Meet Our Caring Team
Miss Janet Mathews – BVetMed MRCVS
Partner
Janet has gained over 30 years experience as a small animal vet. Over this time she has developed a great interest in cardiology.
Janet enjoys horse riding and is a keen dressage competitor.
Miss Susanne Ackroyd – BSc BVSc MRCVS
Partner
Susie graduated from Liverpool Veterinary University in 2008 after pursuing a degree in Biochemistry with Medical Biochemistry from Cardiff.
She enjoys performing all aspects of surgery at the practice and is a Partner at Haven Vets.
Susie always has a smile on her face. A lot of her spare time is taken up outdoors with her Smooth Collie rescue dog ‘Belle’.
Jamie Bishop – BVetMed MRCVS
Vet
Jamie arrived at Haven in 2011 after graduating from the Royal College of London. He carries out consultations and surgery.
Jamie has an interest in Neurology along with Canine Medicine, and he enjoys golf, rugby and sports out of work.
Gabriel Cipres MRCVS
Vet
Karen Breton MRCVS
Vet
Hannah Taylor-Lewis – RVN A1 C-SQP First Aider
Head Nurse
Hannah has been with us since before the start of her training in 2003. Hannah is our Head Veterinary Nurse, and she is also a fully qualified A1 assessor and C-SQP with AMTRA. Hannah has developed a great interest in wound healing and as a result has studied this further.
She is responsible for running the nurse afternoon clinics. For our bilingual Client Hannah also speaks fluent welsh. She has a young daughter who takes up a lot of her spare time! She also loves horse riding to help her relax.
Laura Smith – SQP
Veterinary Nurse
Laura has been with us since 2012. Laura has begun her Veterinary Nursing training with us. She enjoys horse riding and has her own horse named ‘Dawn’ and a cat called ‘Tally’.
Laura enjoys music festivals outside of work keeping up to date with new bands.
Ffion Day
Veterinary Nurse
Rhian Evans
Veterinary Nurse
Cari Evans
Veterinary Nurse
Debbie Williams
Head Receptionist
With a regular smile on her face; Debs is responsible for the running of reception every morning and always welcomes the crazy rush of people and animals that is encountered first thing.
Ann Letheren
Receptionist (left)
Ann and Fran (right) have been part of the Haven team for over 20 years.
Between them they are responsible for all reception duties, staff, accounts, administration and insurance and much more!
Fran Edwards
Office Manager
Ann is responsible for all reception duties, staff, accounts, administration and insurance and much more!
Fran also makes amazing cakes in her spare time as well as being our Office Manager!
Megan Thomas
Receptionist
Florianna Amato
Receptionist
Jacqui Rees
Receptionist
Jacqui has been a part of the Haven Vets team since 2014 and is one of our evening receptions at our Llanelli branch. Jacqui enjoys seeing the variety of animals that come into our practice, and always has a smile on her face.
At home Jacqui has 3 dogs, Toby, Eddie and Tootsie, and a budgie to keep her busy.
Maria Amato
Receptionist
Lisa Hutchings
Receptionist
Laura Jones
Receptionist
Ruth Davies
Receptionist