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STAFF
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Directors
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Steve Glanvill
MA, VetMB, DBR, OVS, MRCVS
Steve is the Practice Principle having joined the partnership in 1985. Steve is a Farm and Small Animal Vet and has a Diploma in Bovine Reproduction.
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Simon Richards
BVSc, OVS, MRCVS
Simon joined the partnership in 1995. He is an Equine Vet and Official Racecourse Vet at Stratford Races.
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Gary Jennings
BSc, BVetMed, MRCVS
Gary joined the practice in 2005, to help run the Hook Norton and Charlbury surgeries.
Gary became a Partner in March 2008, with responsibility for the Small Animal department.
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Consultant
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Alan Walker
BSc, MA, PhD, VetMB, DER, MRCVS
Alan is a former Partner and original founder of the practice. Alan retired from the Partnership in 2006. Now working part-time for the practice in a consultancy role, Alan still regularly attends meets at the Stratford Racecourse.
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Vets
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Jan Guilbride
MA, VetMB, MRCVS
Jan has been with the practice since 1989 and is based almost entirely at the Hook Norton surgery. She has an interest in most areas of general practice, but surgery in particular. Jan has helped to establish many of the extra services the Small Animal Department offers, including puppy parties and dental clinics.
Jan has recently completed the approved Veterinary Acupuncture course and is a member of the ABVA (Association of British Veterinary Acupuncture). She runs pet acupuncture treatment sessions at both the Hook Norton and Deddington surgeries.
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Juliet Owens
MA, VetMB, MRCVS
Juliet joined the practice in 2002 as a Farm and Small Animal Vet. Following her return from maternity leave, Juliet now covers the Deddington and Hook Norton clinics.
Juliet is currently on maternity leave following the birth of her second son.
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Fiona Nobbs
BVSc, MRCVS
Fiona joined the practice in 2005 to assist within the equine department. She has recently undertaken an intensive Veterinary Acupuncture course and is now fully trained and a member of the ABVA. She currently offers these equine acupuncture treatments both at the surgery and on the yard.
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Pauline Tolhurst
BVSc, MRCVS
Pauline joined the practice in 2006. She covers clinics at the Charlbury surgery and also at Hook Norton. Pauline has completed the approved Veterinary Acupuncture course and is a member of the ABVA (Association of British Veterinary Acupuncture). She runs these pet acupuncture treatment sessions at both the Hook Norton and Charlbury surgeries.
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Bella Clarkson
MA, VetMB, MRCVS
Bella is a small animal Vet and joined the practice in 2003. She works part-time and is based mainly at the Hook Norton surgery. She is especially keen on surgery and opthalmology.
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Kathryn Gander
BVSc, MRCVS
Kathryn joined the practice in 2007 to cover clinics at both Hook Norton and Charlbury. Kathryn has a special interest in dermatology.
Kathryn recently spent 7 months travelling in Central and South America with Sam. They have lots of tales to tell, having done everything from snorkelling with dolphins to trekking up a live volcano.
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Sam Baldwyn
BVSc, MRCVS
Sam first came to Hook Norton to see practice when he was at Liverpool University. Following his graduation in July 2007 he joined the practice permanently and is a member of the Farm and Equine team.
Sam has just returned to the practice following 7 months travelling with Kathryn in Central and South America.
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Sally Hodgson
BSc (Hons), MA, VetMB, MRCVS
Sally is an Equine Vet and worked in Lambourn and on the Suffolk coast before joining the practice in March 2010.
Sally spends her non-working time with her dog Spudge at dog agility classes.
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Nancy Homewood
BVetMed, MRCVS
Nancy is from a farming background in Abingdon. She saw practice with us before joining the farm and equine department permanently in August 2010.
Nancy spends her spare time riding and eventing.
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James McLeod
MA, VetMB, MRCVS
James joined the practice in August 2010.
He works in both the small animal and large animal departments with a particular interest in farm animals.
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Christina Jones
BSc (Hons), BVM&S, MRCVS
Christina joined the practice in November 2010 having previously worked in Kent. She is an experienced Equine Vet having qualified in 2007 in Edinburgh.
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Jim Adams
BVSc, MRCVS
Jim joined us in January 2011. He is an experienced farm Vet who qualified from Liverpool in 2006. After 2 ½ years working in Abergavenny in Wales, he has recently been travelling - spending 3 months working in the USA and 3 months in New Zealand.
Unfortunately Jim is leaving us in February to move on to a teaching post at the Royal Veterinary College, London.
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Ali Butler
BVetMed, MRCVS
Ali is an experienced equine Vet and joined the practice in 2010.
