Estcourt House Veterinary Surgeons

Ed Davies

Ed Davies is the son of a Cheshire farmer and qualified from Cambridge University in 1977. He lives in Bishops Cannings with his wife Gill, a primary school teacher. He has a daughter Anna and a son Henry. Pets include Bart the Norfolk Terrier, Tess the Border Terrier and Ruby the cat. He is a sports fanatic and is Chairman and Wicket Keeper for Bishops Cannings Cricket Club - ( bishopscanningscc.net ) - bending being increasingly difficult. He is also a Cliff Richard fan and quite open about it!

Peter Shepherd was born in Cumbria and is a Cambridge Graduate qualifying in 1986. He joined the partnership in 1990 after internship at Bristol Veterinary School. His passion is rock climbing and more recently dinghy racing and yachting. He has two daughters.

Peter Shepherd

Scott Carpenter

Scott Carpenter joined as a Partner in 1999 having been in practice in Malmesbury for nine years. Born in Scotland, he attended Edinburgh University and graduated in 1989. He is married to Trish and they have two daughters, Georgia & Olivia. They have a Burmese cat Lily. In his spare time he renovates his house and World War II jeeps - but not necessarily in that order! He follows all sports including Scottish National Football and Rugby sides - which must be a trifle depressing.

Andy Muckle was born in Walton-on-Thames and qualified from Bristol University in 1993. He came to Estcourt House after a year in a Somerset practice but left in 1996. After nine years as assistant then partner in a Middlesex practice he returned to Estcourt House as a Partner in 2005. He lives in Devizes with his wife Becky, daughter Isla, and cat Albert. He is rather sadly a die-hard cricket and football follower being Club Secretary of Devizes Town FC. Unfortunately his life's ambition is to see England win the World Cup!

Andy Muckle

Chris Berry

Chris Berry qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 1971. Until fairly recently he had his own practice in Reading but sold out to a larger concern to devote more time to other passions. Chris is married to Carole and they have three grown-up children and three grandchildren. He joined us in 2002 to work part-time on Friday evening and Saturday morning.

Diane Roberts joined the Practice in 1988 as receptionist and is now Practice Manager. Di and Jackie our Head Nurse are serious fans of rock musician Bryan Adams, and actor Sean Bean.

Diane Roberts

Jackie Swain

Jackie Swain is our nursing leader and has worked here since 1989. She lives nearby with her partner Darren. She enjoys going down to Cornwall at every opportunity. Her Hobbies include surfing . . . on the internet!

Sarah Gudgeon - having completed her National Diploma in Animal Care at Lackham College, joined us in September 2002 as a student veterinary nurse. Sarah was born and bred in Devizes and attended Devizes School. She lives in her house in Potterne with her husband Rob and their three lovely cats and a very cute little terrier called Alfie.

Sarah Gudgeon

Emma Boyd

Emma Boyd joined us in May 2005 as a student veterinary nurse. She was previously studying Animal Care at Lackham College. She lives in Devizes and has a cat called Harry. Emma is officially the fastest 'Texter' in the West.

Gemma Barnett joined us in June 2007 as a Trainee Veterinary Nurse. She lives in Ramsbury and has a horse called Obeche and a terrier with a very curly tail called Snoopy. She enjoys horse riding, walking Snoopy and . . . eating chocolate!

Gemma Barnett

Karin O'Rourke

Karin O'Rourke is Devizes born and bred. She joined us as Receptionist in October 2000. She has a Spaniel Millie and a Terrier Fred-Jeremy. Karin knows more people in Devizes than anyone alive! She has a keen interest in antiques and attends collector's fairs.