I am thinking of this beautiful lady on her birthday...They broke the mould when they made you, dear Carol. I will never forget you. Much love to all your family, friends and colleagues, on what must be a difficult day for them all, today...❤

Thinking of Carol and all of her family today, her 78th birthday. I am envisioning Carol enjoying a piece of the most wonderful birthday cake! ❤

Thinking of all Mrs Hill's family on her birthday - it must be very painful. She is so missed.
We think about her often and send her close family and all the Hill's team our love.
Vicki, Peter and Ted the dog
xxxx

Miss you so much. Thinking of you today and every day. Love you my fairy godmother xxxxxxxx

Mrs Hill was the most wonderful vet. She was kind and sorted out all Sim's health problems just like that, always immediately greeting him so warmly with "it's the aby". We are very grateful for all the care we received from Mrs Hill over the last 15 years for Sim, but also for our previous cat, Percy, and her gentle, sensible advice in keeping him clean & comfortable at end of life. We will miss Mrs Hill , and have shed tears at the very sad news. 

Mrs Hill was a wonderful vet who - almost on a daily basis - patiently supported and guided us when it emerged that our cat had almost insoluble and virtually untreatable health issues. It was obvious that she genuinely understood the tribulations of the world from his point of view and she never encouraged any kind of intervention unless it was absolutely unavoidable. We were terribly shocked and sorry to hear of her passing. She was an outstanding vet and an extraordinary person, and we will always be grateful to her.

So sad to hear the passing of Mrs Hill. She showed such utter kindness and empathy when my cat Lolly had to be put to sleep
She also treated my other pets with gentle professionalism.
A lovely lady.
My sympathy for you all.

I am truly saddened to find out that Mrs Hill had passed away. So it happened that I was talking about her and advice she gave me yrs ago about my dog Jimmy; I looked her up and what sad news to find out that this wonderful human being has left us too soon.

Mrs Hill told me once not to buy expensive fibre husks for Jimmy, everyone else tried to upsell. She told me to give him a raw beef or marrow bone and that should sort his stomach out. So honest and genuine, driven by integrity and true love of animals not commercialism. She also suggested I should tie a pink bow on his collar so that ppl wouldn’t be so prejudice about his breed and would see what a great dog he was not ‘a scary black pit bull’.

Mrs Hill you were wonderful human and I feel privileged that I have met you and that you have treated my dogs. It’s been 10 yrs since but your advice is still with us.

I will always remember you. May you rest in peace and please tell Jimmy to stop chasing squirrels.xx

I do so agree with everything that has been said. Mrs. Hill is irreplaceable and she worked so hard to give her beloved animals a good life and a peaceful end. She came to our house three times for this and nothing was too much trouble. We respected her knowledge and her caring attitude, as well as her sense of fun when dealing with a reluctant cat in the surgery. We send our most sincere condolences to her family, friends and fellow vets and nurses in the surgery and she has left a legacy which will live on in her memory.

Sending my condolences to Mrs. Hill's family, colleagues and friends. Like so many, I was fortunate to meet Carol a number of times when I brought our newly adopted, distressed and ill cat to visit. I can only say how incredibly relieved we both were to see her! Calm, confident, gentle, firm, knowledgeable and with a wonderful twinkle in her eye, she made us both feel instantly so much better. I will miss her. I also know that we will continue to visit Hill's for our family pets. thanks to all the team for your amazing work and care. Anni x 

Mrs Hill has been a magical presence in my life for decades, and has cared for Charlie, Mungo and Jerry over the years. Always full of common sense, humour, and we trusted her utterly and loved her ability to calm and connect with animals and people. She was such a special person and it's not an exaggeration to say she was loved by me and my family. I am so very sad and sorry to hear about her passing, and send my sympathy to all her family, and the wonderful team of nurses and vets at the practice. 

I was so sad to hear the news of Mrs Hill’s passing.
She was one in a million. She has overseen the health of three of my cats, two of them have now gone to pet heaven. When one of them had a very rare eye condition (FROMS) she came into the practice early every day so that I could leave Phoebe there to have regular applications of eye drops.
We will miss you, and I hope you are surrounded by loving animals where ever you are.

