Vets
Rob
Rob McMeeking graduated from Liverpool University in 1997 and then worked in mixed practice in Wetherby in Yorkshire for a while. However, he rapidly realised that his real interests were with small animals and so he moved to the PDSA clinic near Leeds were he gained masses of invaluable experience. Rob and Rachel moved back to Kent shortly after getting married and Rob worked at Newnham Court Veterinary Hospital near Maidstone.
Rob was always keen to open his own practice to enable him to look after people and their pets properly. After much searching for the right site, Rob and Rachel opened Bourne Veterinary Practice in March 2006.
Rachel
Rachel McMeeking graduated from Liverpool University in 1996. She stayed on at Liverpool for a further 3 years doing an anaesthesia residency and gained her Certificate in Anaesthesia in 1999. She then spent the next few years working as a horse vet at the Minster Equine Clinic in York.
Rob and Rachel met at Liverpool University where they studied together and married in 1999. In 2002 their first daughter Isabel was born and Rachel then worked part time in Small Animal Practice. Jess was born in 2004 and Ned arrived in 2006 shortly after Bourne Veterinary Practice opened. Rachel now works part-time as a break from looking after 3 children!
Rachel grew up in Kent and has always had lots of pets at home. Rob and Rachel now have a mad Dalmatian called Zed, an English Pointer called Dora, a ginger cat called Carrot Cake, 2 ponies and 3 very squeaky guinea pigs!
Simon
Simon Knowles graduated from Bristol University in 2005. He spent 2 years in a rural mixed practice in Somerset before returning to Kent where he grew up and still has family near by.
Simon’s areas of interest include diagnostic ultrasound, soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery and companion animal behavioural medicine.
Outside of work Simon enjoys playing rugby for a local club, photography and computing. He is also a keen skier and is training for the London Marathon next year.
Cate
Cate trained to be a vet at Bristol University and graduated from there in 2000.
She spent some time working in small animal practice in Kent before moving to Dorset for a few years where she worked in a veterinary hospital. She now lives locally with her husband, three young daughters, two cats, two guinea pigs and a Border Terrier called Poppy!!
Cate joined the practice part-time in April 2008 and currently works on Mondays, Wednesdays and at weekends.