She works 2 days per week, spending the rest of her time running her Equine Ambulance business, attending equine events all over the country.
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Rachel Kirkby
BVetMed, MRCVS
Rachel joined the Small Animal Veterinary team in January 2012. Rachel graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, London in 2006. She worked in a small, private practice in West London for a year before moving to the RSPCA Harmsworth Hospital in North London. She has a particular interest in surgery, soft tissue and orthopaedics.
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Nurses
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Head Nurse
Vicki Harrington
RVN, DipCABT(Coape) NOCN
After qualifying in 1995, Vicki joined the practice in 1998 and has been our Head Nurse since 2005.
She has a specific interest in practical nursing and animal behaviour. Vicki gained a Diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour and Training in 2004 and runs the Behavioural Clinics. She is also responsible for the smooth running of our in-house Laboratory.
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Assistant Head Nurses
Sophie Williams
RVN, A1
Chloe Watson
RVN, BSc(Hons), VN A1
Sophie qualified in 2003 and is our Trainee Nurse Assessor. She has a specific interest in practical nursing, rabbit welfare, diabetic cases and nutrition.
Chloe qualified in 2005 and also has a Degree in Veterinary Nursing Science. She has a specific interest in animal nutrition and practical nursing. She is also a Trainee Nurse Assessor alongside Sophie.
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Nursing Team
Alongside the Head Nurse and Assistant Head Nurses, the Nursing team provides essential support to the Veterinary Surgeons.
Fran King, VN, qualified in 1982 and her main interest is in practical nursing.
Debbie Thomas, RVN, qualified in 2006 and has an interest in general health, physiotherapy and weight maintenance.
Jill Collier, RVN, qualified in 2007 and has a specific interest in small animal dentistry.
Lisa Johnson, RVN, FDSc, qualified in 2008 and also gained a Foundation degree in Veterinary Nursing and Practice Management. She has a particular interest in weight management and rabbit welfare.
Emma Carroll, RVN, D32, D33, D34, qualified in 1993 and is based at the Charlbury surgery. She is also a Trainee Nurse Assessor and Internal Verifier for the NVQ part of the Veterinary Nursing Course. She has a specific interest in small animal nutrition.
Serena Harris TVN and Charlotte Gailiffe TVN, are both in their first year of training.
Molly Johnson is our Animal Nursing Assistant providing support to the Nursing team.
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Equine Nursing Team
Sarah Aston, REVN, has been with the practice since 2004 and completed her Equine Veterinary Nursing qualification in 2008. Sarah oversees the care of all the equine inpatients.
Laura Howe, has a BA in Equine Business Studies and is a BHS Intermediate Stable Manager. She joined us in 2007 as a trainee Equine Veterinary Nurse.
Nursing support within the Equine Clinic is also provided by Nurses; Vicki, Fran, Debbie and Jill.
Equine Clinic Assistant and Groom
Amy Edwards joined the practice in September 2009.
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Management
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Tony Udall
Tony is our Practice Manager and joined the team in 2005. Tony works closely with the Partners to ensure the smooth and efficient day to day running of the practice.
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Lucy Warner
Lucy has been with the practice since 1994. Formerly Practice Manager, Lucy returned to work on a part-time basis following the birth of her two children and is now Projects Manager, co-ordinating long term projects and marketing and development plans.
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Reception
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Hook Norton Small Animal
This is covered by 6 receptionists; Val Prew, Sharon Allen, Carole Hazleton, SJ Courage, Teresa Bull, Ros Page and Greta Hobbs. They run a computerised appointment system, cover duties in the dispensary and oversee waiting room and pet food sales.
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Large Animal Reception
and Farm Shop
This is run by Liz Harwood, Nikki Inglis and Lex Merrick and assisted by Louise Pile. They ensure the smooth running of the Equine and Farm Vet diaries and are responsible for all the Farm Shop sales. Liz, Nikki and Lex are RSQPs under the AMTRA qualification. Liz has also set up an Ear Tagging sales system for our farm clients.
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Charlbury Surgery
This busy branch surgery in Charlbury is manned by 3 receptionists; Claire Whitaker, Jane Coverdale and Sarah Wiggins.
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Deddington Surgery
Lavinia Crowther and SJ Courage help run the branch surgery at Deddington.
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Accounts
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Accounts Department
This very busy department is run by 4 members of staff. Ernie Parsons is responsible for the practice accounts and payroll. Jean Laycock oversees the client accounts and payments, whilst Jill Hopcraft and Amanda Glanvill co-ordinate all office admin and debt control.
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