We are currently updating our client record to enable us to contact you, by email or text message, with appointment and treatment reminders. If you are happy to provide us with an up to date email address, with your permission, we will also be able to send out paperless statements and invoices.
As you will have been aware, if you have visited the surgery recently, there has been a lot of building activity. We are extending the surgery to help improve the service we are able to provide. We're extending our waiting room, including a separate cat waiting area, adding in another consult room downstairs. Upstairs there will be a new cat ward and operating theatre. The builders have been working hard through rain and shine so we are now at the stage where the roof to the extension is well under way. We apologise for any inconvenience the building work may have caused, but we are sure everyone will appreciate the benefit in the long run.
Now that the weather is improving all budding gardeners will be out tidying up their gardens. Please spare a thought for hedgehogs who will be soon ready to come out of hibernation. Especially be careful when strimming borders and burning old piles of wood. This little hedgehog lost the end of his nose due to a strimming accident.
We have already been seeing ticks on patients this year so advise dog and cat owners to make sure your pets tick prevention is up to date. These ticks can be very small, only a couple of millimetres in size, so can be very difficult to detect in your pets coat.