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 Charlotte Fox

Dr Charlotte Fox
BVMSCi MRCVS

Charlotte graduated from the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine in July 2020.  She spent […]

Dr Penny Barnard-Bosma (on maternity leave)

Dr Penny Barnard-Bosma (on maternity leave)
BSc, BVetMed, MRCVS, BSAVA PGCertSAS, PGCertVDI

Penny graduated from The Royal Veterinary College in 2011 with a BSc(Hons) in Veterinary Science and […]

Dr Zoё James

Dr Zoё James
BVetMed MRCVS

Zoё graduated from the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine in 2021. Zoё has grown up […]

Dr Eve Percival

Dr Eve Percival
BVMSci MRCVS

Eve graduated from the University of Surrey Vet school in 2023 with First Class Honours. During her […]

Hydrotherapy

Eden Eckley

Eden Eckley
Hydrotherapist

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

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 […]

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.  […]

Ida Machniak

Ida Machniak
RVN

Ida joined the practice in February 2021.  She has completed her nursing qualification the following […]

Bryony Sharpley

Bryony Sharpley
RVN

Bryony joined the practice in 2017 as an auxiliary nurse, progressing to trainee nurse after a month. […]

Danielle Torry

Danielle Torry
RVN

Danielle joined our Sevenoaks team shortly after qualifying in February 2023, she has worked in practice […]

Trainee Veterinary Nurses

Kaitlin Harman

Kaitlin Harman
Trainee Veterinary Nurse

Kaitlin joined our team in September 2021 and is enjoying expanding her knowledge in new areas every […]

Mia Moriarty

Mia Moriarty
Trainee Veterinary Nurse

Mia joined the Sevenoaks team as a trainee veterinary nurse in September 2022 after completing her A […]

Groomers

Ella Brown

Ella Brown
Dog groomer

Ella started her training to become a dog groomer in 2015 having always had a passion for dogs.  She […]

Eleanor Gibson

Eleanor Gibson
Dog Groomer

Eleanor joined our Pride & Groom team in February 2022. She became interested in dog grooming […]

Eleanor Hardwick

Eleanor Hardwick
Dog Groomer

Eleanor joined our Pride and Groom team in June 2023. She achieved a Level 3 Dog Grooming Diploma […]

Katie Puttock

Katie Puttock
Dog Groomer

Katie recently joined the Pride and Groom team in June 2023 to work between our Sevenoaks and Tonbridge […]

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 […]

Emma Beszant

Emma Beszant
Receptionist

Emma joined our Sevenoaks team in October 2022 after being in the hospitality industry for many years. She […]