Meet the Team

Doctors

Dr Richard Robbins
General Practitioner

Practice Partner
MBBS MRCGP Peninsula Medical School 2008

Dr Jonathan Lock
General Practitioner

Practice Partner
MBBS (University of Exeter) DCH MRCGP

Dr David Tinkler
General Practitioner

Practice Partner
BMBS MRCGP Peninsula 2008

Dr Paul Herdman
General Practitioner

Practice Partner
MBchB MRCGP Liverpool 2002

Dr Rebecca Harling
General Practitioner

Practice Partner

MBBch,MRCGP DFSRH DCH DRCOG PGCE Cardiff 2005

Dr Ranjan Ranabhat
Salaried General Practitioner

MBBS, MRCGP Peninsula 2024

Mrs Tracey Brettell
Advanced Nurse Practitioner

RGN, RCN Credential in Advanced Level Nursing Practice 2020

Attached Staff

Mrs Gemma Rowland
First Contact Physiotherapist

BSc (Hons) MCSP 2007

I worked across a wide range of specialties before specialising in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy in 2011. I worked at the Physiotherapy Dept. at West Cornwall Hospital from 2011 until 2021 when I became the First Contact Physiotherapist for Marazion Surgery. ‘First Contact’ means you can book an appointment to see me directly for any musculoskeletal issues. I can request imaging and blood tests as needed as well as refer on to other services.

Mrs Ruth Tod
Health & Wellbeing Coach

EMCC Award Personal Care Institute Accredited 2024

Coaching empowers you to bring about positive changes to improve your overall lifestyle and health, by identifying what matters to you and developing action plans to achieve your goals.

Mrs Linda Whittaker
Social Prescriber

Your health and wellbeing can be improved by improving other areas of your life, things that can negatively affect your health like loneliness, debt, unpaid caring, and stress due to financial pressures or poor housing.

Social Prescribing is a simply a way to give you time to talk through those non medical challenges and empower you to find ways to improve or resolve them.

The plan might be to learn a new skill, give yourself a health goal, join a new group or activity, build confidence, make friends, just get out your front door, access benefits, or work with specialists we can refer you to e.g. help manage your debt or address housing issues.

Pharmacy Team

You may be contacted by a Practice Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician on behalf of your GP.

What do Practice Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians do at GP Practices?

Practice Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians are healthcare professionals registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have long established roles in community pharmacy, secondary care and commissioning.
In general practice, Pharmacists work alongside GPs along with support from Pharmacy Technicians to focus on advanced skills by undertaking tasks such as medicines reconciliation on discharge, management of prescription queries and repeat requests.

Mrs Laura Penrose
Clinical Pharmacist

currently being recruited
Pharmacy Technician

Marazion Surgery is an accredited Training Practice

Marazion Surgery is an accredited Training Practice which means that we meet the high standards of clinical care set by the Peninsula Deanery to teach medical students and qualified doctors in their foundation and specialist years.

The Practice won the Excellence and Innovation in Clinical Teaching Team Award for 2022-2023 from the University of Exeter Medical School.

We currently provide placements for GP Registrars, who are qualified doctors training to specialise as General Practitioners. We currently provide placements for medical students in years two, four and five from the University of Exeter Medical School.

The GP Registrars are fully qualified doctors and have a great deal of medical experience. They are furthering their training to prepare for a career as a General Practitioner. They are attached to the Practice for up to 12 months. If you are seen by a GP registrar, you’re still being seen by a qualified doctor, just one that hasn’t fully completed their GP training yet. They essentially do the same job as a normal GP but will be able to ask questions to another GP should they come across a particularly tricky case they’re not sure how to manage. A GP Registrar is responsible for diagnosing and treating various medical conditions, offering preventative healthcare advice, and managing long-term health conditions.

Nursing Team

Nurses

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Mrs Chloe Gendall
Lead Practice Nurse
University of Surrey 2000-2003: Qualified DipHE Adult Nursing
Queens Nurse Award

Mrs Lucy Nicholls
Swansea University 2007-2010; qualified with honours degree in adult nursing.

Mrs Michelle Gerry
DipHE Adult Nursing
University of Plymouth 2005 – 2008

Assistant Practitioners & Healthcare Assistants

Assistant practitioners and healthcare assistants support the practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Mrs Shirley Hatton
Assistant Practitioner

FdSc Healthcare Practice 2010

Mrs Hannah Nicholls
Health Care Assistant

Miss Emily Fayer
Health Care Assistant

Miss Ella Leiworthy Health Care Assistant

Practice Team

Practice Management

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Mrs Kathryn Burge
Practice Manager

Mrs Juliette Benstead
PA to Practice Manager

Administration

Miss Katie Tebay
Practice Secretary

Miss Helen Greig
Bookkeeper

Mrs Ailsa Hammersley Administrator

Mrs Nicola Noble
Administrator

Mrs Julie Holland

Administrator

Mrs Maria Davies

Administrator

Reception

Our patient advisers are usually the first point of contact and are here to help you. They have a lot of information to hand and in most cases will be able to help with your enquiry, ensuring you see the most appropriate clinician. Anything that is discussed with the patient advisors or any other member of the team is treated in strict confidence. You have a right to be treated courteously, and our patient advisors also have a right to be treated courteously by you. Please respect the privacy of other patients by standing well back from the reception desk until your turn.