Our Staff
Vets
Roger Wickenden B Vet Med MRCVS Veterinary DirectorRoger has been a joint director at Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre since 1985. He followed his father, vet Peter Wickenden, into the family run veterinary practice at No 1 Midland Road where he grew up. He is a highly experienced vet having qualified ...
More detail... Cathy Wickenden BVet Med MRCVS Veterinary DirectorCathy is joint director of Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre, along with Roger. She qualified in 1977 from The Royal Veterinary College in London. Cathy was in general practice before studying and teaching at Cornell University in the USA. During her ti...
More detail... Katie Frewin B Vet Med (Hons) MRCVS Veterinary SurgeonKatie joined Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre from another local practice in November 2010. Katie enjoys meeting all our clients and working with our team in our excellent facilities. Katie trained and graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, Lond...
More detail... Rachel Gunn B Vet Med MRCVSRachel qualified from The Royal Veterinary College London in 2008 and has worked locally in Hertfordshire since then. She joined us at Barton Lodge in April 2011. Rachel is very popular and has enjoyed meeting clients and becoming part of the team at...
More detail... Sonja Munz BVSc MRCVS Veterinary SurgeonSonja has spent long periods working as our locum each year after first joining us in April 2009. She enjoys being at Barton Lodge so much that she keeps coming back. Sonja qualified in 1998 at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She is very ...
More detail... Nurses
Nicci Hawes RVN Head NurseNicci has been our dedicated Head Nurse since 1997. She was a trainee veterinary nurse at Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre when she first left school and achieved her VN qualification in 1992. She gained wide experience by working at The Royal Veterina...
More detail... Judith Sanger RVN Senior NurseJudith is a long-standing member of staff who first came to Barton Lodge in 1998 as a work placement student whilst studying for her Animal Care Diploma at Oaklands College. On completion of her Diploma she joined Barton Lodge full-time in 1999. She...
More detail... Carly Miles RVN Senior NurseCarly joined our team in October 2005. She successfully followed the VN course and became a fully qualified RVN in January 2009. Carly is a member of the Senior nurse team responsible for running the Nurse Clinics, Nurse Training and Puppy Parties. S...
More detail... Christina Harn RVN Senior NurseChristina joined us in Summer 2007. After studying the VN course she succesfully qualified as a fully trained nurse in June 2010. Christina has become a Senior Nurse and shares responsibility for the Nurse Clinics, Nurse Training and Puppy Parties. S...
More detail... Laura Reynolds RVN NurseLaura joined us as a qualified and experienced nurse in December 2012 from a practice in Bedfordshire. She has quickly become a popular member of our nursing team. Laura is responsible for the recording and filing of all the laboratory results and re...
More detail... Holly Burton Student NurseHolly joined us in November 2012. She is keen to study and become a qualified Veterinary Nurse. She is a pet lover and her family have owned many Doberman dogs in the past. She currently has a young male Doberman called Otto....
More detail... Lorna Jahn Student NurseLorna started training as a veterinary nurse after leaving school. She joined us in November 2012 and is continuing her studies. At home Lorna has a dog called Pugsley and two cats called Nahla and Sally....
More detail... Receptionists
Diana Sweetingham ReceptionistDiana joined us in August 2008 as main evening receptionist. She has since extended her role to include all day Wednesday plus some Fridays. She has got to know all the regular clients and their pets and our enjoys meeting new clients. She has experi...
More detail... Carol Blair-Smith ReceptionistCarol joined us in August 2008 as day-time receptionist at Barton Lodge. She enjoys meeting all the clients and their pets. She has experience in customer care and helps us to provide a friendly, efficient and helpful service for our clients. Carol i...
More detail... Hester Small RVN Admin ReceptionistHester joined us in November 2010. She has returned to work with us after previously training and qualifying as a veterinary nurse at Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre in 1993. Since that time Hester has continued work part-time in a veterinary practice...
More detail... Practice Admin Staff
Caroline Whiddett VN VPAC Senior Practice AdministratorCaroline Whiddett has been our senior Practice Administrator for the past 11 years. She lives with her husband, 2 grown up children and one psychotic cat called Nelson.
When Caroline left school her first job was as a Trainee Veterinary Nurse. She...
More detail... Samantha McGrath Practice Administrator/ReceptionistSamantha joined us in December 2010. She is an animal lover and pet owner who has previously held an admin based role. Samantha enjoys her role at Barton Lodge. She is the main co-ordinator and adminstrator of our Pet Health Plan. She deals with any ...
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“ I was registered with your surgery when I had Henry until 5 years ago and had no hesitation in bringing Ben to you when I got him from Bedford Yorkshire Terrier Rescue last month, as I have always received such excellent service and advice from your caring people. ”
Mrs Gwyneth Sharp 27.02.2012
