Vets4Pets Warrington Riverside

Dr Alex Campbell. BSc. BVSc MRCVS.

Practice Partner and Head Veterinary Surgeon.

Alex attended Liverpool University where she gained a degree in Pharmacology in 1992. After 1 year of research at the University into tropical diseases and medicines, she attended the veterinary school and qualified in 1998.

In 1999 she moved to the Warrington area and has worked at a variety of 1 st opinion and referral practices throughout the North-West. Before joining Vets4Pets she worked the night shift at one of the busiest emergency clinics in the country. A hugely challenging but rewarding role. Alex brought her vast wealth of experience to the practice when she joined in Sept 2014.

She is keen on all aspects of preventative healthcare and especially the importance of good weight management. She has an interest in long term conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, ear and skin diseases, where seeing the same vet on each visit is preferable. She also enjoys looking after the smaller furrier patients and has taken extra courses on treating rabbits, guinea pigs, hamster chinchillas etc. Which is fantastic as the practice has a lot of these guys registered as patients!

Alex also now works closely with Davina Connor our resident veterinary behaviourist, providing support for pets with behavioural and emotional issues;especially VET PHOBIA's where pets are extremely difficult to handle.

When not at the practice, she has a busy family life with 3 children, a rescued Wirehaired Hungarian Vizsla named Flicker, rabbits Munch (Dutch) and Penny (Lop), and 3 rescue guinea pigs called River, Biscuit and Bread. Her hobbies include walking Flicker, dance classes, Scottish Country Dancing and Salsa and playing squash.

Clare Crook BVSc MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Clare graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2004 with a degree in Veterinary Science. After leaving vet school Clare took a temporary position working for the U.K's biggest veterinary charity in one of their busiest hospitals and was subsequently offered a full time position. Clare worked there for 12 years in total which has given her a multitude of experience in all aspects of veterinary work including surgery, emergency and critical care.

Clare joined the Vets4pets family in February 2017 keen for a new challenge. She has a particular interest in soft tissue surgery and also enjoys the daily challenge of medicine cases. Clare is extremely focused on rabbit welfare, correct husbandry and nutrition and has attended the Rabbit Welfare Association Fund annual conference alongside their training courses.

Clare is married and has her hands full looking after her young twins! They all enjoy visiting the zoo and holidaying in the Lakes. Clare has a cat called Bilbo who came into the practice as a stray and claimed her as his owner! He’s a cheeky chappy who won Clare over by generally pestering her and getting in the way until she gave in and took him home! He loves playing and cuddles.

Amy Holland RVN

Registered Veterinary Nurse

Amy joined the practice in May 2017. She completed her nursing degree at Myerscough College in July 2017. During her degree course, placements took her to practices in Warrington and Aberystwyth.

Amy owns a cat called Bailey, a Netherland dwarf rabbit called Sooty and her most recent edition is Gizmo the Chihuahua who is a regular visitor to the practice!

Melissa Dootson

Student Veterinary Nurse

Melissa joined the practice as a receptionist in April 2015 and went on to become part of the clinical team in October 2016 when she started her veterinary nurse training. Melissa is nearing end of her course now, when she will become a Registered Veterinary Nurse. She is a keen learner and enjoys a challenge.

She has a busy home life with two young sons, Princess (a crazy cat), Deedee (a rescue and equally crazy Pug) and Ariel (a French Bulldog). When Melissa is not at college or on nursing duties she can still be found working on reception with Deedee’s help of course.

Christina Ganly

Receptionist

Christina joined the team on reception in May 2016 having previously worked in a couple of veterinary practices over the last few years. She is a keen dog lover and has also trained as a dog groomer in between her veterinary reception roles.

Christina has two American Cocker Spaniels called Malley and Ella who are both now 10 years old but still young at heart and love visiting the Lakes and Abersoch in North Wales. In her spare time she enjoys drawing and walking in the Lakes District.

Debbie Storey

Receptionist

Debbie is a mum of three who joined our reception team in July 2018 having previously worked as a doctor’s receptionist. She has two corn snakes who are approximately 6ft long at home (Crowley or Mr Brown and Aziraphale or Mrs Orange) and a 20 year old goldfish that one of her sons won at a school fayre!

In her spare time Debbie enjoys walking and holidaying in Majorca and used to be involved in 16th Century re-enactment. She also cares for her young grandson.