Hospital Tour
Our Wells Road Hospital and Surgery was extended and refurbished in 2003 to provide full hospital and surgical facilities, a spacious and comfortable waiting room and ample parking, even at the busiest times.
Last year we achieved the highest possible accreditation from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons after rigorous inspection of our hospital standards, facilities and services.
Come and have a look around, simply click on an area of the plan.
Preparation Room And Dental
Our 'prep' room is where a lot of the action happens!
Out-patients (day patients) are brought here for blood samples and dental procedures.
In-patients (overnight patients) are prepared for the operations here and given their general anaesthetics. They also come here for their daily post-operative and in-patient checkups where required.
Dental facilities
Many owners underestimate the care and attention that should be given to their pet's teeth. Dental disease is very common in pets; they experience the same problems as we do but, as they are unable to voice their discomfort, owners need to look out for the tell tell signs. (see Nurse Clinics for more information on dental care).
Here at the hospital we have full dental facilities, very similar to those you would find at your own dentist, except without the chair!
- Dental x-rays, ensuring our dentistry can be performed to the highest standard
- Monitoring equipment for general anaesthetics
- Descaling and polishing equipment
- Dental drills which help with extractions
Before we can work on your pet's teeth, we have to give them an anaesthetic to keep them still.
The majority of our dental work involves descaling, polishing and tooth extractions (we can do fillings but as animals have a much stronger bite than us, fillings fall out easily).
Thorough dentistry takes time, but it very worthwhile giving amazing health benefits to your pet and minimizing the risk of them developing the following: heart valve infection (endocarditis), kidney infection (glomendnephritis) and liver infection (hepatitis).
Anaesthetic Equipment
We use the very latest and safest anaesthesia to ensure a gentler recovery. In fact, we use exactly the same anaesthesia for pets as is used in hospitals for humans.
Injections and gaseous anaesthetics are used by the veterinary surgeons and, when under anaesthetic, qualified nurses will continually monitor the pet with the help of special monitoring equipment (and under the supervision of the veterinary surgeon).
Our top of the range multi-parameter monitor allows the veterinary surgeon and the nurse to see at a glance: heart rate, respiratory rate, core temperature, blood pressure, ECG, breathing patterns and oxygen levels.
For small mammals, like rabbits and guinea pigs, a very special anaesthetic (Sevoflorane) is used.
