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As those of you who have visited DWR will have noticed, our teams wear colour coded uniforms. This is a very practical option in an organisation with over 300 staff – it means that we can instantly recognise the area in which each of our colleagues works. However, the vets and nurses that work in…

Since the Emergency and Critical Care Department was established by Lindsay Kellett-Gregory last year, the case load has grown rapidly and an additional Specialist has just been recruited. The establishment of ECC as a separate discipline was considered necessary in 2018 as the number of emergency referrals, requiring sophisticated facilities and expertise, had grown considerably.…

Jasper is an energetic 3-year-old Deerhound and when he is charging around the garden, nothing much can stop him. Unfortunately, the exception to that rule was a rotary clothes dryer which literally stopped him in his tracks. Poor Jasper, yelped and fell to the ground following the impact but his owners checked his limbs carefully…

The Cardiology Department at DWR Veterinary Specialists has recently welcomed European Cardiology Specialist Hayley McDonald, a New Zealand graduate who has gained clinical and academic experience as a cardiologist in the UK and Australia. Hayley is a 2009 Massey University graduate who worked in first opinion and emergency care practice in Australia until 2014 when…

This year, for the first time, DWR Veterinary Specialists, together with Anderson Moores, Eye-Vet and Northwest Veterinary Specialists exhibited at London Vet Show as ‘The Specialist Division’. In a spectacular stand, incorporating a 200-seat lecture theatre, we spread the message of the Power of Partnership, extolling the value of partnerships – including those between vets…

Despite the current shortage of veterinary radiologists, which is of concern across the profession, DWR has just appointed Audrey Belmudes, increasing its team to 8 Diagnostic Imaging Specialists, making it the largest department of its kind in the world. However, the shortage of Specialists in this discipline does need addressing. Currently there are only 258 such Specialists in Europe…

In order to continue providing our veterinary referral services, while keeping our colleagues and clients as safe as possible by reducing the potential for exposure to the Covid-19 virus, we are changing the way we work, including the procedures for admitting patients. As from 23rd March 2020, the process will be as follows: 1.     On arrival at DWR, clients should use…

Supply of medications during the human Covid–19 pandemic Due to increased requests for large quantities of medications it has become necessary, in order to maintain stock levels of vital medications for hospitalised animals with acute/emergency illnesses and so that future supply of medications can be maintained for all our patients, to limit supply to 1 month at…

Samsung is a very sweet kitten who was taken to the RSPCA Mid Norfolk and North Suffolk Branch, along with his litter mates, when he was just one week old. At a routine health check he was found to have a high grade heart murmur and he was brought into DWR where an ultrasound examination…

Thanks so much to Julie Dyson for sending this video of Dylan. Dylan came to us in February of this year after having run on to a stick which then penetrated the front of his chest, skewering a piece of lung. This injury caused life-threatening bleeding and air leakage into the chest. DWR Surgeon, Rachel…