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 that he had grown up in. He qualified as a vet in 1977 and worked ...
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 Ransom 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 Axelby 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. She has 2 pets at home, Tess a little cross breed who looks incredibly like a Manchester terrier and Millie the cat. Carl...
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 and Puppy Parties. She also co-ordin...
More detail... Joni Milne RVN NurseJoni joined Barton Lodge at the end of April 2008. After studying the VN course she passed her nursing exams and became a fully qualified nurse last year. Joni makes sure that all the client information packs are kept up to date and keeps track of al...
More detail... Emma Wells VN NurseEmma joined Barton Lodge Veterinary Centre in January 2009. She has worked very hard to become a veterinary nurse and has followed the course for the past two years. She has passed all the exams and has recently become a fully qualified VN. Emma cont...
More detail... Bernie Cahill Student Veterinary NurseBernie has joined us in January 2012 for her first 6-month training placement during her studies at Middlesex Universtiy to become a veterinary nurse. Bernie is a keen and dedicated student. She spent Summer 2011 at St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital ...
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 enjoyed getting to know all the regular clients and their pets. She has experience in customer care a...
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 worked in a veterinary practice in London so she ...
More detail... Practice Admin Staff
Caroline Whiddett VN VPAC Senior Practice AdministratorCaroline Whiddett has been our senior Practice Administrator for the past 10 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 new role at Barton Lodge. She deals with the admin and office enquiries and likes meeting clients and their pet...
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“ Everyone was very friendly and helpful. ”
Becky Wood 04.10.10
