The Team at Henley House Vets

Chris Hall

BVM&S MRCVS

Chris is originally from Yorkshire and qualified from the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh in 1995. He has worked all over the country including 2 ½ years running a busy emergency clinic in South Wales and some time working with Cheetahs and other wildlife in South Africa. He took over at Henley House in November 2006 and aims to continuously improve the quality of care offered at the practice.
In his spare time he likes scuba diving, skiing, golf and occasionally he makes a fool of himself on the cricket pitch.

Hannah Temple

MSc BVSc MRCVS

Hannah is a local girl having grown up in Burgess Hill. She qualified from the University of Liverpool in 2014 and joined Henley House in January 2016. She is currently studying an advanced course in internal medicine. Outside of work Hannah enjoys walking her dog, Buster, photography and archery.

Jenny Pike

RVN

Jenny chose to become a veterinary nurse after working at a local animal rescue centre. From there she trained at Brinsbury College while working at a practice in Forest Row. Jenny has been working at Henley House for over 10 years now. She enjoys the friendly atmosphere of the practice and the fact that she has got to know the clients and their pets very well in that time. When she gets the chance, Jenny enjoys walking and running to keep fit.

Sharon Townsend

RVN

Sharon joined the team at Henley House in October 2010 after working in a practice near Eastbourne for over 20 years. As well as a nurse she is also a qualified pet groomer. In her spare time she is a keen runner and cyclist and she has completed the London to Paris bike ride on two separate occasions. She has a Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Digby and a cat called Peggy.

Vicki Parnell-Mace

RVN

Vicki began her nursing career in 2007 after completing a degree in biology and psychology. She qualified in 2011 with an advanced diploma in veterinary nursing.
She then spent five and a half years in veterinary nursing education, firstly lecturing and subsequently in a coordination and pastoral role. During this time she spent a number of months working part-time at an emergency out-of-hours vets which made her realise how much she missed being hands on with patients. Vicki therefore decided to return to nursing starting at Henley House in February 2019.
Her main interests within the role are theatre practice, patient care and nurse clinics – dealing with the patients and their owners.
Vicki’s hobbies include baking, sewing and walking her labrador Otto

Anneli Robinson

RVN

Anneli has always been surrounded by animals at home and had a keen interest in working with them. She considers herself fortunate to have completed her veterinary nursing degree at Hartpury University in the beautiful Gloucestershire countryside and she qualified as a veterinary nurse in the summer of 2017. She joined the Henley House team in July 2018.
Her favourite aspects of nursing are in-patient care, anaesthesia and conducting nurse clinics.

Emily King

RVN

From a young age Emily knew she wanted to work with animals and started working in a veterinary practice when she was 16. After qualifying as an animal nursing assistant in 2013 she soon began studying for her veterinary nursing diploma and graduated in the summer of 2017.
Emily has always worked in small animal practice and joined the Henley House team in July 2018. Her main interests within nursing are radiography and in-patient care.
When she is not at work Emily enjoys walking her terrier, Charlie, and seeing live music with friends.

Paisley James

RVN

Paisley always knew she wanted to work with animals from a young age. She was fortunate enough to begin her veterinary nursing career in 2012 and went on to qualify as a registered veterinary nurse in the summer of 2015. Paisley also had the amazing opportunity to go to Thailand and nurse Elephants for 3 weeks. Paisleys favourite part of nursing is anaesthesia and patient care. In her spare time she is kept busy with her one year old son, crazy spaniel and cat.

Alison Baldwin

Alison joined Henley House in 2016 to assist with the many admin tasks involved in a busy veterinary practice. Her main hobbies are rock’n’roll dancing and walking her Jack Russell, Basil. She also has a cat called Murphy, who she adopted while volunteering at the Cats Protection Centre.

Abigail Speight

BVMedSci (Hons) BVMBVS (Hons) MRCVS

Abi graduated as a Veterinary Surgeon from Nottingham University in 2013. She then travelled to Australia and New Zealand and had various jobs, experienced working with all animals in mixed practices and worked for the RSPCA in Sydney. Abi then continued to travel and did charity work in India, Sri Lanka and Ecuador.

Abi was previously a Locum at Henley House in Uckfield, before taking on the Lead Vet role in Heathfield.

Abi spends her spare time walking her Labrador Margie and Border Terrier Max, playing tennis, sailing and skiing.

Megan Holden

RVN

Megan became a Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2018 after studying a 3-year apprenticeship at Plumpton College. She worked full time alongside her studies in a busy small animal practice where she gained a lot of experience. She then joined the Henley House team in 2021 to take on the role as Lead RVN in Heathfield.

Megan enjoys walking her rescue dog Cindy, running and going to the gym. She recently ran her first Marathon this year in Manchester.

Thomas Golby

BSc (Hons) – Receptionist and Animal Handling Assistant

Tom started studying Animal Management before completing a degree in Animal Biology at Nottingham Trent University in 2016. In his spare time, he enjoys working with exotic birds and going truffling with his Lagotto Hera. Tom also has interests in dog behaviour and has helped with dog training in the past.

Jamie Laffar

Receptionist and Animal Handling Assistant

Jamie has always had a passion for working with animals. She has already completed a Level 1 & 2 Diploma in Animal Care and has a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Animal Management. Jamie is excited to begin her training with Henley House in 2022 to become a Registered Veterinary Nurse. Jamie enjoys spending time with her excitable Labrador Ruby.