Bridge Referrals is a referral centre that endeavours to provide pet owners and veterinary practices of the North East a range of advanced treatments at realistic and affordable costs, without compromising on excellent service and standard of care.

Our name, Bridge Referrals, evolved from the desire to bridge the gap between first opinion practices and referral centres. It is important that we are approachable and referring veterinary surgeons feel comfortable enough to reach out for our advice and support whenever it is needed. This allows us to support first opinion veterinary practices in the continued care of your pet.

Bridge Referrals is the creation of five referral clinicians with the same shared vision of running their own independent referral centre with their core values at the heart of the services they provide.

Core Values

  • Community: we are proud to provide a service that contributes to the wider society and economy.  Team Bridge is our work community, and we support our team to deliver exceptional care to our patients and clients.
  • Compassion: being kind and compassionate is the essence of delivering care, this is important in looking after our patients, each other, and ourselves.
  • Life/work balance: we want everyone who works here to enjoy being part of Bridge Referrals.  We recognise that to provide high standards of patient care it is important to have time off to rest and enjoy life at home.
  • Respect and inclusivity: we treat our referring practices, clients and staff with respect and dignity, no matter the circumstances.
  • Sustainability: delivering sustainable high-quality care, that is affordable now and in the future, that delivers positive social impact and minimises damaging the environment is at the heart of our business.

Meet Our Vets

Darren Long, BVetMed(Hons) PGCertSAM(Distinction) MRCVS

Bridge Referrals

Director
Referral clinician in Oncology & Internal Medicine, RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine

Emma Mace, BVetMed CertAVP (GSAS) MRCVS

Director
Orthopaedic Surgeon
RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery

Jack Sillito, BVMS PGCertSAS MRCVS

Bridge Referrals

Director
Orthopaedic Surgeon
RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery

Sarah Harrison, BVMS CertVOphthal MRCVS

Bridge Referrals

Director
Veterinary Ophthalmologist
RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Veterinary Ophthalmology

Alison Kennair, BVMS CertAVP (GSAS) MRCVS

Bridge Referrals

Director
Soft Tissue Surgeon
RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery

Mark Gosling, MA BSAVA PGCertSAS VetMB DipECVS MRCVS

Bridge Referrals

Head of Soft Tissue Surgery
European & RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

Karl Bovenizer
MVB, CertVC, MRCVS

Bridge Referrals

Veterinary Cardiologist
RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Veterinary Cardiology

Olivia Grice
PGCertSAAOphthal, MRCVS

Bridge Referrals

Veterinary Ophthalmologist
Advanced Practitioner in Veterinary Ophthalmology

Bethany Deadman, BVCs BSAVA PGCertSAM (Dist) MRCVS

Bridge Referrals

Referral clinician in Internal Medicine
RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine

Harry Swales BSc(Hons) BVSc CertAVP(SAM) PgCert VPS GradStat DipECVIM-Ca(Internal Medicine) MRCVS

Bridge ReferralsEBVS European Specialist in Veterinary Internal Medicine, RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine

Emily Frapwell MA VetMB DipECVS MRCVS RCVS
EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery


Soft Tissue Surgeon, European & RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery

Laura Tetlow
BVM&S CertAVP MRCVS

 

Referral clinician in Internal Medicine

Amelia Rashid
BVSc MRCVS

Bridge Referrals

Veterinary Clinician

Cristi Glavan
PhD,MRCVS

RCVS Recognised Specialist in
Diagnostic Imaging

Becky Snelson
BVSc MRCVS AFHEA

Bridge Referrals

Surgical Clinician

Joni Viitanen

MVDr, MRCVS


Head of Orthopaedics
Residency Trained Orthopaedic Surgeon

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