr. John Warin, then Oxford’s Medical Officer of Health.
They were soon joined by Dr. H.D. Leggatt, who had previously
been in practice in London Place and before that in Longwall Street.
EAST
OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE
During the years the partnership was based
at East Oxford Health Centre there
was a rapid growth in numbers of patients (from about 3000 in
1966 to 13000 in 1990) and in the services provided. Appointment
systems, minor surgery, child health surveillance, contraceptive
services, maternity care, diabetic clinics, cervical cytology
screening and preventive health checks are among the services
that were developed and expanded during these years.
To
cope with these additional demands two additional partners, Dr.
S.R. Burne and Dr. Adrienne Taylor joined Drs. Neill, Bull and
Leggatt. In 1984 Dr. Neill retired and was succeeded by Dr. J.S.
Browne. Dr. Leggatt retired in 1987 and Dr. R.B. Marsden became
a partner. Dr. Peter Burke joined the practice in October 1990.
ST.
BARTHOLOMEW'S MEDICAL CENTRE
St. Bartholomew'
s Medical Centre was planned by the
partners to provide a high standard of accommodation for a six-doctor
practice with all the ancillary services and personnel which are
essential for modern general practice. The new premises were completed
in 1990. Further extensions were added in 1993.
Since
the practice came to St Bartholomew's Medical Centre change has
been continuous. Dr. Bull and Dr. Taylor both retired and were
replaced by Dr. Ann Bevan and Dr. Alison Fairley. Dr. Marsden
resigned in 1999 and has been replaced by Dr. Hanif Rahim. Dr.
Rachel Butler joined the partnership in July 2000. In September
2001 Dr. Jeanne Fay joined us following the retirement of Dr.
Browne. We were joined by Dr. Hana Harvey in 2005 who was a salaried
doctor. Dr Butler sadly departed for a warmer climate in December
of 2005. Later Dr. Kathy Hoffmann. first joined us as a salaried
doctor in 2006 and subsequently became a partner. Dr. Stephen
Ross joined us as a partner in October 2007. Dr. Harvey moved
to Botley Medical Centre in 2007.
Most
recently, following the departure of Dr Hoffmann we have welcomed
Dr. Sara Wood as a partner in December 2008. Dr. Wood was previously
a registrar at our practice.
The
practice has continued to grow. Our patient list has increased
to nearly 18,000 and now has seven partners, various salaried
doctors and a large Primary Care Team. We also run the Medical
Centre at Oxford Brookes University. This has developed from a
small part time informal arrangement made by Dr. Leggatt in the
1970’s. We now offer full services there on a daily basis
in term time.
