THE RECEPTION TEAM

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Francesca Rolph
Head Receptionist

Francesca is originally from Yorkshire but has been settled in Devon since 2012.  She has a degree in hotel management from Huddersfield and has worked in hospitality before joining the veterinary world.  Francesca has always loved animals growing up with dogs and cats on a smallholding.  Francesca has a young son at home and enjoys travelling. 

Tam Holman
Receptionist

Tam started out her working life as self employed  Ceramicist for 5 years. She then worked in Arts retail management sector for 15 years running a very busy art gallery, before deciding on a career change and coming to work with us at Milestone in 2014.  At home she has 6 cats and 4 chickens.

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Kate Mayor
Receptionist

Kate joined us after many years at a local opticians. Born and bred in Newton Abbot she lives with her husband and a menagerie of pets including 3 tortoises, 5 Indian runner ducks, 2 leopard geckos, a bearded dragon and the new addition Henri the french bulldog. This love of animals is what prompted the change of career.

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Sarah  Mills
Receptionist 

Coming soon....

Jenny Clark
Receptionist

Originally from Surrey Jenny relocated to Devon 35 years ago.  She worked as a Special Needs Teaching Assistant and then trained and qualified as a Pharmacy Dispenser for the NHS.  Jenny’s love of animals shines through and has had cats, chickens and goats in the past.  Today she has a cat called Nelson and has just adopted a kitten called Macey Grey.  She enjoys travelling, cooking and exploring the local countryside. 

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Amy Horrocks
RVN & Receptionist

Amy started working in practice in 2008 and qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2012. She worked her way up to a Senior Nurse position before taking some time off to start a family. Amy began working with us in December 2018 following her maternity leave, she has decided to try a different role and is currently working with the reception team manning the front desk.  Amy spends most of her spare time looking after her 2 year old son but also enjoys baking, reading and walking the family dog Chip.

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Sue Purves
Receptionist

Sue began working with us on the reception team in February 2019 following a 30 year career in dental nursing. She is well known in the local community having been in the area for most of her life. Sue has had a variety of animals over the years including dogs, hamsters and even stick insects! When not at work she spends a lot of her time caring for her two mischievous grandsons and drumming in a local Morris Dancing group.

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Jeni Stevens
​​Receptionist 

Jeni has worked as a receptionist in veterinary practices for the last 7 years. She enjoys meeting people and their pets in the practice. She particularly likes small furries such as rats and hamsters.
 
In her spare time, she enjoys walking on the Moors, gardening and spending time with her pets.

Julia Whitworth
RVN & Receptionist​

Julia has recently joined us here at Milestone. She has previously worked as a Veterinary nurse and qualified in 2015. She also taught animal care at a local college for 2 years. 
She has a 3 legged cat called Captain Hook who she rescued when she first started nursing. 
In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family. 

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Katie Moore
​Receptionist

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Cath King
Receptionist

Born and raised in Newton Abbot, Cath spent over 20 years working for the local paper, The Mid Devon Advertiser before deciding on a career change which led to a reception role at local veterinary practices.
Cath joined our team in 2020 and lives with her husband and their 3 pets, Lyra the German Shepherd cross and cats Sam and Cara. 

Emily Phippard
​Receptionist

Emily moved to Devon 5 years ago to be closer to her family and started her working career as a receptionist in a school. Emily has always been passionate about animals but it wasn't until she got her dog, Nellie the Jug that she fell in love with them even more and knew she wanted to work in the veterinary industry.  Emily lives at home with her dog Nellie and 3 cats, Forrest, Dennis and Connie. In her spare time she hand-makes dog accessories, cooks for her family and enjoys taking Nellie for walks along the beautiful beaches in Devon​

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