Meet the Team

Veterinary Surgeons

Dr Martin Hobbs

Dr Martin Hobbs
BSc(Hons), BVetMed, CertSAS, CertVDI, CertVOphthal, MRCVS

Martin Hobbs is the Practice Principal and owner of The Meopham Hospital and The Swanscombe and Sevenoaks […]

Dr Lauren Smith

Dr Lauren Smith
BSc(Hons), BVSc(Hons), PgCertVPS(Hons) CertAVP(ECC), MRCVS

Practice Head Vet

Lauren graduated from the University of Bristol in 2011.  […]

Dr Lauryn Fasakin

Dr Lauryn Fasakin
BVetMed MRCVS

Lauryn graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2020 and has moved down south of the river from […]

Dr Alexandra O’Kelly

Dr Alexandra O’Kelly
BVetMed MRCVS

Alex graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2020 and has moved from West Sussex to start her […]

Hydrotherapy

Louise Collins

Louise Collins
(MT), (ICH) (IRVAP) (IAAT)

Louise has a level 3 certificate in hydrotherapy and joined the team in April 2022.  She has been […]

Eden Eckley

Eden Eckley
Hydrotherapist

Eden joined the veterinary team in February 2022 as a Trainee Veterinary Nurse. In 2021 she attended […]

Registered Veterinary Nurses

Katie Piper

Katie Piper
RVN - Head Nurse

Katie joined the Meopham Veterinary Hospital as a student in September 2012. In July 2015 she qualified […]

Gemma Clark

Gemma Clark
RVN - Deputy Head Nurse

Gemma joined the practice in October 2007 after several years working in a small animal practice in Wales.  […]

Sarah Ayley

Sarah Ayley
RVN - Branch Head Nurse

Sarah started as a trainee veterinary nurse at The Meopham Hospital in 2013 and passed her nursing exams […]

Tracey Percival

Tracey Percival
RVN

Tracey joined the team in March 2007. She is a qualified nurse assessor. Tracey can frequently […]

Rebecca Whitby

Rebecca Whitby
RVN

Rebecca joined the practice as a trainee nurse in March 2017 after graduating from the University of […]

Trainee Veterinary Nurses

Amelia Pimenta

Amelia Pimenta
Trainee Veterinary Nurse

Amelia first spent time at the practice as a work experience student in 2015 and in September 2018 she […]

Lilly Stone

Lilly Stone
Trainee Veterinary Nurse

Lilly joined our Swanscombe team as a trainee veterinary nurse in March 2022 after completing a level […]

Administration

Kerry Gulliver

Kerry Gulliver
Practice Manager RVN

Kerry has worked at the surgery since October 2000. She has spent time working as a Veterinary […]

Susan Fraser

Susan Fraser
Accounts Manager

Susan has been with the practice since it started in September 1996. She personally manages large account […]

Jo Loud

Jo Loud
Accounts and Office Administrator

Jo joined the practice in May 2013 as a receptionist and was then promoted to our accounts team […]

Laura Morris

Laura Morris
Administration

Laura has recently joined the office team at Meopham Veterinary Hospital as administrator after starting […]

Rebecca Buttle

Rebecca Buttle
Office Administrator

Becs joined the team in 2024 after a long career break to raise a family. In her spare time she loves […]

Katie Smith

Katie Smith
Receptionist

Katie joined us as our Swanscombe receptionist in June 2022 after 13 years of working within the beauty […]