Hannah ‘officially’ joins the team
Hannah has been undertaking her nursing training at Summerhill for the last year, but we are happy to announce that this spring she will become one of our permanent members of staff. Hannah will continue her training at Eastern College and under the supervision of our clinical coach Nadine, but as she will be spending [...]
Steph’s off on maternity leave
Some of you may be surprised to hear that Steph is expecting as she has kept her bump very well hidden. However over the last few weeks, more of you have started to spot it under her uniform! Her baby is due in early January, so very soon Steph will be starting her maternity leave. [...]
All change for Natalie!
Natalie has been working hard over the last year to finish her veterinary nurse training. It has been particularly challenging as she has been one of the ‘transitional’ students, changing from the old nursing course to the new one. She has put an immense amount of hard work into her studies, and along with a [...]
Welcome to Hayley
Hayley qualified in 2008 at a practice in Roydon, then moved to Kings Lynn, where she spent two years, before joining us this September. Hayley enjoys medical nursing, in particular nursing critical care patients. She has a menagerie of animals at home including two cats, a rabbit, a guinea-pig, two tortoises and a horse. She will [...]
Congratulations to Sam and Emma
Congratulations to Sam and Emma, who have recently passed the first year of their veterinary nurse training. Sam is training under the old system and so has achieved a NVQ level 2, and after a further year of study will be awarded a level 3 Diploma to become a fully qualified veterinary nurse. Emma [...]
Congratulations to Debbie and Julie
It’s not just our vets and nurses who undertake further training. Two of our longest serving members of staff, receptionists Debbie and Julie have recently been studying for further qualifications too. After lots of hard work, they have both been awarded an NVQ in Customer Care. In addition Debbie has achieved an NVQ level 2 in [...]
Goodbye to Sue
Sadly Sue will be leaving Summerhill at the end of August. She has been with us for nearly 10 years, and so is very well know by our clients and their pets. She has played an active role in all aspects of the practice, but particularly has spent a lot of time with our more senior patients [...]
Welcome to our new vet Helen
Welcome to Helen Osborne, our new vet at Summerhill. Helen graduated with honors from the Royal Veterinary College in London in 2007. Initially she spent 18 months doing farm and equine work in Norfolk, before deciding to concentrate on companion animals. Recently she has been working at a practice in Kings Lynn as well as [...]
Farewell to Suzanna.
Sadly after nearly three years at Summerhill, Suzanna is moving on. In July she is taking up a one year intern position at the University of Bristol’s Veterinary School. This will enable her to work alongside specialists and experience the case load of a busy referral centre. We would like to wish her all [...]
Nadine’s K9 skills 4 life
Following on from the success of Nadine’s puppy parties and the sudden closure of Fakenham Dog Training, Nadine has joined forces with Dave Brice (a local behavourist) to offer puppy and junior dog training classes. The classes are designed to follow on from Summerhill’s puppy parties, which educate owners in how to care for and [...]
