Vets4Pets Wigan

Hayley Lane

Veterinary Nurse & Practice Partner

I opened Wigan Vets4Pets with Mahala back in 2008. I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved and I am even prouder of how the practice has grown over this time. 

We are an accredited small animal general practice with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and we are a nurse training practice for student nurses. We have lovely clients and patients, and getting to know them has been a privilege.

 We are lucky to have such a brilliant team here at Wigan; they are professional, hard working and are committed to delivering a high standard of care to our clients and their pets.

Steve Johnsons

Veterinary Surgeon

Hi, I'm Steve. I graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2011 and have been working in various Vets4Pets practices across the country ever since and have been working at Wigan Vets4Pets for the last two years. I have a particular interest in surgery and will be starting my certificate in small animal surgery in 2019.

When not at the practice I'm generally with my family and running around after my son and we expecting our next baby in March 2018. Our family also includes a cat (Leo), a rabbit (Flopsy) and a duck (Mr Darcy).

Robyn Lowe

Registered Veterinary Nurse

I am a qualified Veterinary Nurse and have always known this is the job for me! 

I spent my childhood volunteering at the Horse and Pony Protection Association and other rescue and rehabilitation yards. On my last yard I met the vet who treated the horses and my first work experience was completed at their practice some 8 years ago. 

Since then I have gained experience and worked in a number of practices before finally ending up with the fantastic team at Wigan Vets4Pets in 2016.

 I have a Dog named Daisy, two guinea pigs called Fred and George and an axolotl called Sally and have a special interest in rehabilitation and release of wild birds!

Helen Playfoot

Registered Veterinary Nurse

I have been nursing in small animal practice since 1993, and qualified in 2000. I have worked at several practices throughout my career including some 24 hour emergency practices where I picked up a lot of valuable experience.

I recently joined the wonderful Vets4Pets Wigan team in September 2017. Nurse consulting is my passion in practice, this gives me the opportunity to meet clients and their lovely pets, I also enjoy medical nursing, such as looking after & advising diabetic patients.

At home, I have two German Shepherds, and a very naughty Russian Blue cat called Alex. I’m also a keen Beekeeper and have a small collection of pedigree hens (pictured).

Abigail Collier

Registered Veterinary Nurse

Hi, I'm Abbie one of the Registered Veterinary Nurses. I qualified from Myerscough College in July 2017 and have since been developing my skills and knowledge. The role I enjoy mostly in practice is working on wards. I love being able to care for your pets on recovery from anaesthetic and surgery and give them lots of cuddles to help to make them feel better. I also love caring for any wildlife which comes through the door and rehabilitating them ready for release. I have recently hand reared and released a baby hedgehog named Piggy and a baby wood pigeon named Percy.

Outside of work I am a member of my local Young Farmers club and attend their weekly meetings. I enjoy caring for my two elderly horses, Ebony and River, and have recently started showing a Welsh Part Bred named Tia. I have an interest in classic cars and am in the process of respraying my Classic Mini.

Helen Ellison

Receptionist

My name is Helen I have been working at Wigan Vets4Pets since December 2014. 

I have a dog called Ollie he is a king Charles spaniel , I enjoy my job as I like meeting new people and their animals. Every day here is different and I love working as part of such a great team.

Jo Lunt

Receptionist

Hi my name is Jo. I have been with the practice since August 2017.

 I love this job, you never know what each day will bring. No two days are ever the same and the best part of the job is getting to cuddle all the new puppies that come in to see us. 

I have my own fur baby who is a very lively Patterdale Terrier called Jaxon. If i'm not in work you will find me out on a along walk with Jaxon.

Juno

My name is Juno and I am a foodaholic! I was found collapsed in a garden and a kind person brought me to the surgery where I was nursed back to health. I was quite a naughty boy back then, and used to like to sink my teeth into feet and legs if I was asked to do something I didn't want to! I'm a reformed character now but I do like breaking into bags of food, giving myself access to an All You Can Eat Buffet every day.

I love Uno, and really want to be her friend, but she hisses at me and regularly leaves me with scratches on my nose. I really don't know what I have done to upset her but wish she would be my girlfriend!