Our Team Langford Vets encourages a community spirit and excellent learning opportunities.

Gwen completed her residency in Veterinary Anaesthesia at the University of Bristol and worked at the Queen’s Veterinary Hospital for a year after this. Returning to Bristol as Clinical Lead Anaesthetist, she subsequently obtained the European Diploma in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia in 2011. As the lead Clinical Specialist of the Small Animal Rehabilitation and Pain Management Service, Gwen collaborates with physiotherapists and specialists in surgery, neurology, and internal medicine. She remains a key member of the anaesthesia team and her professional focus is on pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies for pain. Gwen serves on the council for Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists and is active in the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists and the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia.

Emily graduated from the University of the West of England with a degree in Physiotherapy in 2010. She worked in musculoskeletal and elderly care settings before specialising in Veterinary Physiotherapy in 2014. Emily has a particular interest in neurorehabilitation and pain management.

Helen previously worked in the NHS for several years as a physiotherapy technician before joining Langford Vets as the Animal Care Assistant in 2018. Within this time, she worked in the Neurology, Surgical and ICU settings gaining experience into animal care and post op treatment. In January 2023 Helen joined the Rehab and Pain clinic allowing her to merge her previous skill sets together.  Since starting with the team Helen completed her qualification into small animal hydrotherapy and advocates a pet friendly clinic. Helen has a special interest in Elderly care and neurological rehabilitation.

Sarah is trained as a Veterinary Physiotherapist and has specialised in small animal veterinary rehabilitation. She has been working as a human physiotherapist for over 20 years and gained her MSc Veterinary Physiotherapy in 2019 from Hartpury College, University West of England, whilst working at the Hospital for Small Animals, Edinburgh University, Scotland. Her Master’s thesis was a study demonstrating the benefits of physiotherapy on dogs with elbow dysplasia.

Sarah has also worked at Bath Veterinary Referrals, Highcroft Veterinary Referrals in Bristol, in private practice, as well as at local General Practice Vets, where she has a wide variety of experience of working in physiotherapy and hydrotherapy with post-operative small animals including knee, hip, shoulder, spinal, hock and carpus surgery, amputee, as well as chronic and complex cases including multi joint osteoarthritis and neurological weakness.

Background work experience includes working in research at a University, where Sarah is interested in canine rehabilitation research, as well orthopaedics and how canine post-operative rehabilitation can be developed.