Emma Mace Ernie was seen by one of our surgeons recently because he had been suffering for some time with recurrent pain and dermatitis secondary to his screw tail. This is a common condition in English Bulldogs and is due to ankylosis (fusion) of the tail vertebra. This means they are unable to move the tail to allow air to circulate underneath. This also causes areas of the skin, around the tail, to fold in on itself. This subsequently leads to recurrent infections, dermatitis and pain (skin fold pyoderma). Poor Ernie had multiple courses of oral medications and topical treatments…

Our build programme now sees the start of the M&E installations. We are committed to delivering Bridge Referrals in an environmentally sustainable way. We’ve incorporated advanced heating and cooling technologies including heat recovery and heat pumps. Local temperature adjustment and our air source heat pump system combines for energy efficiency. A pumped hot water recirculation system will minimise hot water heat loss. We’ve also factored in thermal insulation on heat recovery systems, fresh air, supply air and return air. The ventilation is designed with a pressure regime for infection and contaminant control. Odour and moisture controls have also been incorporated…

Kidney ultrasound As our peripatetic offering becomes more in demand our ability to offer synergy across our departments becomes evident. Our Internal Medicine and Oncology department, headed up by director Darren Long, has been working up cases and passing them over to our surgical teams. This is allowing Bridge Referrals to offer a unique holistic service to veterinary practices across the north east of England. Our veterinary peripatetic service is driving client satisfaction producing excellent clinical outcomes for our beloved pets. One example of how Darren can assist and then facilitate further surgical work is anal sac adenocarcinoma in dogs.…

Building an independent veterinary centre is allowing the team at Bridge Referrals to tackle the challenges we all face. We're striving to build a great place to work. Bridge Referrals wants to get the work-life balance correct. We're creating an effective and efficient building. We are underpinning its development with renewable environmentally friendly strategies and technologies. Take a look at our short video. We're trying to make a difference and build a better future. We hope you find it uplifting.

Clinical peripatetic work in many of our local practices   As well as working tirelessly to set up Bridge Referrals our vets are currently doing clinical peripatetic work in many of the local practices too. Emma and Jack are busy doing orthopaedic and soft tissue peripatetic work, they have all of their own kit so you do not need to worry about supplying any and all of the power tools are battery operated.  Jack Sillito Darren is also doing peripatetic work and is providing practices with detailed abdominal ultrasound scans as well as internal medicine and oncology work ups, he…