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Bridge Referrals
Bridge Referrals is the North East’s newest veterinary referral centre for small animals. Our modern, high tech and innovative facility will be accepting all referral cases.
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Small Animal Veterinary Referrals
We are an exciting new independent multidisciplinary small animal veterinary referral hospital based in South Tyneside. Bridge Referrals offers advanced veterinary services from experienced referral clinicians to primary care veterinary practices in the North of England and Southern Scotland. We offer a holistic, collaborative approach in treating your pets, giving them the best possible outcomes. Our multidisciplinary team can offer referrals in orthopaedics and soft tissue surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, diagnostic imaging, internal medicine and oncology.
Bridge Referrals is owned by families local to the area. We are proud of the North East’s picturesque countryside and wildlife, we have put sustainability at the heart of how we created and run Bridge Referrals to minimise our impact on our local environment.
Join Team Bridge!
Be part of our dynamic new veterinary referral hospital in the North East.
Learn and thrive in a friendly, team orientated environment. Email us to find out more…
Key Services
Cardiology
Diagnostic imaging
Internal medicine
Neurosurgery
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Physiotherapy
Soft tissue surgery
Mission statement
“Providing excellent service and exceptional standards of care for our patients, clients and
community by bridging the gap between first opinion practices and referral centres. We forge
relationships with our referring vets making referring a patient a friendly and seamless process”
Blog
The basics of ECG – Part 2
In our last blog we looked at the basic structure of the conduction system in the heart, how that created the ECG we look at and the basic structure of our ECG - the P-QRS-T complexes. This time, we are going to have a look at some normal ECGs and then some common abnormal ones. We will also touch a little on treatments for them. Just to recap before we go on, the 8 steps to consider when reading your ECG's. By applying these every time you look at an ECG, it will make interpretation easier. What is the rate…
Becky Snelson joins the Bridge Referrals team as Soft Tissue Surgical Intern
We are thrilled to welcome Becky Snelson to the Bridge Referrals team as our new Soft Tissue Surgical Intern! Her expertise and passion for veterinary care will be a fantastic addition to our practice. Becky Snelson - Soft Tissue Surgical Intern at Bridge Referrals Becky is very excited to join Team Bridge in their new position as a Soft Tissue Surgical Intern. She grew up in Cheshire and graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2019 and began her career in a mixed practice in the Scottish Borders. It was there that Becky’s love for surgery began. To further develop…
Brachycephalic Ocular Syndrome
We all know Brachycephalic breeds like Pugs, Shih-tzus, Boston Terriers and French Bulldogs for example, are considerably more prone to ocular issues. Ocular disease in these breeds develops because of a combination of factors: Macroblepharon and lagophthalmos (large prominent eyes with little blinking) The large eyes that sit far forward do not have adequate protection from the eyelids. A low blink rate allows for excessive corneal exposure and tear film evaporation which in turn leads to chronic keratitis (inflammation of the cornea) and the risk of corneal ulceration. Macroblepharon and lagophthalmos Medial canthal entropion (turning in of the eyelids near…
