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 Abigail Delderfield

Dr Abigail Delderfield
BVSc, MRCVS

Abi graduated in July 2017 and has moved back to Kent after 5 years of studying at the University of […]

Dr Nisha Raghukumar

Dr Nisha Raghukumar
BVM + S MRCVS

Nisha graduated from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh in 2023, and moved to […]

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 […]

Physiotherapy

Katie Danby (on maternity leave)

Katie Danby (on maternity leave)
Physiotherapist

HCPC, MCSP, ACPAT Cat A, BSc Hons Sport and Exercise Science, MSc (pre registration) Physiotherapy, […]

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 […]

Sophie Ramus

Sophie Ramus
RVN

Sophie started working with us in September 2014, as a student, after completing a zoology degree at […]

Trainee Veterinary Nurses

Emily Wade

Emily Wade
Trainee Veterinary Nurse

Emily joined the team at Meopham Veterinary Hospital April of 2021 and is now based at our Tonbridge […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hannah Strickland (on maternity leave)

Hannah Strickland (on maternity leave)
Receptionist

Hannah joined the team at Meopham as a receptionist in March 2020.  She has always had a career around […]

Laura Morris

Laura Morris
Administration

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

Angel McCartney

Angel McCartney
Receptionist

Angel joined the team as our Tonbridge branch receptionist in June 2022. In her free time Angel loves […]