Doctors
We're lucky to have a wide range of friendly GPs at Penryn, each with differing areas of interest. They work closely together to ensure our patients get the best care possible. They're a busy bunch surviving mainly on a diet of tea and biscuits, always ready to help you with your health.
The Partners at the surgery are marked with a (P).
DR ALISON BEST (P)
MbChB 1995 MRCGP DRCOG DFFP
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 our Adult Safeguarding Lead.
DR CHRISSIE DUNNE (P)
MB ChB 1991 MRCGP
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 ZOE FREEMAN
BM 1994
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 THOMAS HACKETT (P)
MBChB 2009 MRCGP
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 in Musculoskeletal Medicine and performs Minor Surgery and Joint Injections
DR CHARLOTTE HARVEY (P)
MB BS 2007
Dr Harvey holds clinics on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. She has interests in Paediatrics and ENT and is a Trainer for our Medical Students.
DR RYAN JACKSON (P)
MB BS 2002
Dr Jackson holds clinics on 3-4 days a week and works at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. He has interests in Cardiology,Trauma Medicine and Aviation Medicine and can perform private medicals for pilots.
DR JAMES KAHANE (P)
MB BCH 2010 MRCGP
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 placed at the surgery. He performs Minor Surgery and Joint Injections and is the Diabetes lead for the practice.
DR JESS MUNRO (P)
BSC Hons MBBS 1996 MRCP
Dr Munro holds clinics on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and works at both Penryn Surgery and Stithians Surgery. She is one of our Lead GPs for Clinical Research and also a GP Trainer supervising our GP Registrars.
DR KATE SANDERS (P)
MB ChB 2006 MRCGP
Dr Sanders holds clinics each day except Thursdays and works at both Penryn Surgery and Mawnan Smith Surgery. She is our PCN Lead, the practice Child Safeguarding Lead and has interests in ENT.
DR CHRISTOPHER WALKER (P)
BMBS 2013 DFSRH MRCGP
Dr Walker holds clinics on 3 days a week at Penryn and Stithians surgeries. He has interests in Mental Health and Dermatology.
DR SIREESHA RAJU
MBBS 2005 BSc DCH
Dr Raju holds clinics at Penryn and Stithians on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. She has a special interest in Paediatrics.
DR MARK LEWIS
MBBS 2014 BSc (Hons) PGCert Clin Ed
Dr Lewis works Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at both Penryn and Mawnan Smith surgeries.
DR ELAINE MOWLE
MBChB BSc MRCGP
Dr Mowle holds clinics on Mondays and Wednesdays at Penryn and Stithians. She has special interests in Women's Health and Contraception.
Specialist Paramedics
Our home visiting team is a joint operation with our neighbouring Trescobeas Surgery. They help support the duty doctors in providing urgent care and home visiting. Their backgrounds as paramedics means they are really experienced, calm in a crisis and have a great knowledge of the community and surrounding area.
Nurses
Our amazing Nursing Team is headed by Becci Keast and Sue Phillips. The team consists of nurses and healthcare assistants, and are able to provide a range of care including dressings, chronic disease clinics, routine checks, immunisations and blood tests for both adults and children.
SUE PHILLIPS
Nurse Team Leader
BECCI KEAST
Nurse Team Leader
Dispensary
Our Dispensaries operate in Penryn, Mawnan Smith and Stithians supplying medication to those patients who don't live near a Pharmacy. The staff have extensive knowledge of the local area and can advise you how best to obtain your medication.
NATALIE NORTHWAY
Dispensary Manager
JAN AUGARDE
Assistant Dispensary Manager
Practice Management
Our experienced management team each lead their respective departments. In addition each day one of them is nominated as Duty Manager to help with any urgent non-clinical issues that may arise.
EMMA BERRY (P)
Practice Manager
RYAN OHLY (P)
Business Manager
CLAIRE COLEMAN
Assistant Manager
CARLY WHITBREAD
Reception Manager
HANNAH WRIGHT
Assistant Manager
First Contact Physios
Our Musculoskeletal (MSK) Practitioners Andrew and Nicola have extensive expertise in the clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of MSK (muscle or joint) conditions.
Clinical Pharmacists
Our Clinical Pharmacist can perform medication reviews, make changes to long term medication regimes and advise on most medication related questions or problems e.g side effects.
Locum GPs
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 Locum GPs rest assured you will receive the same care and attention as you would from your own GP.
GP 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 a fully trained doctor usually with several years wide-ranging experience working in hospital before coming to General Practice. The training year is generally the final step before seeking a permanent post as a GP.
Medical & Nursing 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 hesitate to say so. The GP or Nurse may ask the student to lead the consultation as part of their training, but they will always do so under the supervision of a trainer and the outcome of a consultation will always be agreed between a patient and a GP/Nurse.
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.
Community Nurses
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. They can be contacted at Falmouth Hospital on 01326 430370.