Chester

Our practices

Telephone

01244 853823

Address

MiNightVet Chester

Units E&F

Telford Court

Gates Lane

Chestergates Road

Chester

CH1 6LT

Opening hours

Monday to Friday 7pm to 8am

Saturday open from 1pm through to Monday 8am.

MiNightVet Chester

MiNightVet Chester is a small animal out of hours veterinary emergency service, welcoming dogs, cats, birds, exotics, poultry and small mammals. We are based in Chester providing emergency overnight and weekend care to clients.

Our service is also available to clients from other practices who have arranged this. Please see the list below to find out if your veterinary practice can use our service.

The MiNightVet team provide a dedicated emergency service with full-time night staff who will be alert and effective even at unsociable hours. The qualified vets and nurses have a special interest, experience and training in all aspects of urgent critical care.

We are always pleased to receive your feedback and constantly aim to provide a high-quality service, so if you have any compliments or suggestions on how we can improve, we would like to hear from you. Please view the have your say page for further details.

Facilities and services

Car parking
Disabled access
Digital X-ray
Ultrasound scanning
24-hour monitored hospitalisation
Separate dog and cat wards
Separate dog and cat waiting area
Isolation unit
On site laboratory for same day results
Dedicated qualified staff that work around the clock

Veterinary Surgeons

Sophie Cornelissen

BVM BVS MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Sophie graduated from Nottingham University in 2017 and since then has worked in two first opinion hospitals, both in SW London and Cheshire. Sophie has a passion for ECC and is currently undertaking a post-graduate certificate in this area. At home Sophie enjoys running and keeping fit, and has a place in the London Marathon 2022. Sophie also likes to travel when able and take walks around the local area. Sophie shares the house with 2 dogs (Nelson the one eyed rescue dog and Rom the Labrador) and Nelson the cat.

Thomas Gent

MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Thom qualified from the University of Liverpool and started his career working at a busy emergency clinic in London. Following this, he spent 10 years in Switzerland undertaking speciality training in anaesthesia and critical care. He recently returned to the UK and now works part time at MiNightVet and Cranmore where he does a mixture of first opinion consultation and emergency and critical care patients.

Emma George

BVSc MRCVS

MiNight Vet Clinical Director

Emma qualified with a distinction from the University of Liverpool in 2015. She began working for ChesterGates as a student in 2013 where she worked as an out of hours receptionist and ever since then she has had a passion for emergency and critical care. Emma is a committee member for the BSAVA and arranges clinical talks for vets and veterinary nurses locally. As well as emergency work she has a keen interest in exotic species and surgery. Outside work Emma cares for her young daughter and likes to keep fit. She has a doting cat Jessie and 16 rescue hens (we won’t name them all!).

Amy Glanvill

BVM BVS BVMedSci MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Amy graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2016 and since then has worked in both farm and small animal practice before finding her passion in Emergency and Critical Care. She is currently working towards a post-graduate certificate in this field.

In her spare time, she has her hands full at home with her many pets including peacocks, two ginger rescue cats and pet cows called Ruby and Nessie (to mention a few)! She also enjoys watersports and visiting her family in Devon.

Laura Molina

MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Laura graduated in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 2018. After finishing her studies, she decided to move to England to help progress her career and language skills. She worked in two first opinion practices, then, she locumed in various veterinary hospitals until she decided that MiNight Vet would be perfect for learning with a very professional and friendly team. Laura is currently undertaking the BSAVA Certificate in Emergency and Critical Care. Laura brought her rescue dog from Spain and in her free time goes climbing, hiking and travelling when possible.

Louise Skerrow

MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Louise started locuming for MiNightVet regularly in January 2022 only to join the team permanently in January 2023. Louise was an equine vet for 3 years prior to transitioning to be a small animal vet at the PDSA in Liverpool for 5 years. She has a heavy interest in surgery and is currently finishing her Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice in this subject. In her spare time you can find her rock-climbing, at the gym, abroad snowboarding, walking her Welsh Collie dog Nel, trying not to get scratched by her cat Spliff and with her friends. Louise is delighted to be part of the MiNightVet team and takes the position of hospital day vet as well as filling in any gaps out of hours ‘here-there-and-everywhere-in-between’!

Jennie Cook

MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Ella Jones

MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Ella qualified from Liverpool University in 2018. She worked in mixed practice before focusing on small animals and then more specifically A&E for pets! She also works at home on her husband’s dairy farm. Ella is undertaking a post-graduate certificate in Emergency and Critical Care. In her spare time Ella loves travelling, skiing and clay-pigeon shooting.

Stephanie Lau

MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon

Stephanie graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2019. After that she spent 2years in a first opinion practice in Northern Lincolnshire before completing an internship at ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists. Stephanie has a strong interest in diagnostic imaging and has completed a postgraduate certificate in this discipline.

In her spare time, Stephanie enjoys hiking, bouldering and cooking. She has an indoor cat called Maisie, who is much less active and has a huge passion for sleeping.

Veterinary Nurses