Anna is a local girl having grown up near Chesterfield. She graduated from Lindon Vet School in 2006, having spent some of her university holidays ‘seeing practice’ with Rebecka who was working as an assistant vet in mixed practice at the time.

Anna joined the Derwent Valley Vets team in 2004. Prior to this she had spent 12 years working in a mixed practice before concentrating on solely small animal work since having children. Anna likes all aspects of veterinary work but is particularly interested in cardiology (studying how the heart works) and is currently studding towards a post graduate certificate in this discipline.

Anna lives locally with her tow boys Harry and Jake, her black labrador Ember and her two cats Paul and Gary (named after famous football players by her football mad boys). Ember accompanies Anna when out running or hiking in the Peaks, and is always really keen to hurl herself whole hearedly into any available water.

Anna is very sporty and when not at work she can be found playing netball, swimming, scuba diving or cycling. Her boys have followed in her sporty footsteps so she is also often found on the touchline of various pitches, being number one coach and cheerleader.

Anna likes to travel and will often combine a nice holiday destination with one of her sporty passions. She is a bit of a foodie and once she has finished an energetic day, there is nothing she likes better than refueling with a nice local beer or a glass of wine.

Lizzie graduated from Glasgow Vet School in 2018. Before moving to Derwent Valley Vets in 2023, she had worked at other small animal veterinary practices both as a consulting and hospital vet and has gained a wealth of knowledge in management of more complex medical cases.  She is a keen ultrasonographer, being particularly good at ultrasound investigations to help aid a medical diagnosis, and she is currently working towards a certificate in small animal medicine.

Lizzie has a ‘naughty’ two-year-old Welsh Springer Spaniel called ‘Finn’ who has been known to help himself to a box of chocolates or two. The most recent of his indiscretions resulting in a trip down to the practice after hours to be made sick … see these things do happen to us too !! When Finn is behaving himself, Lizzie and Finn do scent trailing and manhunting around the local area which helps Lizzie keep his super intelligent brain active. Lizzie also has a very cool black cat called ‘Dave’, although Lizzie says Dave does not think he is a cat being more like a dog in his mannerisms and behaviour!

Louise studied at the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, qualifying in 2015. Following graduation, she worked in a couple of small animal practices in Derbyshire before moving to Derwent Valley in 2021.

Louise loves the intricacies of veterinary medicine and she is particularly keen on feline (cat) medicine. She has a tiny little black and white cat at home called “Maow”, that she rescued whilst working at a previous practice, and she says she “is very partial to a cute cat!”. Her relaxed friendly approach means she puts her patients (and their owners) at ease. She is always willing to help the rest of the team and she fits in really well at Derwent Valley Vets.

When Louise is not at work, she spends a lot of her time playing sports. In the winter she is part of a local hockey team and in the summer dons her whites to play cricket. She loves the Peak District and often goes walking around the area with friends.

Georgie graduated from Liverpool Vet School in 2011. Before moving to Derwent Valley Vets in 2021, Georgie was awarded a Masters in Clinical Animal Behaviour in 2016 and has done some work outside of the veterinary environment both as a behaviourist and training assistance dogs. She is brilliant with nervous patients and their owners, using her knowledge of behaviour to help reduce the stress of visiting the vets. She is calm and gentle and all the animals love her relaxed manner.

As well as her interest in behaviour she is also a keen surgeon.

At home Georgie spends time with her husband, young son and her two dogs. She has a collie “Pogo” and a cocker spaniel “Rufus”. She loves being active and enjoys climbing, running and spending time outdoors with her little boy and her dogs.

Rebecka qualified from Cambridge University, where she had studied as a mature student, in 2004. She has worked in a number of different practices in Derbyshire and spent five years working at the PDSA hospital in Nottingham, which provided her with a wealth of experience with difficult cases. It was whilst working for the PDSA that she met Claire who shares her ethos for wanting to provide top quality veterinary care in a personal and friendly manner sparking a desire for the pair to set up their own practice. Derwent Valley Vets first opened its doors in June 2016 after an extensive but sympathetic renovation of The Boat House Pub during which both were very hands on together with Claire’s husband Steven and lead by Rebecka’s partner Jim who is a joiner by trade.

Rebecka lives in Matlock and, despite being a southerner by birth, loves the area. She has two teenage daughters and the whole family likes to spend their spare time walking in the Peaks with their scraggy lurcher “Dixie”.

Rebecka is a “Fear Free” accredited professional and is interested in making the practice a relaxed and enjoyable place for owners and patients to visit. “I am keen that all our patients should see the vets as a pleasurable place to come. Eliminating anxiety in our patients makes a trip to the vets something that can be enjoyed by both animals and owners. Who wouldn’t want to work in a place that everyone is pleased to visit?”