The Stourport Team 

BILL ROSIE Veterinary Surgeon [Director] BVM&S MRCVS     Having qualified from Edinburgh in 1976 I headed south, working in Yorkshire, Somerset and New Zealand before joining the practice in 1982. I have been a partner since 1985 and am responsible for the farm and equine side of the practice, also the Stourport surgery and clients. Married to Sarah, we have 3 children and together have accumulated a horse, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 goldfish, various chickens, and previously guinea pigs, hamsters and rabbits. I enjoy the variety of the different challenges in my work but find windsurfing, playing bridge and tennis a good way to keep my stress levels almost under control. STEFFEN KUTSCHKE Veterinary Surgeon M.R.C.V.S     I qualified from Berlin University Vet School in 1994 and worked in Yorkshire before coming to work in Worcestershire in 2000. My professional interests are in small animal surgery/orthopaedics, and large animal practice. My partner is also a vet and works in 2 local practices. We have three children and together we enjoy camping and various outdoor pursuits.

HELEN HACKNEY Veterinary Surgeon VetMB BSc MRCVS     Coming from London via Cambridge, Somerset and the Wirral, I find myself settled in Worcestershire, enjoying the countryside with my 5 cats and concentrating on the small animal patients at the Vale Vet Group. I am passionate about theatre, good food and travel.

ROB SIMMONS Veterinary Surgeon BVMS MRCVS

ANDREA WATKINS Head Nurse VN     I have worked in several vet practices since 1998, including mixed practice and veterinary hospitals. I qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2003 and joined the Vale Vet Group in 2005. Within this practice I am an NVQ Assessor and am responsible for training the student veterinary nurses. My interests include going on long walks with my four dogs on our farm.

TAMMY BANKS Veterinary Nurse VN     I have been working at the Vale Vet Group since 1998, initially as a student nurse and qualifying as a veterinary nurse in 2002. My particular interest is dentistry and laboratory work. I am married with two young sons.

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STACEY WILLIAMS Veterinary Nurse VN     I began work with the Vale Veterinary Group in November 2004, as a student nurse and qualified in August 2007. I enjoy horse riding and have a red Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Tia. The large animal and equine side of the practice is of particular interest to me.

RACHEL INNS Veterinary Nurse  VN     I am a student nurse at the Vale Vet Group having started work here in December 2004. As a qualified Expedition Leader I enjoy helping students complete their Duke of Edinburgh Award. I have a brown Doberman puppy called Ripple, and together we are enjoying training classes and socialising.

SAM BENNETT Veterinary Nurse  VN   As a student nurse with the Vale Veterinary Group since November 2005 I enjoy working in mixed practice with the wide variety of animals involved. I have a Staffordshire Bull Terrier who has recently had spinal surgery and is undergoing hydrotherapy twice weekly to improve her mobility. I am the practice press officer and have perfected the art of parallel parking.

GAIL PULLEY Practice Manager

NICKY FULLOWAY Receptionist       I joined the Vale Vet Group in December 2002 as a receptionist and am married to Phil with two daughters aged 10 and 13. We have quite a menagerie that includes 2 dogs, 4 cats, 2 rats, 2 tortoises, some fish and a rabbit.

SUE HINTON Receptionist       I joined the Vale Vet Group in 1983 as a receptionist and consider myself to be ?part of the furniture? (Chippendale, of course). As a member of the Sebastian Coe Health Club I use the gym regularly and swim half a mile daily before work.

BEVERLEY HAYWOOD Receptionist

SARAH ROSIE Financial Secretary       In 1978 I took the family terrier to the vets in Somerset, and consulted the young vet from Edinburgh. This led to world travel, settling in Worcestershire and raising a family here. I started work for the practice in 1982 as wives used to take all the out of hours ?phone calls. 18 years later I began the ?proper? job of financial secretary with responsibility for payroll and the practice?s accounts. I like to play tennis.