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.

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 Herrod-Taylor

Bryony qualified in 1991 from London and came straight down to Devon. She joined the partnership in 1996. Bryony has passed her post graduate Small Animal Medicine Certificate in September 2011. She plays netball, does yoga, gardens and does mad things for charity including a dip in the river at new year. Bryony is also 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.

Deborah Cunningham

Deborah joined us as an experienced small animal vet, in a part time capacity. 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.

Hayden Webb

Hayden starting in August 2010 and he is a great asset to the practice. He originates from Somerset and is a farmers son and has a degree in Equine Science as well as his veterinary degree from Bristol.He is interested in all aspects of veterinary works, with a strong interest in horse work.

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Clare Akers

Clare has joined us in November 2011, Clare since qualifying in 2010 Clare has been working as an Farm Animal Intern at Dublin University and also been doing Companion animal locum work. Clare enjoys a wide variety of outdoor sports from hockey to sea swimming.

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Amy Houldcroft

Amy has joined us in November 2011 and is looking forward to a wide variety of work. Amy enjoys horse riding and running.

Brian Hignett

Brian was with North Park as an assistant and our partner between 1978 and 2009, after which he has opted for a quieter life and he now helps out with the TB testing. His interests outside of work are skiing and crosswords.

Sarah Madden

Sarah is now on maternity leave until late 2012.

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.

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. Susan makes sure that North Park keeps running smoothly. If you have any queries about the bills please speak to Susan or Karen, who will be happy to sort these out.

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 passed her Animal Nursing Assistant exam with flying colours and enjoys her 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 reception in both North Tawton and Hatherleigh. Sue is an active member in the world of horse competition and enjoys both her judging and riding.

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 the other nurses on Wednesday evenings. Carol is a SQP in small animals.

Lisa

qualified in 1990 and then joined the practice in 1991. Lisa was absent from the practice for a little while as she has been having a family and we are lucky to have her back now on 3 days a week at our Okehampton branch, where she not only deals with the clinical side of the job but also arranges our information boards as well as other administrative work.

Stef

Stef is a qualified veterinary nurse who trained at North Park. Stef is a great asset to the nursing team and is also starting to help the vets out when doing cattle caesarians. Stef enjoys horse riding when she gets any spare time from helping her partner on the farm.

Kirsty

Kirsty is joining the team as a part time qualified nurse. Kirsty has had a short break from nursing to have children. She has worked in Tavistock and Plymouth previously and has a wealth of knowledge and experience.

Becky

Becky has joined the team as a part time nurse and to help with the management aspects of the practice. Becky has had extensive experience nursing in North and South Devon over the last 10 years.

Danielle

has trained at North Park and qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2009. Congratulations to Danielle who gave birth to a happy healthy baby girl, called Amelia, this September. Danielle will be taking a short break from nursing and we are hoping to see her back after the new arrival.