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This year’s Open Day on 9th July will include even more activities and we will be dividing them into zones so that everyone can find the areas of most interest to them. The main rings will accommodate the dog show, displays and demonstrations and, alongside these, will be the dog scurry and the K9 Aqua…

Our Ophthalmology Service has grown rapidly from one Specialist consultant in 2013 to 3 Specialists currently – supported by a team of Residents. We are now receiving so many referrals that the ophthalmology consulting room cannot keep up with demand. As a temporary measure, we have installed these portable buildings to ensure that we continue…

When Emily Brooke, our Nurse Anaesthesia Technician, attended the 2017 British Small Animal Veterinary Association Conference she presented a clinical abstract entitled ‘Comparison of canine intravenous catheter site preparation with standard chlorhexidine gluconate and isopropyl alcohol scrub versus a commercial single use 2% chlorhexidine gluconate and 70% isopropyl alcohol applicator. Her work was very well…

When Laura George, our Internal Medicine Nurse Supervisor, went to Washington recently she made great use of her time. Not only did she sit her Veterinary Technician Specialist examination in Internal Medicine, but also attended the ACVIM Conference and presented a case report entitled ‘Management of the Complicated Multi-Resistant Urinary Tract Infection’. We were delighted…

Those of you who have visited us on a number of occasions will almost certainly have met, and been helped by, Lizzie Morley. Lizzie has been a stalwart member of the Reception Team for many years, latterly taking on the role of Deputy Reception Manager. As a result of Jude Jenkins, who has worked tirelessly…

We have thoroughly enjoyed working with our latest cohort of Interns: Floris Drões, Kine Elmenhorst, Pablo Pérez López and Andrea Mosca. Having completed their one-year programmes, they are now moving to exciting new opportunities in the profession.

Congratulations to the first four graduates from the DWR Academy. Jessica Brookes, Leila Radford, Louise Boden and Jourdan Colegate have all attended the Level 2 Diploma: Veterinary Care Assistant Course. They were presented on Wednesday with their certificates by Professor Dick White, Founder of the Academy.

The Ophthalmology Team is pleased to invite professional colleagues to an evening seminar on Thursday 24th August at 6.30 pm. A light supper will be followed by talks on ‘Approaches to visual deficits’ and ‘Corneal ulcers’. A series of interesting case studies will be presented. Places are limited so, if you would like to attend,…