Our Team

Doctors

Dr Alison Best

MbChB 1995 MRCGP DRCOG DFFP

GP Partner
Female

Dr Best holds clinics on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and works at both Penryn and Mawnan Smith Surgeries. She is a GP Trainer supervising our GP Registrars and also ourDr Alison Best[continue]

Dr Chrissie Dunne

MB ChB 1991 MRCGP

GP Partner
Female

Dr Dunne holds clinics on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and works at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. She is the Lead GP for Women's health and Respiratory.

Dr Tom Hackett

MBChB 2009 MRCGP

GP Partner
Male

Dr Hackett holds clinics each day except Fridays and works at both Penryn Surgery and Mawnan Smith Surgery. He is a trainer for our Medical Students. He has interests inDr Tom Hackett[continue]

Dr Charlotte Harvey

MB BS 2007

GP Partner
Female

Dr Harvey holds clinics on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. She has interests in Paediatrics and ENT and is a Trainer forDr Charlotte Harvey[continue]

Dr Ryan Jackson

MB BS 2002

GP Partner
Male

Dr Jackson holds clinics on 3 days a week and works at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. He has interests in Cardiology,Trauma Medicine and Aviation Medicine and can performDr Ryan Jackson[continue]

Dr Jim Kahane

MB BCH 2010 MRCGP

GP Partner
Male

Dr Kahane holds clinics Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and works at both Penryn Surgery and Mawnan Smith Surgery. He is a GP Trainer for our GP Registrars who are placedDr Jim Kahane[continue]

Dr Jess Munro

BSC Hons MBBS 1996 MRCP

GP Partner
Female

Dr Munro holds clinics on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and works at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. She is our Palliative Care Lead and also a GP Trainer supervisingDr Jess Munro[continue]

Dr Kate Sanders

MB ChB 2006 MRCGP

GP Partner
Female

Dr Sanders holds clinics each day except Thursdays and works at both Penryn Surgery and Mawnan Smith Surgery. She is the practice Child Safeguarding Lead and also has interests inDr Kate Sanders[continue]

Dr Christopher Walker

BMBS 2013 DFSRH MRCGP

GP Partner
Male

Dr Walker holds clinics every day except Fridays at either Penryn or Stithians surgeries. He has interests in Mental Health and Dermatology.

Dr Zoe Freeman

BM 1994

GP
Female

Dr Freeman holds clinics on 1 or 2 days a week at Penryn Surgery. She has a special interest in Women's Health and contraception.

Dr Richard Rennie

MB BS 2006

GP
Male

Dr Rennie works 1 day a week on either Mondays or Fridays at the main Penryn Surgery. He has a military background and is thus experienced in Veterans Health.

Dr Patricia Anonas

MRCGP (2025)

GP

Dr Pat, as she is affectionately known, works on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. She originally comes from the Philippines where she obtained her Doctor Of Medicine (MD) in 2017.

Dr David Maasdorp

MBChB 2016 DipPEC PGDip MRCGP

GP

Dr Maasdorp holds clinics 3 days a week, including Stithians. He performs minor surgery and joint injections and has interests in expedition medicine, paediatrics, palliative care and sports medicine

Nurse practitioners

Tegen Davis

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Mandy Hackwell

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Gemma Watt

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Paramedics

Dan Swindells

Paramedic Specialist

Sally Badger

Paramedic Specialist

Nurses and HCAs

Becci Keast

Nurse Team Leader

Hannah Wilson

Experienced HCA and Paediatric Phlebotomist

Dispensary

Natalie Northway

Dispensary Manager

Jan Augarde

Assistant Dispensary Manager

Practice management

Emma Berry

Practice Manager Partner

Ryan Ohly

Business Manager Partner

Claire Coleman

Assistant Manager

Carly Whitbread

Reception Manager

Hannah Wright

Assistant Manager

First Contact Physiotherapists

Andrew Taylor

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner

Nicola Child

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner

Zoe Ogden

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioner

Pharmacists

Joanna Lawrence

Clinical Pharmacist

Additional healthcare staff

Locum GPs

Locums

When our GPs are away from the surgery we may employ GP locums. These are fully trained and registered GPs. If you are asked to see one of our LocumLocum GPs[continue]

GP Registrars

Registrars

Penryn Surgery is a training practice which means we have one or two GP Registrars working with us for 6 to 12 months at a time. A Registrar is aGP Registrars[continue]

Medical & Nursing Students

Students

There are times when we have medical, PA and nursing students sitting in with the doctor or nurse - if you would rather be seen alone please do not hesitateMedical & Nursing Students[continue]

Community nurses

The Falmouth & Penryn community nurse team

The Falmouth & Penryn community nurse team provide nursing care and advice to patients who are housebound due to illness or infirmity and to patients recently discharged from hospital. TheyCommunity nurses[continue]

Practice staff

Practice team

Administration

Working with the management team are the reception, secretarial and clerical team and the cleaners. They are all vital to the smooth running of the surgery.