Field Services

 

Reception (photo Phillippa Colles)

G.P. service.

Unlike doctors and small animal vets, our vets usually travel to their patients rather than the patients coming to the surgery. This is co-ordinated by our reception staff, who keep in touch with the vets by telephone or emergency bleep.
It is a twenty-four hour service but is restricted to emergencies only out of office hours which are 8.30 am to 5.00 pm. For out of hours calls, an answer phone directs you to the member of staff on duty who will contact one of the vets for you

Dentistry.

All our vets are skilled in tooth rasping and other routine dental procedures. John Williams has trained at an advanced level and acts as an in-house consultant for us. To reflect this interest, we have invested in an extensive range of equine dentistry tools. Other vets in the practice plan to follow John's lead and also take advanced dental training.
 

ENT clinics.

There are full endoscopic and other facilities for the diagnosis of respiratory disease. Geoff Lane, a well-known ENT surgeon from Bristol University visits us regularly to act as a consultant. He will also perform operations when necessary using our operating theatre.
 

Farm visits.

Because of the diversity of modern farming systems, most of our work on farms is charged on time. It therefore makes good business sense to be organised by having the stock in and ready with good animal handling facilities. Routine farm visits can be arranged by request.

 

 

Racing

John and Andrew and Naomi officiate at all Stratford and Warwick race meetings, assisted by other members of the practice. John is on the panel of vets for Cheltenham and is regularly on duty at the festival.

 

Pharmacy (photo Phillippa Colles)

Pharmacy.

We have a small but well equipped pharmacy. There is fine line between keeping adequate stocks and maintaining a steady turnover so that clients are not given drugs with a short shelf life. Therefore, if you require large quantities of drugs such as mastitis treatments or horse wormers, we advise that you ring before calling to make sure they are in stock. If not in stock, they can often be supplied by the next day. We can also supply some medicines by post on request. Remember to give us twenty-four hours notice for repeat prescriptions.
There are strict regulations and legislation regarding the supply and storage of medicinal products. This means that we are unable to accept any returned, unopened or unused medication other than for disposal.