We are all so very sorry to hear about the passing of Mrs Hill - we would have been present to honour her as her cortege passed by but were waiting to be seen at the hospital as my daughter was in labour with her first baby at the time and we no longer live as near to the surgery as used to - although still always travel to you with our current two cat members of the family and last saw Mrs Hill in passing last summer when had come in with a particularly accident prone family member.

Carol - Mrs Hill was such a wonderful wonderful vet and such a kind person - she has cared for our four legged family members (and ourselves when we've been at our lowest ebb) for around 30 years and whenever one spoke to long-term local residents/neighbours her name always came up as 'The Vet' whom everyone wanted to see. A couple of particular memories stand out - along with her luminous smile and friendliness to everyone and phenomenal memory for animals and their histories and how they were when she last saw them: she was one of the only people able to talk firmly and persuasively to our quite 'challenging' boy Wellington and single-handedly (when sometimes other very experienced vets need to semi-sedate him or get a second person in to help hold him still) get him to do exactly what he was told by looking him firnly in the eyes and using her 'you will do what you are told' voice, as she gave injections, examinations or other treatment. She had such a wealth of knowledge and felixble 'can do' attitude if something didn't work very well, as well as providing encouragement and support over treatment at home .. I'll also never forget how incredibly kind she was about 20 years ago to me when my beloved Corragh was given a terminal diagnosis and how with great compassion and care she told me to come back and pay for the consultation when I felt up to it, took me out of the back door as I was crying so badly, and kept in touch and provided the most kind and compassionate care for as long as possible meaning we had a pain-free longer period than anticipated with our darling cat. She will be so sorely missed and we were so very sad to hear of her passing. Sending deepest condolences to all her family and friends at this very difficult time.

We send our deepest sympathies to Carol Hill’s family and colleagues. It has been our great good fortune to have our cats cared for by Carol and her colleagues at Hills for many, many years. Her expertise and astute clinical judgement as a vet was combined with great warmth, kindness and empathy towards us humans.  She understood how vulnerable we felt when our cats were in trouble, but helped us to realise that time was often an important factor in deciding on a course of treatment. Cats being famously uncooperative patients, her intuitive understanding of each individual cat came to our rescue so many times. Carol pragmatically found treatment regimes that we and our cats could cope with at home, and our reports of success or failure were often greeted with her wonderful sense of humour and fun. We will miss her painfully, but will always carry our gratitude, affection and admiration for her in our hearts.

Bevis and Susanna Sale

I was so saddened by the news of Carol's passing, she was a wonderful vet who had the brightest smile and the most admirable knowledge and understanding. She always made the effort to reassure and share her wealth of wisdom. A most caring and passionate vet, who I will miss. I am glad to have met her.

Firstly, I would like to offer my condolences to Mrs Hills family and friends, she truly was a remarkable vet. For over 40 years I had been going to her with my cats and would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to her. An incredible woman. RIP.

When it came time to say goodbye to our beloved cat, Misty, we felt rather privileged to be called in by Mrs Hill, having heard so many good things about her on local community websites.
From giving us all the time in the world (despite the busy waiting room) to explaining exactly what would happen, how to hold her and not to stop to pay as it was something we could do when we felt better, Mrs Hill walked with us through every step of the way.
It says something about Mrs Hill that one meeting could leave such an indelible memory with us. So sad to hear that she has left the surgery for the final time.

I was so very sad to hear the news about Mrs Hill. My family first met her when we were recommended Hills Vets for our family pets back in the mid 1990s and we immediately realised we had found an excellent vet. She, along with the team at Hills Vets, allowed me to spend many fascinating weeks at the surgery doing work experience when I was a young teenager and there is no doubt she was one of the people that inspired me to train as a vet. Hills Vets then gave me a Saturday job while I was at university and helped enormously with my training placements, giving me so much valuable experience. I’ve now been a vet for almost 10 years and I still often think fondly of Mrs Hill and how much she truly cared for all her patients and their families. It is obvious from this tributes page that she meant so much to so many people, and she will not be forgotten. Sending my deepest sympathies to her family and friends.

