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Laura Smith - Team Manager

Laura Smith

Laura joined Tamar Vets in 2023, with over 20 years nursing experience. Laura has a love for cats and often fosters kittens for the Blue Cross. She loves being in the outdoors, be it on the moors, beach, or in her garden with her three cats Olive, Eddie and Dot, and her tortoise T-Rex.

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Carol - Receptionist

Carol Porter

Carol joined the practice in 2023 having failed at ‘retiring’ to the country! She works on reception and is delighted to be a part of the caring team at Tamar Vets. She particularly enjoys the interaction with the variety of people and creatures she meets in her day-to-day role. When not working, Carol enjoys spending time exploring Devon and Cornwall with her husband and their (mad as a box of frogs) spaniel Murphy.

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Harriet Winchurst

Harriet started at Tamar in August 2021 as a receptionist. She enjoys meeting all the lovely pets that come in to see us. Outside of work, She is kept busy with her horses, pet sheep, cats, dogs, and chickens.

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Juliet White - Receptionist

Juliet White

Having relocated from London in September 2022, Juliet is thoroughly enjoying her next life chapter here in Bude.  When not working at Tamar meeting and greeting all our lovely clients and their amazing pets, Juliet can often be found at the beach or the Downs walking her 2 beautiful rescue spaniels. She loves all things sea-related, whether swimming in the sea pool, body boarding or attempting to learn to surf… she refuses to admit defeat!

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Tina Morey - Admin

Tina Morey

Tina joined the practice in February 2016. Her main role is on reception and in the office, but she loves to help out with our four-legged and feathered patients if required. Outside of work, Tina enjoys spending time with her family and pets, walking in the countryside with their crazy Springer boy, Beano, and is a keen singer and member of her local choir.

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Julie - Receptionist

Julie Honey

Julie started working for Tamar Vets in May 1999 and enjoys working full-time from our Holsworthy office, where she says over the years she has made many friends.

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Sue Gear - Receptionist

Sue Gear

Sue is married to Barry and they have two grown-up boys. Sue has worked at Tamar Vets since 2000 and loves her job as the main receptionist at our Bude branch. She shares her home with a wide variety of animals and runs a small wildlife rescue centre. She takes in any orphaned or injured wildlife which comes into the surgery, where she gets a great deal of support from our vets and nurses. Sue is also a keen photographer in her spare time …what spare time!

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Demelza Cornish - Receptionist

Demelza Cornish

Demelza says she loves her job at Tamar Vets because every day is so different.  Her main role is office and reception work, but she also gets to help with the animals when needed.  In her spare time, she loves live gigs, festivals, long walks or chilling out on the beach with her friends and family.

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Jo Polhill - Practice Manager

Joanne Polhill

Jo grew up on a dairy farm in Hartland.  She started working for Locke and Preston (now Tamar Vets!) in 1988 and is our longest-serving member of staff. She started straight from school and worked initially as a veterinary nurse, then qualified as an accounting technician in 2006 and now she works part-time undertaking all the practice’s paperwork! Jo enjoys spending time with her family and can often be found with them, walking Arch, their black Labrador, on the beach.

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