The Practice Team

There are ten full time and 2-3 part time veterinary surgeons at the practice at present.
Five of those are partners in the practice and eight are assistants.

Jon Herrod-Taylor

qualified from London in 1980. He is a 2nd generation vet and was brought up on a dairy farm in Wiltshire. He has spent 3 decades working at North Tawton, with over 25 years as a partner and 20 as the principal Equine vet and became managing partner in Feb 2009. He is now back to working 2 days a week after his illness and is enjoying being back at work. He is hoping to come back full time from mid June.

Paul Martin

Paul qualified from Bristol in 1980 and joined the practice in 1982. He joined the partnership in 1984. He is interested in cows, sheep and pigs but has a soft spot for pussycats. He is a keen walker, as well as a big rugby fan and enjoys travelling.

Bryony Herod-Taylor

Bryony qualified in 1991 from London and came straight down to Devon. She joined the partnership in 1996. Bryony is currently studying towards a Small Animal Medicine Certificate and enjoys her equine work as well. She plays netball, does yoga, gardens and does mad things for charity. Bryony is now President of the Okehampton & District Canine Society.

Roger Cunningham

Roger qualified in 1987 from London and has worked in the Westcountry since then. He joined North Park in 2004. He has interests in farm work and holds a Certificate in Beef Production. He enjoys skiing, walking on Dartmoor and spending time with his family.

Martin Friggens

Martin qualified from Liverpool in 1992. Martin is interested in the Small Animal and Farm work. He is a very dextrous vet and a dab hand at carpentry and woodwork. Martin has finally succumbed to becoming a partner in February 2009.

David Wilford

David qualified from Liverpool in 1969. He grew up on a farm and has always worked with farm animals. As well as being an ambassador for the charity "Send-a-Cow", he is involved with the local church and has been a campanologist for over 40 years.

Nick Graham

Nick qualified from Cambridge in 2003. He worked in Yorkshire for a period before coming down to Devon in 2005. His interests predominantly lie in equine medicine and surgery. He enjoys cycling, running and riding. He is currently studying for a Certificate in Equine Medicine.

Sarah Madden

Sarah qualified from Cambridge in 2005 and has joined the team in January 2008. She enjoys her Farm and Small Animal work in the practice. Sarah occupies her spare time in a variety of outdoor activities, such as walking, cycling and canoeing.

Deborah Cunningham

Deborah joined us as an experienced part-time small animal vet. She consults and operates at our Okehampton branch on a Monday and Thursday morning. When not busy with her three young children, Deborah can often be found running across Dartmoor.

Sophie Keyte

Sophie joined us early in 2009. She qualified from Glasgow in 2008 and is interested in all aspects of mixed practice. Sophie has also started Acupuncture sessions for our patients to treat a variety of conditions.

Caroline Wilson

Caroline qualified from Glasgow in 2006. Caroline's primary veterinary interests are farm and pets. After spending some time doing purely TB testing we are very glad to welcome Caroline back to full time clinical work.

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Sam Holland

Sam qualified in 2009 and came to join North Park Vets. She has become another invaluable member of the team. We've known Sam for a number years as she saw practice at North Park and knew beforehand that she would be an excellent vet.

Brian Hignett

Brian qualified from Edinburgh in 1973. After 4 years in the West of Scotland he moved to North Tawton in 1977. He became a partner in 1978 until January 2009, when he has opted for a quieter life, though he will be helping out with the TB testing. His interests outside of work are skiing and crosswords.

Margaret

is our practice manager and has a myriad of duties to ensure the practice runs smoothly and efficiently on a daily basis. If you have any queries or problems, about North Park Vets please speak to Margaret.

Marion

is the practice book-keeper and joined the practice in 1993. She ensures that all the practices accounts balance and that everybody gets paid!

Helen

is our invaluable head receptionist and responsible for the management of calls & vets. If you have any queries or problems relating to visits or consultation arrangements please speak to Helen.

Susan

is in charge of client accounts and billings, at our Okehampton Branch. If you have any queries about the bills please speak to Susan or Karen.

Karen

is also at the Okehampton branch of our practice and is a Suitably Qualifed Person (SQP) for dispensing drugs to farm animal, equine and companion animal clients, so can advise on worming your animals.

Kathy

is on the receptionist team at North Tawton and deal with arranging appointments, dispensing drugs and various other important duties.

Maggie

acts as part time receptionist and nursing assistant. She has recently passed her Animal Nursing Assistant exam with flying colours and enjoys all aspects of laboratory work.

Rachel

is the head receptionist in Hatherleigh and is responsible for the day to day running of the branch. She is also a Suitably Qualified Person(SQP) for dispensing drugs to farm animal, equine and small animal clients, so can advise on worming your animals.

Sue

is our longest standing receptionist and covers part time in both North Tawton and Hatherleigh.

Sophie

is responsible for the organisation of tuberculosis testing in cattle and will come with the vet to help on some tests. Sophie is invaluble in other practice organisation as well.

Carol

is our head nurse and qualified as a veterinary nurse in 1994. She worked in a busy small animal practice in Berkshire before joining the practice in 2004. She enjoys nurse clinics and client relations. She runs puppy parties with Bryony every second Wednesday. Carol is a SQP in small animals.

Lisa

qualified in 1990 and then joined the practice in 1991. Her main interests lie in medical nursing and training veterinary nurses. Lisa was absent from the practice for a little while as she has been having a family, but is back now on 3 days a week at our Okehampton branch.

Stef

is a trainee nurse. She has passed her Animal Nursing Assistant exams and is in her second year of the Veterinary Nursing course.

Danielle

has trained at North Park and qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2009. Danielle is starting a course on Canine Behaviour in February 2010 to be able to give more help to our canine patients.