Meet Our Dedicated Vets
Each one of our team of five caring and committed vets has his or her own area of specialisation or particular interest, to offer your companion animal the very best available care.
When you’ve discovered a little more about the vets who’ll look after your pet, you can read about the veterinary services the team provides.
Robert Bostock BVSc MRCVS, Senior Partnerback to top
After qualifying from Bristol University in 1973, Rob, who was born on a Leicestershire farm, worked for a year as a typical “James Herriot clone” in South Yorkshire before returning to his home county as a mixed practice vet.
Rob became a junior partner at Cockburn Veterinary Group in 1975 and really appreciates the friendly, family atmosphere of the practice team, in fact, he met his wife Liz shortly after joining the practice. As Senior Partner, Rob takes a full and active interest in improving the standards and service to both clients and patients seen at the practice.
With a broad interest in all aspects of veterinary work, Rob has always enjoyed the variety that mixed practice offers. He relishes the day to day challenges of life as a vet and is equally at home performing complex orthopaedic surgery as he is delivering newborn calves and lambs.
When Rob’s not greeting a new arrival, setting a broken limb or calling for frequent cups of tea, his passions include his family (including 4 daughters), Leicester City Football Club and an obsession (according to his wife) with music – both collecting and going to concerts. Liz and Rob share their home with Milly, a dog of unknown pedigree, rescued as a pup from Aldi car park, and Poppy, their elderly cat.
Diane Storer BVM&S MRCVS, Partnerback to top
Raised on the family farm in Northern Ireland, Diane grew up with a love of all animals, and always had dogs, cats and horses. She first practised her veterinary skills as a toddler when she decided to give the neighbour’s dog a hair cut – and was rewarded by being bitten!
Despite this, she continued to want to be a vet from an early age. She honed her skills helping Mum and Dad on the farm, and “saw practice” with a local vet in the Sperrin Mountains.
Since qualifying from Edinburgh University Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Diane has worked in small animal practice in Berkshire and in mixed practice in Cheshire and Staffordshire before bringing her skills and experience to Cockburn Veterinary Group, initially as an assistant and then as a partner since 1999.
Diane enjoys all aspects of veterinary medicine and surgery because never knowing what is going to come in next keeps life interesting.
Diane is married to Martyn (who answers the phones when she is on call and proves that Cockburn Vet Group truly is a “family practice”). They have two children, one dog, Skye, and a cat, Mr Pip, who came to the surgery as a stray kitten, was taken home for the weekend and was never returned to the surgery (ahem)!
Diane’s hobbies include walking, running (she ran the Nottingham Robin Hood half marathon for animal charities) reading and embroidery.