Our Team
Meet our team
As an independent practice, we have the freedom to prioritise investing in our team and ensure we only hire people who fit our ethos and values, with the aim of offering comprehensive care for all of Swindon’s pets.
And in turn, our team love working at Drove and being here for your pets. Meet the family friends and familiar faces who help you to keep your loved ones happy and healthy.
Lynne Gaskarth
BVSc CertSAM, Cert VBM MRCVS
Practice Director. RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Internal Medicine , Advanced Practitioner, qualified in Acupuncture.
Ed Roberts
BVetMed PGCertSAS MRCVS
Practice Director. Certificate in Surgery.
Lyndsay Hughes
VN MBVNA, certificate in Small Animal Nutrition
Practice Director.
Dave Rawlinson
BVet Med CertVDI CertSAS MRCVS
Practice Director. Certificates in diagnostic imaging & small animal surgery.
Jacoba Veenland
DVM,MRCVS
Practice Director.
David Prince
BVetMed PGCertSAS MRCVS
Interests in Orthopaedic & Spinal surgery, Arthroscopy, Soft tissue surgery & Laproscopic techniques.
Ida Louise Gilbert
BVSc CertVOphthal MRCVS
RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Veterinary Ophthalmology.
Mel Byford
BVetMed PGCertSAM MRCVS
Certificate in Small Animal medicine.
Amy Carron
BVetMed MRCVS
Hannah McNicholas
BVSc MRCVS
Jenny Leckenby
BVM&S MRCVS
Sarah Woodward
BVetMed MRCVS
Emma Coles
BVetMed MRCVS
Special interest in dentistry.
Lucy East
MA VetMB MRCVS
Rebecca Drake
BVM&S MRCVS GPCert Feline Practice
Laura Powell
BVM&S MRCVS
Rebecca Ratcliffe
BVetMed(Hons) MRCVS
Maddie Tytherleigh
BVMSci MRCVS
Julia Pieniazek
BVSc MRCVS
Christiana Tyson
BVMSci MRCVS
Lucy Brett
BVetMed PGCertSAM MRCVS
Certificate in Internal Medicine, Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine.
Kalina Pritchard
DVM MRCVS
Ellie Wells
BVetMed MRCVS