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Selina Smith

Selina Smith

Receptionist

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James Allsop

Clinical Lead - Langford Vet Practice

James Allsop

Clinical Lead - Langford Vet Practice

BVSc MRCVS GPCert(FelP)

James graduated from Liverpool and started his career in Newport South Wales where he worked for several years, eventually becoming a director of the practice in 2007. In 2011 he decided to take a position with the Langford Vet Practice, where he hopes to be able to pass on to the students some of the skills that he has developed.

Since 2011 James has been appointed Clinical Lead, a role in which he is responsible for the clinical performance and standards of the practice team. During that period he has worked with the practice manager and head nurse to improve the practice's focus on client and patient care and to maintain consistently high standards whilst continuing to provide education to the students training within the practice.

James has always had an interest in cats and completed the ESVPS Feline Practice Certificate in 2005 where he learnt a lot about the different illnesses that cats get and how best to look after them.

Shelley Monks

Langford Vet Practice Manager

Shelley Monks

Langford Vet Practice Manager

BSc CVLM

Clare Thursby

Area Lead Langford Vet Practice

Clare Thursby

Area Lead Langford Vet Practice

BVSc MRCVS

Clare qualified from Bristol in 1998, shen then worked in mixed practice for 3.5 years before moving to the RVC's Beaumont Sainsbury's Animal Hospital. Here worked as a general practitioner and taught London's final year veterinary students for 10 years.

She then relocated to the South West and coordinated our busy CPD programme. Clare now works as a Veterinary Surgeon in our Small Animal Practice.

Dr Alison C Blaxter

Lecturer in Primary Care (Small Animals) Hills Director of First Opinion Teaching

Dr Alison C Blaxter

Lecturer in Primary Care (Small Animals) Hills Director of First Opinion Teaching

BAHons BVM&S DipCABC PhD MRCVS FHEA

Alison graduated from Edinburgh University and has worked in small animal referral and first opinion practice for most of her career. She has had specialist training in feline medicine and gained a PhD for study of diabetes in dogs.

More recently she has expanded her skills to deal with behavioural cases with a post graduate diploma in companion animal behaviour counselling and offers behaviour support within the practice. She has overall responsibility for the veterinary students placed in the practice and for integrating their learning experience with the clinical workload, and has responsibility for teaching in other areas of the Veterinary and Vet Nursing courses for the University.

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