As a family we are so saddened by the loss of Carol. She was a wonderful person with a heart of gold. Not only has she taken care of our pets over the decades she took care of us in those sad times when our beloved pets passed on.
For me she was a kind rock who held my hand through some very sad times.
Carol was a truly beautiful Human Being and a soul like hers that shone so brightly, will never dim.
Rest in peace dear Carol

Am sure Mrs Hill's beautiful legacy will continue with such a great team of vets and nurses and everyone else who works there. Was so sorry to hear about your loss. I remember fondly when she told me my cat was bossying me at the time. She was so right and it still makes me smile.
Having seen so many people attend the lovely tribute / procession, am sure many will keep her in their heart.

Wishing her family and friends strength in this challenging time.
Indra & Pippa

So very sad to hear the news about Carol. A shock, as I didn’t know she was ill.
We’ve been bringing our cats, hamsters and rabbits to Hills Vets since 1982. For all these years Carol has been such a friendly, reassuring and tender nurturer of our pets. She had a wonderfully sunny and humorous manner. You always came out of her surgery feeling that everything was going to be alright.
My deepest condolences to her family and to all you wonderful people at Hills Vets.
I’m sure the spirit of Carol will live on.

My wife Lyndia, who looks after Bertie most of the time, and myself would like to pay our respects to Carol Hill. She kept a close watch over our Border Terrier who was suffering from bouts of intestine infections.

More recently she handed Bertie over to Mark who has proved to be as equally caring and professional as Mrs Hill.

We send our sincere condolences to her family and our thanks for all she has done for our Border Terrier.

I never knew your name
We always called you Mrs Hill
And we hung on your every word because you knew what the animals needed

You treated my darling Katto Kat
You said "feed her prawns to clean her teeth"
She lived, because of you, for nineteen years (with a gleaming smile)

And when she was very far gone and couldn't move and then couldn't eat
You came here and gave her a painless end
And curled her up and wrapped her in a towel

And your care and love wrapped us up too
And reached many people, over a long time

And now we have two rescue cats
And we feed them prawns weekly
And they love you too
❤

Carol has been our wonderful neighbour for many years. She is such a loving and beautiful person inside and out. She shines bright and we will miss seeing her with her beautiful grandchildren. We send all our love to her family.

Carol Hill was such an amazing woman and loved and admired by so many. Her kindness, knowledge, support and hugs were legendary. She will be missed terribly. I am so glad we knew her.
Our love to all at Hills and her family.

I am so sad to hear about the passing of Carol Hill. What a woman! Her kindness knew no bounds, her knowledge was second to none, her sense of humour and practicality was a rare thing. I will truly miss her. My family started to bring our animals to Hills 47 years ago, I was 5!  I have so many amazing memories, it is hard to know which to share. Just 3 years ago one of our dogs Oscar an 11 year old Bichon was diagnosed with liver cancer, my daughter was doing her A levels so we decided to see how he went, When it was time, Mrs Hill and one of her lovely nurses came to my home and put him down, I will never ever forgot just how kind and understanding she was, as you can imagine it was a tough few weeks and without her support it would have been even tougher, I will always be so grateful. My heart goes out to her family and all the people at Hills at this very difficult time.

We are so very sorry to hear of Carol's passing. She was simply a wonderful human being whose professional knowledge, years of practical experience and most of all her kindness and empathy made a huge contribution to many lives. Carol looked after our Burmese cats, first Taj and then Paddy, for more than 20 years and was a wizard at administering worm tablets leaving no room for argument! We trusted her implicitly and she never let us down, going above and beyond with reassuring phone calls and humourous updates. We are so lucky to have met her. Our deepest condolences to her family, friends and colleagues. Angela and Omar Bhatti

Very sad indeed to hear of Mrs Hill's death, she has been our family vet for approx 40 years. We have had several dogs over that time and now my daughter has her dog with Hills. Mrs Hill was always a constant point of reference for us -  ask Mrs Hill, see Mrs Hill, Mrs Hill will know, etc . - she was our veterinary guru. She was an incredible vet and a truly lovely person. Our deepest sympathy to her family. We will say goodbye today outside Hills.

