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Justyn
Loveridge MRCVS
Justyn
qualified from Bristol in 2006 and has moved to Firgrove
having worked in a Small Practice in the New Forest. Justyn
enjoys all aspects of veterinary work, but his particular
interests lie in small animal medicine and cytology. He is
currently studying for a European Small Animal Medicine Certificate
which he hopes to complete in September. Outside of work
he is a keen photographer, taking far to many pictures of
his dog Nora, and a season ticket holder at Reading FC.
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Joyce
Murray
Joyce
qualified from Edinburgh University in 1991.
She has worked in a variety of Mixed and Small
Animal Practices since then before joining
St Kitts in June 2007 where she feels at home
and part of the team. She enjoys the variety
of General Practice and also getting to know
the clients and their pets and helping them
to make the best decisions for their animal’s
health. In Joyce’s spare time she
enjoys walking, reading, climbing and skiing.
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Gus
Denovan MRCVS
Gus is the Practice owner, together with his wife Sophie. The Practice
at St Kitts was founded in April 2000. Gus and Sophie then opened
Firgrove in Yateley in 2002, followed by Basingstoke Veterinary
Centre in 2005. Gus graduated from Sydney University in 1994 and
has been working in small animal practice ever since. He has a
3-legged cat Kitty, a Whippet named Piper and a selection of rescue
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Nathalie
Fellows MRCVS
Nathalie has been a qualified Vet
since 1994. She studied in Liege (Belgium) and worked in
Belgium and in France before coming to England. Nathalie
joined this Practice in December 2007. She enjoys working with
all four legged creatures and has a little weakness for large
cats and Retrievers of any types. In her spare time she enjoys
family life and cooking. |
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Practice
Manager |
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Terry
Gravett RVN MBVNA
Since 1986 Terry has moved
through the ranks from Kennel Hand to Qualified Nurse to Practice
Manager but feels that in this Profession one has never seen
everything. The fact that two days are never the same
provides a level of interest second to none in the work place. |
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Veterinary
Nurses |
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Jo
Pulman RVN
Jo has been a Veterinary
Nurse all her working life, starting out at the RSPCA Putney
Animal Hospital where she did her training and worked her way
up to Theatre Supervisor. Jo then joined a private practice
in South Croydon as Head Nurse and stayed there for 8 years. She
moved to Yateley in 2000 and has worked at Firgrove since it
opened in May 2002, helping to build up a successful, friendly
surgery. She is married with a young son and has a rabbit and
a cat. |
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Gail
Humphrey RVN
Gail qualified
in 1979 and worked in Veterinary Practice for another
12 years in a variety of surgeries, finally as
Head Nurse for 6 years. She then took a break until
2007 to bring up her 3 daughters. Gail feels lucky
to do a job that she loves, meeting wonderful people
and their animals. She has a variety of pets, Golden
Retrievers, Labrador, cats, chinchillas, guinea
pigs, degu, gerbils, budgies and fish. |
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Hannah
Monger RVN
Hannah
qualified in 2001 and has worked as a Veterinary
Nurse since 1995. Hannah has recently
returned to work after maternity leave for
the birth of her second son. She has two
cats and two goldfish. |
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Wendy
Osborne
Wendy joined Firgrove shortly
after it opened in 2002. She works part time to enable her to
spend all her spare time with her horse and two lurchers. Wendy
has also enjoyed fostering various dogs/puppies for rescue centres
to help them socialise and progress away from the stressful kennel
environment. Most of Wendy’s rescue dogs are of a long
legged, long nose variety as she has a soft spot for the lurcher
and greyhound type. |
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Nicola
Yates
Nicola joined the staff at
Firgrove in 2008 having spent the previous 15 years working at
the local cattery. She enjoys both the new skills that this position
gives her and the friendly atmosphere provided by the staff and
clients. |
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