• Mid Sussex Vets

    Marie Arkell

    Veterinary Surgeon

    BVetMed MRCVS

    Marie studied at the Royal Veterinary College, and has worked around the local area for her entire career. She opened her own clinic in 2009, and enjoys all aspects of her work, particularly endoscopy, keyhole and soft tissue surgeries and feline geriatric medicine.

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    Vicki Shears

    Practice Manager

    RVN

    Vicki qualified as a registered veterinary nurse in 2005, and has worked across many areas of veterinary nursing, including emergency medicine, veterinary hospital and referral services. She was a Practice Manager of a large Vetrinary Hopital for 20years before joining Mid Sussex in June 2024. Vicki enjoys spending time with her big family and ever extending animal family.

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    Sally Sirr

    Head Nurse

    RVN

    Sally qualified as an RVN in 2021 and worked in a Veterinary Hospital specialising on Orthopaedics. She enjoys all areas of Veterinary Nursing and joined Mid Sussex this year. In the evenings and weekends Sally enjoys spending time with her cat that rules the house.

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    Lottie Newman-Smith

    Veterinary Nurse

    RVN

    After qualifying as a registered veterinary nurse in 1996, Lottie gained experience working in many areas of veterinary nursing, including emergency medicine. She joined us as a locum initially, before becoming a permanent member of the team in 2016. She spends most of her spare time with her family and their black and white cat, Kevin.

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    Claire Kirbyshire

    Veterinary Nurse

    RVN

    Since qualifying as a registered veterinary nurse in 2001, Claire has gained extensive experience in small animal practices across West Sussex. She has been with our team since 2018, and enjoys spending her spare time with her family.

  • Beth Duffield

    Veterinary Nurse

    RVN

    Beth started at Mid Sussex as a Student Veterinary Nurse, Since qualifying as a registered veterinary nurse in 2024, Beth has continued developing her skills, supporting our new Student Nurse and always helping our clients.

  • Sarah Ellis

    Veterinary Nurse

    RVN

    Sarah started at Mid Sussex Vets on 2024. She has worked in several emergency clinics in Brighton before starting her family. She is now part time and enjoys nurse clinics.

  • Megan Olive

    Veterinary Nurse

    RVN

    Megan joined the team earlier this year. she has a lot of experience in emergency and critical care, but also enjoys nurse clinics. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her young son.

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    Georgia Watt

    Student Veterinary Nurse

    Georgia started with Mid Sussex Vets in 2024 for her third year of training. With prior experience in the army she realised her passion in animal care.

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    Piya Kakar

    Veterinary Surgeon

    BVM&S MRCVS

    Piya qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon in 2005. She has a keen interest in many aspects of veteinary care but also enjoys surgery. In her spare time she like to swim and climb.

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    Hayley Sluyters

    Veterinary Surgeon

    MRCVS

    Hayley has been in practice for 7 years now. With plenty of experience Hayley decided to start a Cardiology certificate and is working hard to improve her skills in this area, whilst also being a mum of two young boys.

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    Rosa Parks

    Veterinary Surgeon

    BVetMed MRCVS

    Rosa came to the practice after working in a mixed practice. Her versitilty is shown across her range of care. When she is not working she is creating and spending time with her lovely spaniel ‘Russ’.

  • Libby Keoghane

    Veterinary Surgeon

    BVetMed MRCVS

    Libby started with Mid Sussex in January 2025.

    Since qualifying from the RVC she has worked in mixed practice but came to Mid Sussex to develop her skills further with Small Animals only. She has already mastered the art of Key Hole neutering!

  • Tina Waller

    Receptionist

    With a smile on her face Tina welcomes all the patients into the clinic. She has gravy bones at the ready for her visitors.

  • Natasha Smith

    Animal Nursing Assistant

    Tasha is a great help to all the team. Animal Nursing Assistants have a huge array of work skills from supporting with nursing care, laboratory work and helping at reception.

Meet the Team

Our caring veterinary team pride themselves on delivering great care to local pets and owners.