Meet our Referral Veterinary team

Georgina Timms

BVSc PGCertSAS MRCVS

Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery Soft Tissue

Kate Sloan

BVetMed (Hons) CertAVP(SAM) MRCVS

Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine

Eve Dearden

BVSc CertAVP(SAM) MRCVS

Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine

Laura Atkinson

BVSc CertAVP SAM-F MRCVS

Advanced Practitioner in Feline Medicine

Edward Allsop

BVSc ESVPS GP Cert SAS MRCVS

RCVS recognised certificate holder in Small Animal Surgery

Georgina Timms – BVSc PGCertSAS MRCVS

Georgina is one of our founders, Directors, and Surgeons. She graduated in 2012 and since has dedicated her career to small animal practice. Prior to becoming a Director at Eden Vets, she gained a wealth of experience within first opinion and referral practice. Georgina successfully achieved the BSAVA certificate in Small Animal Surgery with RCVS Advanced Practitioner status in 2018.

Georgina is an experienced soft tissue surgeon with a huge passion for improving the lives of her patients and continually strives to develop and evolve her skill set. She has a particular interest in brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome and complex abdominal surgery. Georgina is also currently undertaking further study into diagnostic MSK ultrasound imaging to aid with diagnosis of musculotendinous conditions in dogs.


Kate Sloan – BVetMed (Hons) CertAVP(SAM) MRCVS

Kate studied at the Royal Veterinary College, graduating with distinction in 2008. She then spent the first four years of her career in mixed farm and small animal practice, enjoying the challenges this offered, before settling in a busy, small animal hospital to focus on the area of veterinary work she had become passionate about, small animal medicine.  Kate completed the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice, successfully passing the synoptic exam in Small Animal Medicine in 2016 and going on to become an Advanced Practitioner.

Before becoming a founding director of Eden Vets and Eden Veterinary Referrals Kate worked in several Tier 3 Small Animal Hospitals accepting complex internal medicine referral cases.  She enjoys all areas of medicine but is particularly interested in emergency and critical care and relishes the challenge of managing these high pressure cases effectively.


Eve Dearden – BVSc CertAVP(SAM) MRCVS

Having graduated from the University of Liverpool with distinction in 2013 Eve went on to complete her certificate of Advanced Veterinary Practice in Small Animal Medicine, successfully sitting the synoptic examination in April 2019 and going on to become an Advanced Practitioner. Eve worked at a number of busy small animal hospitals across Cheshire and the West Midlands before setting up Eden Vets & Eden Veterinary Referrals in the autumn of 2020.

Eve loves all things internal medicine but has a particular interest in the use of diagnostic imaging, especially ultrasonography and endoscopy, as tools to fully investigate even the trickiest of cases.


Laura Atkinson – BVSc CertAVP SAM-F MRCVS

After qualifying from Liverpool University in 1994 she went on to achieve the RCVS Cert AVP Feline medicine in 2018 and since 2019 is a recognised RCVS Advanced Practitioner. She enjoys all aspects of feline medicine with particular interest in endocrinology, senior patients with multiple comorbidities as well as gastrointestinal, PUO and FIP cases. She is supported by team of dedicated nurses with advanced certification within both general and feline medicine.