Bridge Referrals has now completed the development work at their Multidisciplinary Referral Centre, this has opened up further capacity in our Ophthalmology Services. We now have two dedicated ophthalmic consult rooms which have been specifically designed to house all our specialist equipment for the examination. Ophthalmology consultations are available everyday. We have a dedicated Ophthalmology Theatre. This houses the microsurgical operating microscope and is permanently set up and ready. Giving pets access for emergency surgery when required. The building has been designed with more space and easy access to store our microsurgical equipment for surgery. This creates efficiencies, reduces stress…

We are thrilled to announce the newest addition to our veterinary team, Bethany Deadman, a highly skilled and experienced Internal Medicine veterinarian. Bethany brings a wealth of knowledge and a passion for providing exceptional care to our patients. Bethany Deadman BVCs BSAVA PGCertSAM (Dist) MRCVS Clinician in Internal Medicine Bethany moved up to the Northeast of England after graduating from Bristol Vet school in 2017 to be closer to family and enjoy everything the region has to offer. She worked in primary care practice for seven years, developing a keen interest in internal medicine and ultrasound scanning.  She completed her…

PDA treatment for Onyx the 5 month old Belgian Shepherd - Malinois Onyx was a lovely 5 month old Belgian Shepherd - Malinois when we met her in May. She had been with her owners since 4 weeks of age when an initial heart murmur was diagnosed, but they were told she would grow out of it. She had been a very bright and happy puppy as far as they could see. Bouncy and happy to play, running around the house. The only thing they had noticed was that she had not grown as much as her siblings and was…

The completion of Bridge Referrals Veterinary Referral Centre brings a new approach to advanced animal care in the North East   Bridge Referrals have completed the final stage of the development work at their state of the art veterinary referral centre at Boldon Colliery. This brings the total level of investment from the Bridge Referrals team to £3.6 million over the last 24 months. The completion of this ultra modern referral centre greatly increases the availability of high quality care for pets in the North East of England. The Bridge Referrals team have now created over 60 new jobs, attracted…

Following on from the last Cardiology blog, I thought it would be good to tell the story about Frank and his very loud murmur.    Frank is a 2 ½ year old Olde English Bulldog. A grade 1-2/6 murmur on the right side was heard when he was about 1 year old but he had no obvious clinical issues and apart from some orthopaedic problems he was a happy dog. This had increased to a grade 3 last month and was referred to us for an assessment.  Happy Frank When I saw Frank he was a bright and happy dog.…