South Devon

Melissa graduated from The Royal Veterinary College in 2016. She spent her first year in practice completing a small animal internship at a referral centre in Bristol. Since then she has worked as both a GP and a dedicated night vet. Outside of work Melissa enjoys most outdoor activities but in particular going for long dog walks on the coast path.

Frankie Nayar graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2014, and has worked at mixed animal and small animal first opinion practice before joining MiNightVet South Devon team. She is currently completing a certificate in small animal surgery, and will start a certificate in emergency medicine and critical care once finished. In her spare time, she enjoys competing in CrossFit and relaxing with her three cats.

Eleanor graduated in 1995. She has worked as a small animal first opinion vet, with a special interest in emergency and critical care work. Eleanor also practises acupuncture and is a cranio sacral therapist. She has moved down from Kent to join the MiNightVet team. She enjoys running, walking, yoga and shares her house with her beloved cat ‘Michael’.

Catherine Farrer is an experienced RVN qualifying in 1991. She has been head nurse at a large orthopaedic referral practice before doing several years as an emergency/critical care out of hours RVN. More recently she has been Head Nurse at Dart Vale Veterinary Group and now joins MiNightVet South Devon as lead RVN. In her spare time she looks after her sheep and horses on her small holding on the moor.

Robyn qualified as a RVN in Cornwall and moved to Devon four years ago. She has been working as a dedicated emergency/critical care nurse for five years, and holds a nursing excellence certificate in emergency and critical care. In her spare time she is kept busy with her three dogs, two cats and a bearded dragon called Figment. She enjoys surfing, swimming and going to the gym.

Katie qualified as a RVN in 2016 and moved over from Ireland to Devon. She has previously worked in a first opinion small animal practise and a referral practise. She then began locum work where she worked in various practises including Langford Vets and Fitzpatrick Referrals before joining the MiNightVet team. She is currently completing her Emergency & Critical Care certificate.

Katie enjoys spending time walking her dog , looking after her horse and chilling with her two cats.