About the Boness Vet Staff

Looking after your pets in Bedfordshire

Although I was born and grew up in West London, from an early age I wanted to become a Vet. I was lucky enough to study veterinary medicine at Cambridge University from where I graduated in 1985. My working life began in Luton at a busy small animal practice, from where I moved after 18 months to widen my horizons in a mixed practice. After a few months I came back to Luton to run a small animal practice before starting on my own in Barton in April 1990.

Setting up my own practice was the realisation of my lifelong ambition - to own my own practice within a village community providing the standard of care and expertise one would expect from a big city Hospital. In the beginning I ran the practice as a single handed Vet supported by my very loyal helpers. After 4 years we grew enough to take on another Veterinary surgeon, and from there we have continued to grow.

Initially I lived on site in the old cottage but in 1997 I moved away to allow the cottage to be converted into overnight accommodation for the on duty nurse as well as more space for patients. I still live close at hand with my 2 dogs, who are on permanent retention as the canine blood bank!

My main professional interests are dentistry, endoscopy and geriatric medicine. I am about to embark on an MSc project with Middlesex University to research the curriculum for a Certficate in General Veterinary Practice.

I am also active within my profession, and am currently President of the Cambridge Veterinary Graduate Association, a team leader for my Vet School Trust Fund and President of the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Veterinary Society

I hope that the next 10 years will be as fulfilling for me as the last 10 and I will continue to get immense satisfaction from my professional career.

Below you will find information about our staff - all of whom are hand picked by Julia and Jerry. 

Veterinary Surgeons

Linda Horn Linda is extremely interested in animal behaviour and has gained a diploma in the subject. she also oversees the Puppy Parties.	Ann Tryssesoone Ann graduated from Ghent, Belgium in 1990. She was in emergency care for two years and holds a certificate in small animal surgery.	Javier Gil Martinez-Darve Javier joined the practice in 2011, and has a specific interest in physiotherapy.
Jayne Schouten Jayne loves cats - she enjoys Feline Medicine and has five cats of her own. She also assists in the training of student vet nurses.	Baldwin Magadza Baldwin enjoys all apsects of the Veterinary field with a particular interest in small animal internal medicine.	Heather Fordman Heather enjoys all aspects of Veterinary Practice, and is planning to add to her skills with further study in Dermatology.
Indira Coomaraswamy Indira graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1990. She joined us in early 2011, and works mainly at our Flitwick clinic.

Veterinary Nurses

Linda Coles Linda is our Head Nurse. She has been with us since 1993. Linda is very involved in the training of VNs, and assists Julia with hydrotherapy.	Lisa Roberts Lisa has been part of the team for several years now. She completed her training at the Hospital, and is now our senior nurse.	Jessica Fleckney Jess joined us a trainee Veterinary Nurse in 2010. She has recently got an English Springer Spaniel pup named Ace.
Lisa Stanley Lisa joined us in 2007. She has a particular interest in critical care and emergency work, and has just achieved a certificate in anaesthesia.	Becky Timmons Becky has been with the Hospital since 2002 as a Nursing Auxiliary and is now our senior groomer at Smarty Paws.	Carla Smith Carla qualified as a VN in 2009 having completed her training at the hospital. She is currently looking after the laboratory and also enjoys anaesthesia.
Corale Jeffrey Corale qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2009, and runs the pet weight clinics. She is also a clinical coach, assisting in training the VN students.	Laura Olney Laura joined us full time in 2007 , and qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2010. She runs the hospital's puppy parties and Yogi's doggy youth club.	Karen Williams Karen joined the hospital team in late 2009 and will be taking her final vet nursing exams this year.
Abi Casey Abi is our Laboratory Technician. She has spent years researching zoonoses, including a project on tick- borne fever.	Stephanie Mott Steph joined us as a trainee Veterinary Nurse in 2010. She has recently adopted two rabbits named Parsnip and Potato (Tatty for short)!

Administration & Receptionists

Jerry Crick Jerry is married to Julia and is Business Director. He is also the IT expert and keeps all the computers working and up to date.	Andrew Taylor Andrew joined us in 2011 as our Operations Manager, he helps keep things running smoothly at all three sites.	Lynne Hursey Lynne is Office Administrator, she joined the Hospital in 2005 as a receptionist and now mainly deals with accounts and administration.
June Lonergan June is Reception Manager who very ably leads the reception team. She also has a great sense of humour.	Belinda Cartwright Belinda is Reception Supervisor and is also trained as an ANA (Animal Nursing Assistant) she joined the team in 2003.	Shirley Pettit Shirley joined the reception team in late 2010. Within a month of joining us she had adopted a cat (her third) who had come in as a stray
Cat Brennan Cat joined us in 2007 as a receptionist and ambulance driver for the hospital and Vets Now emergency service.	Jane Robson Jane works with us as a part time receptionist, who fills in when she is needed. Jane is a cat lover and has four cats.	Nina Tomb Nina joined us as a receptionist in late 2010. She has a 3-legged Great Dane named Ami, as well as 6 (at the moment!) ferrets. Nina is just starting her nurse training.