VETERINARY SURGEONS:

Dave P Fisher  BVetMed  CertSAC  CertSAM  MRCVS

Fiona Fallows  BVM&S  CertSAM  MRCVS

Isobel McBurney  BVM&S  MRCVS

VETERINARY NURSES:

Sarah Williams  RVN A1  (Head Nurse)

Lucy Allan  BSc(Hons)  RVN

Lisa Holloway  RVN

Natalie Gunner  RVN

Sally Smith  RVN

Amber Shale  SVN

Carole Ansell  ANA  SVN

Client Care & Administration:

Keeley Whalley (Supervisor)

Sarah Garner

Jean Williams

Lynn Branchett

Jemma Sewell

Management:

Barbara H Kirk  (Practice Manager)

Jean Lowth  FMAAT

Sharon Wallace  RVN  A1

McTimoney Animal Manipulator:

Paula Stokes  MMAA

What do all those letters mean?

If you look at the staff list, you will see that a number of us have "letters" after our names.  They have different meanings dependent on people's qualifications - here is what they stand for:-

MRCVS:  Represents that the individual is a qualified Veterinary Surgeon and entitled to practice in the UK.  Its stands for 'Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons'  (RCVS)  - the governing body of the UK vets.  Find out about the RCVS www.rcvs.org.uk

RVN:  Stands for 'Registered Veterinary Nurse' - each individual has completed the training and passed the relevant practical and theoretical examinations required to become a fully qualified Veterinary Nurse, and are listed by the RCVS on a register as competent in their role.  Further information on RVNs can be found on both the RCVS website www.rcvs.org.uk and also the BVNA website www.bvna.org.uk

SVN:  Student Veterinary Nurse

ANA: Animal Nursing Assistant

MMAA:  Member of McTimoney Animal Association

Veterinary Degrees:  Differ dependent on which veterinary school a vet qualified from - all are qualifications to an equivalent standard:-

*  BVetMed:  Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (London)  www.rvc.ac.uk

*  BVM&S:  Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery (Edinburgh)  www.vet.ed.ac.uk

*  BVSc:  Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Liverpool)  www.liv.ac.uk/vets

*  CertSAC  Certificate in Small Animal Cardiology

*  CertSAM  Certificate in Small Animal Medicine

*  CertSAO  Certificate in Small Animal Orthopaedics

*  A1  Veterinary Nursing Assessor Qualificatiion

Websites for other veterinary schools are:

Bristol - www.vetschool.bris.ac.uk

Cambridge - www.vet.cam.ac.uk

Glasgow - www.gla.ac.uk/vet

Nottingham - www.nottingham.ac.uk/vet