After graduating from Liverpool Vet School in 2006, Amy worked at various mixed, small animal, charity and referral practices. She joined Beech House Veterinary Centre in 2017, and helped them move into their new premises, and grow their emergency and out of hours service. She holds a Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice, and has a keen interest in soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery. Outside of work, she is kept busy with her three children and pets.

Hannah graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2017, and joined the team at Beech House after completing her Advanced Practitioner Certificate. She has since passed her Synoptic Exam in Small Animal Internal Medicine. Her clinical passions include endocrinology, gastroenterology, ultrasonography and emergency medicine. In her own time, she enjoys playing netball, taking care of her pets and going for walks with her husband and their dog.

Steve qualified from Bristol University back in July 1997. He started working at Charter Vets as a new graduate in October 1997, after a short locum stint at his home in Jersey. For his first 3 years as a vet, he worked as a mixed small animal and farm animal vet. The following 3 years were spent travelling, mostly in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, working at various practices at home and abroad as a locum. He was then enticed back to Congleton to lead the small animal team, and since then has focused on small animals. Steve became a partner of Charter Vets in 2005 and then a partner in the wider Willows Veterinary Group after the merge in 2015. He is the Clinical Director at Congleton, heading up a great team of vets, nurses, and receptionists.

Steve enjoys the variety of all aspects of small animal work, especially surgery. Outside of work he enjoys mountain biking, skiing, and windsurfing. He has a black Labrador called Rio, 4 chickens and 2 Guinea Pigs.

Sami joined Hampton Vets in September 2020 after locuming for the Willows Vet Group. With over 10 years’ experience in practice, she has a passion for medicine and holds a Amall Animal Medicine Certificate, but enjoys all areas of her job.

She lives at home with her husband and son and in her spare time, she loves looking after her pets which include a goat, a sheep and some ducks. She is also a keen gardener and grows her own vegetables which she also brings in to share with the Hampton team.

Certificate in Small Animal Orthopaedics

Philippa graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London in 2008 and after working for a mixed practice in Shropshire and then New Zealand, joined the Willows Vet Group in 2011 as a small animal vet. Philippa became an integral part of the team at Beech House Veterinary Centre, and when the opportunity arose in 2017 to head her own practice at Orford it was a perfect fit. in 2022, another opportunity opened up at our practice in Runcorn, Laurels, which is where you will find Philippa practicing now. Philippa has recently achieved a Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (certAVP) and spends her spare time doing agility with her Labradoodles, Millie and Ollie, and spending time with her collies Rebel and Savannah.

Ruth graduated from Liverpool University in 2011, having trained and worked as a vet nurse for 5 years before applying to vet school.

She has a specific interest in pain management and dermatology (skin and ears) and has post-graduate qualifications in both subject areas.

Ruth has lived and worked in the Northwich area for the last 11 years, and has two little Jack Russell crosses called Minnie and Mollie. She looks forward to meeting you and your pets!

Lucy graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2004, and has worked in small animal practices ever since. She joined the Willows team in 2013, and completed her post-graduate certificate in small animal medicine in 2020. Outside of work, she enjoys playing tennis, dancing and taking care of her dog, cat and tortoise.

Charlie is an RCVS and EBVS specialist in Small Animal Surgery. Charlie has over 20 years of experience in orthopaedic and spinal referrals.

He graduated from Glasgow in 1991, and then worked in a small animal practice in Bolton for four years, where he developed an interest in small animal orthopaedics. In 1995 he moved to the Willows Veterinary Hospital, part of the Willows Veterinary Group, and set up an internal orthopaedic and spinal referral service. In 1997 he attained the RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Orthopaedics and began accepting external referrals. Charlie’s services came under the Oakwood umbrella after Oakwood opened, in 1999.

Charlie became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2007. He has published articles on spinal conditions in dogs, and is interested in all aspects of orthopaedic and spinal disease.

Charlie is a regular speaker at Oakwood’s twice yearly CPD days and has lectured at Vets North conference in 2015 & 2018

Outside of work, Charlie enjoys golf and running. Charlie is also a passionate but long suffering fan of the Miami Dolphins!

Eandil is an RCVS listed Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery. Eandil has over 15 years’ experience of managing orthopaedic and spinal referral cases. He graduated from Edinburgh in 1994, taking up a position in a mixed practice in the South of England.

A developing interest in surgery took him to the PDSA where he studied for and obtained a Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2002. Following a further 4 years in a senior position in a small animal practice Eandil became the first Orthopaedic Resident at a North West Referral Centre. Eandil joined Oakwood in 2018 in the role of a Clinician in Orthopaedic Surgery and holds the RCVS Advanced Practitioner status.

Ian is an RCVS listed Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine. He graduated from Liverpool in 1993 and joined Willows Veterinary Group in 1999 progressing to a Small Animal Partner in 2006. He gained his RCVS certificate in Small Animal Medicine in 2003 and began accepting medicine referrals at Oakwood. Ian has a particular interest in non-invasive diagnostic techniques.

He is proficient in flexible endoscopy of the respiratory tract including rhinoscopy, gastrointestinal endoscopy including gastric, duodenal, ileal and colonic biopsy techniques and endoscopic foreign body retrieval from the respiratory tract and gastric areas. He is also adept at abdominal ultrasonography and regularly performs ultrasound guided biopsies.

Alenka graduated and completed her PhD at the Veterinary Faculty in Ljubljana. Upon completion of her PhD, she undertook an Internal Medicine Residency at Ghent University. She was awarded her European Specialist Diploma in 2017, and RCVS Specialist status in 2018.

Alenka has worked at a number of referral hospitals across the UK before becoming a Peripatetic Specialist in 2023, supporting practices across Midlands and greater Manchester, and now joining Oakwood Veterinary Referrals as a second Internal Medicine Clinician. She held several CPDs on various topics in small animal internal medicine in the UK and Europe. She authored and co-authored several original papers in peer reviewed veterinary and biomedicine journals and textbooks and presented her work on European and US congresses. She is interested in all areas of small animal internal medicine.