Mrs Hill looked after my cats for over 20 years with love & affection, also a large dollop of common sense, which was sometimes missing in other vets. Her home visits to put down one of my cats was treated with sensitivity & love for the animal, I will never forget.
Rest in peace my dear

Carol was always so understanding when treating my dogs but never more so than when my dog Marley was dying. The first time she met him she said to him "has anyone ever told you that you are very fine" I was so moved by her obvious love for, and connection with animals. As his cancer progressed she was so calm and practical and just kept saying to me he will let you know when it's time to let him go. This humane and pragmatic approach meant so much to my husband and I and we enjoyed our last few months with Marley happy in the knowledge that Carol was there to support us through it.

It was always so reassuring to take an unwell pet to Mrs Hill, she had an extraordinary way with animals, immediately putting them at their ease and pinpointing what was wrong. She always went the extra mile, treating each animal as if it were her own. Her professionalism, kindness and sense of humour shone through. I will miss her very much and send condolences to all at Hill's.

Mrs. Hills was an extraordinary woman and we will miss her greatly. She was looking our cats for 20 years and I know that her knowledge, experience and common sense were as unique as her ability to bond with animals. My thoughts go to her family, friends and co-workers in this difficult times...

My deepest condolences to everyone at Hills and Carol's family and friends. Carol was truly an amazing human being and vet. She took the best, kindest and most compassionate care of my dog Jake. She always knew what he needed. Right until almost the very end she was calling me with advice and suggestions for his treatment. I'm really going to miss Carol.

I'm so upset to see the sad news about Mrs Hill. She looked after my five guide dog puppies and was so supportive when we lost puppy Lester to lungworm many years ago. When the dogs became pets she looked after them - along with others in the team - with kindness and competence. I was always sure she put the animal's interest first. I hope you are all coping with her loss.

She administered to my pets and to me and I wont ever forget her kindness towards them and me when i was ill. My dogs loved her, despite what she had to do to them. She had that 'old-fashioned' way of feeling the animal and talking to it, rather than bouncing straight into technology.
She stayed strong and giving to the end. So very sad that she has died.

Mrs Hill had the most reassuring and kind presence when she came out late one evening to answer our call when our cat Esme needed to be ministered to one last time. She was so kind to Esme and to us and helped us make a difficult and right decision. We have always been so grateful to her for the peacefulness of Esme's passing. She made a difference to all our lives. Sue, Amaryllis and Sophie Rose
Garland.

As so many people have already said,Carol was one of a kind and we were so lucky to have her for all these years. One outstanding memory for me was when one of our cats had to be euthanised. Carol was so sensitive to my needs and could see that I wasn't handling it too well. She took my hand and held it till just before she administered the injection and was so gentle and loving as though it was her own pet. I shall never forget her kindness.
RIP

a wonderful woman who cared so deeply for all the animals she came across. we will never forget the kindness and compassion shown by Mrs Hills when we said goodbye to our first dog Lilly. It was the hardest day made all the more bearable with the sensitivity and thoughtful words shared in the surgery. We were a mess and Mrs Hill guided us with patience as we sat on the floor of the surgery saying our final goodbyes. Years later she did a talk at the school where my son was a teacher and kindly Mrs hill remembered that day which was a great comfort to us but this news is a very sad loss to the whole community. sending our condolences to the whole family

We were really sorry to hear of Carol's passing. I'll never forget the time we took her a straggly, tiny, dishevelled cat we'd accidentally adopted and we thought might be a Devon Rex but we weren't sure because he had virtually no fur and as soon as he came out of the box she said "Ooh, I love a Devon Rex!" She sure knew her stuff and her years of experience and common sense shone through in every visit we had with her over the last ten years. Thinking of all her family and friends at this difficult time. Rest in Peace.

