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Our Staff

Summerhill is staffed by a great team of hard-working and dedicated veterinary professionals, each bringing their own particular skills and interests to the practice.  You can learn more about them by reading their profiles below.  

Jane Feneley

         

Jane Feneley B.Vet.Med. M.R.C.V.S. GP Cert (SAS)
Jane is married with a vet husband and two children. They live just outside Fakenham and take an active interest in the local community. Jane qualified in 1991 and worked in mixed practice before setting up this practice in 1993. Jane has a keen interest in emergency medicine and small animal thoracic and orthopaedic surgery. She has a Labrador, two cats, two horses and two ponies.            

            
Lucy Rivett

         

Lucy Rivett BVSc. M.R.C.V.S. GP Cert (DI)
Lucy has known the local area since she was a child. She lives just outside Fakenham and is married with two young children. Since qualifying in 2001, Lucy has developed a particular interest in ophthalmology and ultrasonography. She has a Border terrier, a Labrador cross Springer spaniel, one cat and two tortoises.            

            
    

Michelle

Michelle Barnard B.Vet.Med. M.R.C.V.S
Michelle joined us in 2007 from the Royal Vet College, London. Michelle has a wide range of interests but especially enjoys feline medicine. She lives locally, with her two cats. Her interests range from feline medicine to the diagnosis and treatment of feline specific conditions.            
Helen Osborne B.Vet.Med (hons) M.R.C.V.S 
Helen graduated with honors from the Royal Veterinary College
in London in 2007. Initially she spent 18 months working in a farm and equine practice in Norfolk, before concentrating on companion animals. Recently she has worked at a practice in Kings Lynn and at the RSPCA East Winch wildlife centre, so she has a wide breath of knowledge. She enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine and surgery but particular likes the challenge of emergency and critical care. She lives in Fakenham and has a black Labrador.
 
Nadine Fletcher RVN, CERT AAB, Dip Dog Psy, ACAI, MVNA                                                                                                                                                  
Nadine is our head nurse and has been qualified since 1992. She lives in Fakenham and is married with two young children. She has gained the certificate in Applied Animal Behaviour, (Southampton University) and a diploma in canine psychology. Nadine sees behaviour cases on an in-house and referral basis and has played a major part in the setting up of our very popular nurses clinics and runs our puppy parties. In 2004 she won the BVNA award for veterinary nurse of the year. Nadine has two Cocker spaniels, a cat, 3 tortoises and 4 gerbils.        
 

Steph

Steph Walker R.V.N. BVNA Diabetes advisor
Steph took her final nursing exams exams in summer 2008 and is now a qualified nurse. She enjoys nursing intensive care cases and has a keen interest in nursing the diabetic patient. She lives in Fakenham with her husband and young daughter. 

         
  
Hayley Bennett R.V.N
Hayley qualified in 2008, and joined Summerhill in 2011. She enjoys medical nursing, in particular nursing critial care patients. She has a menagerie of animals at home including two cats, a rabbit, a guinea-pig, two tortoises and a horse.
Sam Daykin R.V.N                                                                                                                          Samantha joined Summerhill in November 2007 and she enrolled as a student veterinary nurse in 2008, qualifying in January 2013. She has a keen interest in surgical nursing and hopes to further her qualification in this area in the future. Samantha also plays an important role with the puppy parties held at the practice, advising owners on preventative health and general handling. Samantha lives in a village just outside fakenham with her husband.
     

Emma

Emma Warnes
Emma joined Summerhill in May 2010, and started her formal nursing training in the autumn. Emma has a Labrador, a Springer Spaniel and three guinea pigs. So far Emma enjoys all aspects of nursing but particularly enjoys the challenge of anaesthesia.          
 
Hannah Young
Hannah joined Summerhill in the Autumn of 2010, when she started her nursing training. She is studying for the level 3 diploma in veterinary nursing, and by studying two days a week at Eastern College will complete her training in 2 years. Hannah’s curent favourite area of practice is radiology. She has a golden cocker spaniel.

        
 
SophieSophie Renno
Sophie left school and joined Summerhill in June 2010. She will spend one year at the practice gaining experience under the guidance of our qualified nurses, before starting her formal training at Eastern College. Sophie’s love of animals and her enthusiasm will stand her in good stead at the start of her chosen career. She lives locally with her family, a Labrador and two cats.
JulieJulie Jarvis
Julie joined us in 2004 and is our nursing assistant. She assists the nurses in helping to make sure their day to day tasks run smoothly, as well as being responsible for the running of all our in house blood tests. She has two Labradors.

Support Staff        

Julie, Debbie, Lyn and Toni are our reception staff. They play a huge role in the running of the practice and ensure our clients are always greeted with a smile. Julie and Debbie have both been at the practice for over 18 years and so know most of our clients (and their pets) by face if not by name. In addition to reception duties, Lyn is responsible for processing insurance claim forms and Toni for administrative duties. Between them they own numerous pets, including dogs, cats, horses and rabbits.