Louise came to us for work experience in 2018 as part of her studies and joined us officially in 2019. In January 2023 she achieved her qualification as a Registered Veterinary Nurse.
Louise says:
"I enjoy giving in-patient care and monitoring anaesthetics; I also enjoy going on farm visits.
In my spare time, I enjoy walking my border terrier Bear and working on the family farm and travelling the Lake District."
Marie joined the Capontree team in June 2023 and works at both Brampton and Longtown between small and large animal.
She moved to Cumbria in May 2023 to live with her partner, prior to this she worked in a veterinary practice as a veterinary care assistant.
Marie enjoys all aspects of her job, especially meeting new people and working as a team.
Outside of work, she enjoys walking her dog, Bailey, socializing with friends and family and helping on a family dairy farm.
Fiona joined us in March 2017 after a spell in mixed practice in Scotland. She is a local, being well known to most of the farming community and in 2019 she married Stuart, a local farmer.
Fiona works as a mixed vet, seeing both small and large animals, predominantly in Brampton and Haltwhistle. She has taken a keen interest in several health initiatives, including the BVD Stamp it out campaign in England
Emily joined us to complete her placement year as a student in 2020 before graduating from Askham Bryan York as an RVN in 2022.
She also achieved her BSc (Hons) VN degree in 2025. Her favourite parts of nursing include looking after our exotic patients, emergency and critical care and she enjoys meeting our clients and their animals in nurse consultations across all 3 branches.
In her spare time, Emily enjoys riding her horse and exploring the countryside with her dogs as well as being an active member of Haltwhistle Young Farmers
Helen joined the Capontree reception team in January 2024 and will be working mainly at Brampton on both the large and small animal teams.
She lives on the family farm with husband Malcolm and family . They have 5 dogs; a German Shepherd, Luna, a Hungarian Viszla, Amber, and three working Collies .
When not at the vets Helen enjoys being with the cows and calves at home. She likes doing a number of crafts when she has time and also loves going to music concerts.
Olivia started a regular placement with the Capontree nursing team in 2021 to gain experience. She joined the team full-time in Summer 2022 as an Animal Nursing Assistant and has now started studying at Askham Bryan College in Gateshead for her full Veterinary Nursing qualification.
She says "I spend most of my spare time painting, reading and riding horses. Having taken up baking in lockdown, I also enjoy experimenting in the kitchen and sharing my bakes with the team. I have two much loved animal companions - a spaniel named Buddy and a cat called Patrick"
Joanne joined us in 2024 and works on the small animal desk at the Haltwhistle and Brampton surgeries.
She has always been an animal lover, especially anything equine related. Joanne currently has 2 horses, 3 dogs and 4 cats on her smallholding.
Joanne has also just qualified as an Assistant Dog groomer and is hoping to achieve her Level 3 one day.
Lucy joined our nursing team in August 2023. She started as an animal care assistant and is a Student Veterinary Nurse.
In work, Lucy enjoys caring for our inpatients, and running samples in our in-house laboratory.
In Lucy's spare time she enjoys helping on her farm at home, riding her horse, and being a member of Brampton Young Farmers.
Charlotte joined us in Summer 2022 in a small animal position. She has a developing interest in surgery and is found mainly at our Brampton and Haltwhistle surgeries.
Outside of work Charlotte plays the violin and has a keen interest in Moto GP.
Lilly joined our nursing team in January 2024. She will be training alongside the vets and Registered nurses with all aspects of pet care and progressing her further qualifications in animal care
Katie joined our reception team in May 2025 and will be seen mainly at the Brampton surgery.
Sarah joined our large animal team based from Haltwhistle in Autumn 2023. She has interests in all aspects of livestock health and production.
Vikki joined the team in October 2023 as our practice Insurance Administrator. She is the point of contact for your pets insurance claims and client accounts. Vikki has over 20 years experience of undertaking different roles within the veterinary practice. She is Petplan trained and has a wealth of veterinary related qualifications.
Vikki has a love for cats and has several at home who live happily with her chocolate lab Luna .
Vikki is very keen Newcastle United supporter which is reflected in her black and white themed office. Vikki has a love of football and audiobooks.
Gemma joined the team in the Summer of 2024 and will be assisting the nurses in their day-to-day tasks, while also starting her qualifications at Askham Bryan in Gateshead.
Euan qualified in the Summer of 2023 and joined our team shortly after. He will mainly be seen out and about on farms throughout the practice area.
Matthew was born in Belfast but grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne. He graduated from Glasgow vet school in 2021 and spent two years at a small mixed practice in Angus before joining the team in Autumn 2023.
He works out of our Longtown branch as a 50:50 mixed vet, with a particular interest in emergency/out of hours work for farm and small animals. He is often kept company on calls by his dog, Annie, a Welsh Corgi.
Outside of work, Matthew is a keen football supporter, and regularly spends weekends off driving up to Glasgow to use his season ticket
Charlotte is a local girl, from Croglin. She graduated from Nottingham University in December 2024 and joined us straight after. Charlotte will be working both on farm and seeing small animals, mainly through the Brampton surgery.
Outside of work Charlotte enjoys netball and walks with her dog
Laura graduated in 2021 from Liverpool University. She has joined our team in Spring 2025 as a mixed vet with a focus on large animal work. She will spend a lot of her time from Longtown, but will also be seen at Brampton.
Outside of work Laura enjoys running and the gym.
Jill is a locum small animal vet working with us mainly Tuesdays and Fridays.
Jill graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1988. For the first 10 years she dealt with all species in a traditional mixed practice, but now works almost exclusively with companion animals.
Jill moved to the area in 2021 and lives on a small farm with a hobby flock of Shetland sheep, ponies, Labradors, cats and hens.
She enjoys all aspects of veterinary work, particularly soft tissue surgery.