So sorry to hear the sad news of Carol. She will be sorely missed. I was so impressed with her as a vet, full of wisdom and knowledge, always time to share. And full of good humour and warmth. Sending all my best wishes to the family and work friends in this difficult time. Best wishes Anna, Alfie, Yalla and Buzz

We were deeply saddened to hear that our wonderful vet, Carol had died. There will be a great hole in her family's and friends' lives. We send our condolences to them and the caring and kind staff at Hills Vets.

 It must have been back in the mid seventies that I first took a poorly cat to Carol. Immediately I was struck by her warmth, common sense approach and reassuring manner. Over the ensuing years we have taken a total of thirteen cats for vaccinations and treatment.

 I will always remember Carol standing at the door of the consulting room with a big welcoming smile and a twinkle in her eye as she enquired about the health of the patient. The patient wasn't always that keen to see her but she was able to reassure and calm them as much as she did me.

Carol always went the extra mile, once coming to our home to put our much loved cat, Fenella, to sleep while our other two cats sat either side watching.  She remarked that it was a lovely way to go and what a shame we couldn't do the same for people. This was said with compassion and it was clear that she was sad to see our beautiful cat, who she'd treated since kittenhood, leaving this world. She remembered the cats, not just their illnesses but their quirks and personalities too, accurately summing up each new kitten or cat we acquired. I can hear her now saying, about a half grown stray, a furry bundle
of what I thought was angelic sweetness, 'He's got attitude.' She was right, I was wrong. I think that she was as perceptive about people as she was animals. Carol was a remarkable woman and will be sorely missed by many.

Carol was the most amazing vet and had a wonderful sense of humour. I am so very sorry to hear she has gone. We have been to her surgery with our animals Rosie and Pedro our labradors and Colin and Pandora our cats over many years. She came to our home to euthanise Rosie and more recently Colin. What a truly humane and understanding person. We will miss her hugely.

We were so very sorry to hear this news. Carol Hill was so kind to our big old cat whose name she always pronounced in the French way, Hubert, and we will miss her terribly. She was an amazing vet and so empathetic, but also such a warm and friendly person.

Mrs Hill must have been the most loved person in North London. She especially and her ncolleagues have been looking after my dogs and cats since 1983. Her kindness, patience, gentleness ( to both animals and their owners) with that spark of humour made her a unique person and brilliant vet. We will miss her greatly and send deepest sympathies to her family, friends and colleagues.

I am so very sorry to hear this news. Mrs Hill was so calm, practical and caring when I brought a very cross and frightened cat to see her for annual check ups. To me she was a legend. She made a really stressful situation manageable and so Poppy could have the care she needed. And somehow came out physically unscathed! Thank you Mrs Hill, we won’t forget you, and condolences to all your family, friends and colleagues xxx

I am so very sad to hear this. Mrs. Hills was the loveliest,most caring person and the kindest vet I’ve ever met.My deepest condolences to the family.May she rest in peace xxx

I have been bringing my cats to Hill’s vets for thirty five years and I was always delighted if Mrs Hill looked after us. In recent years I acquired a delightful cockerpoo called Max who hates attending the vets because he gets very anxious and I get very upset if the love of my life cries. Mrs Hill always knew how to deal with both my dog and me and usually that involved her telling me to wait in the waiting room! She was wonderful, a delightful woman and a super vet. She will be greatly missed and I offer my deep condolences to her family, colleagues and personal friends. R.I.P

My mum & I are deeply saddened to hear of Mrs Hill passing. Four cats over a 30 year period she was always there providing support & guidance and so much more when my father passed away. She is absolute North London legend! Wishing Mrs Hill's family all the best for tomorrow.x

What a sad loss. I will never forget how kind Carol was to me when I had to have a cat put to sleep shortly after my mother passed away. She made a very difficult situation manageable. I send all good wishes to her family and close friends.

We used the vets with our cats and I was always delighted when we got Mrs Hill. I loved her manner, her smiley face and great advice. She will be missed.
Susan