HEATHER EASTHAM BVMS PGCertSAS MRCVS (Glasgow 2006)

RCVS Recognised Advanced Practitioner in General Surgery

Heather has been working at Crab Lane since March 2012 and became the sole director of Crab Lane Vets in March 2023 as Allison Gleadhill prepared for retirement.  She has a keen interest in surgery and in December 2014 she was awarded a Post Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Surgery - a qualification that she gained with a distinction! In 2021 she was attained RCVS Advanced Practitioner Status for her expertise in small animal surgery. 

Heather has both the equipment and expertise to tackle common orthopaedic issues such as patellar luxation and cruciate ligament rupture and regularly performs the TPLO and CCWO procedures for cruciate repair. She also has a particular interest in feline orthopaedics and has delivered online training courses for other vets on the subject. 

Heather is dedicated to improving outcomes for our patients and was acknowledged as the 'Silver' Contributer to RCVS Knowledge Canine Cruciate Registry in 2022 and 2023 meaning of all UK Vets, she contributed the second highest number of cruciate surgery cases to the voluntary online registry. To find out more about the Canine Cruciate Registry read here. 

RUTH ALCOCK BVetMed MRCVS (London 2002)

Ruth  has been at Crab Lane since 2006.

Ruth enjoys looking after the pet population of Harrogate and has worked closely with Frances Harcourt-Brown to become very knowledgeable about rabbits in particular.

PAUL HARRIS BVSc MRCVS (Bristol 1988)

Paul has been working at Crab Lane since May 2020. Paul has a wealth of experience in medicine and surgery in both dogs & cats and some of the less common species we sometimes see as pets

Paul has been working in the area for most of his career and now happy to care for the pets of Crab Lane clients. 

LOUISE MORRISON BVMS MRCVS (Edinburgh 2017)

Lousie joined Crab Lane in January 2024 settling in the area after working in mixed practice in Yorkshire for 7 years.

She is enjoying getting to know our clients and their pets and using the range of equipment we have available. Louise is particularly knowledgable on canine and feline dentistry and has taught all of us lots about this subject and helped us raise our standards in this area by increasing our confidence in use and interpretation of detal radiography as well as furthering our use of local anaesthetic block techniques to improve analgesia for our dental pateints. 

ABBY TIGHGEAL BVMS MRCVS (Edinburgh 2017)

Abby joined Crab Lane in May 2026 after having started our in mixed practice in Otley with Louise and then moving to Small Animal only practice in Keighley in 2020. Abby really enjoys the variety of GP work, from dentistry to interesting surgery to working up complex medical cases. She has a passion for keeping the animals as comfortable and stress free as possible when they come to the practice and loves getting to know her patients and their owners, working together as a team to achieve the best outcomes possible for the animals and their owners. 

ALLISON GLEADHILL MA VetMB Cert SAD Cert SAM PHD MRCVS (Cambridge 1986)

Allison has been working at Crab Lane since 1996. Her first job was as House Physician at Bristol Vet School. She has RCVS Certificates in Small Animal Medicine and Dermatology and a PHD in renal function from the University of London. Allison sees some referral medicine and dermatology cases but enjoys the long term follow up that is present in seeing long standing local patients. Having lived with two 20 year old cats Allison has a particular interest in geriatric cats.

Allison officially retired in May 2026 but you may see her at times in the practice as she provides some locum cover for us.