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Manchester
As a first-opinion practice, we understand you’re in a position of
trust. And so when it comes to making a referral, you’re looking for
the reassurance that your client will be in safe hands. At your local
Manchester Vets Now Hospital, you’ll find world-renowned RCVS
specialists and advanced practitioners, offering a range of discipline-
specific referral services and ECC in our state-of-the-art facilities with
diagnostics and treatment all under one roof – as well as providing
an OOH service across the North West.
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We’re focused on being an extension to your
practice – to support you when you need us.
We’ll always offer competitive package prices
across our range of services.
After patient discharge, we aim to follow up
with a full written report within 48 hours.
If you need any more help our referral
teams are available Monday - Friday
throughout the day.
We’re exclusively a referral and out-of-hours
service, so will never offer first-opinion
services directly to your clients.
We’re open to referrals from
any first-opinion practices.
A large number of our nursing team
are certificate holders. We also have
VTS accredited nurses within our
Internal Medicine and ECC team.
A referral
process you
can trust
What should your clients expect?
Our initial client consultations last
around 30 minutes, during which time
our clinicians will thoroughly examine
the patient and speak with the owners
regarding treatment options and
associated costs.
Once all details are agreed, the patient
will be admitted into our hospital for their
procedure and around-the-clock care.
Your client will be given regular updates
throughout and provided with
a descriptive discharge letter.
We aim to begin procedures on the
same day as consultation for our routine
referrals service.
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Across the UK, specialist referral options remain limited
for critically ill patients – particularly at weekends. We also
appreciate just how difficult and stressful it can be to care
for critical patients during the day, with many of these
patients requiring constant monitoring, advanced diagnostic
testing, multiple tube/drains, as well as being a large time
commitment.
Our 24/7 emergency and specialty hospital in Manchester
aims to provide your patient with the best possible intensive
care and monitoring, with round-the-clock nursing and
veterinary care for critical pets. Our team are here to help
when you need it the most.
Emergency
and critical care
It’s good to know
Life threatening respiratory conditions
can occur for many reasons. Not only
do we have the skillset to perform
bedside imaging and arterial blood
sampling to help investigate the cause,
but we are one of the few hospitals
in the country with a brand new
mechanical ventilator and high-flow
oxygen machine allowing us to provide
advanced support to our patients.
Conditions we commonly provide diagnostics
and treatment for are:
• Traumatic injuries
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Respiratory distress
• Coagulopathies
• Gastrointestinal
diseases
• Toxin ingestion
• Sepsis
• SIRS
Meet the team
To refer a case call 0161 222 0979 or email manchester.reception@vets-now.com
Simon Hagley
BVSc DACVECC DECVECC MRCVS
North American/European
Diplomate in Emergency and Critical
Care Clinical Director for Vets Now
Serena Bassolino
DVM MRCVS
Residency trained Emergency
and Critical Care referral clinician
David B. Owen
BVMS CertAVP (ECC) MRCVS
Advanced Practitioner in Emergency
and Critical Care
Katherine Alty
Veterinary Nurse Team Leader (ECC)
We offer a vast range of soft tissue procedures,
including but not limited to:
• BOAS
• TECA
• Perineal hernias
• Laparoscopic procedures including ovariectomy
• Laryngeal tieback
Our team also regularly performs complex procedures,
including pericardiectomy, mediastinal mass removal,
lung lobectomy, skin grafts, maxillary and mandibular
tumour removal and portosystemic shunt surgery.
Our soft tissue referral service is led by renowned
specialist Professor John Williams, who has a wealth
of experience in all aspects of soft tissue surgery with
a particular interest in emergency surgery.
Soft tissue
Meet the team
Professor John Williams
MA VetMB LLB CertVR CertMedLaw
DipECVS FRCVS RCVS and EBVS®
Specialist in Small Animal Surgery National
Surgical Lead – UK Referral Division
It’s good to know
Professor John Williams
Contributes to and edits BSAVA
manuals and has contributed to
the standard surgery textbook
Tobias and Johnston.
He is also active on the CPD
lecture circuit, regularly speaking
in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Paul Aldridge
BVSc Cert SAS MRCVS
RCVS Advanced Practitioner
in Small Animal Surgery
To refer a case call 0161 222 0979 or email manchester.reception@vets-now.com
Andrew Murdoch
BVM&S DipECVS MRCVS
EBVS® and RCVS Recognised Specialist
in Small Animal Surgery
Danielle Seymore
Veterinary Nurse Team Leader (Surgery)
Our orthopaedics team performs a wide range of
procedures on cats and dogs of all shapes and sizes,
including (but not limited to):
• TPLO/TTA
• MPL
• Arthroscopy
• Arthrodesis
• Fractures
• Angular limb deformities
• Prosthetic groove replacement
Our state-of-the-art facilities also allow us to undertake
groundbreaking new surgical techniques, including the
use of 3D printing for surgical guidance.
Orthopaedics
Meet the team
Paul Aldridge
BVSc Cert SAS MRCVS
RCVS Advanced Practitioner
in Small Animal Surgery
Andrew Murdoch
BVM&S DipECVS MRCVS
EBVS® and RCVS Recognised Specialist
in Small Animal Surgery
It’s good to know
Our specialised equipment allows
us to generate 3D printing models
of anatomy from CT images.
These models help with planning
advanced procedures, meaning
we can perform complex
operations with increased
effectiveness and efficiency.
The breadth of experience of our two orthopaedic surgeons, Paul Aldridge
and Andrew Murdoch allows us to offer a range of approaches to many
conditions. For example, we perform both TPLO and TTA procedures for
cruciate disease. The availability of CT and 3D printing, and fluoroscopic
guidance in theatre, gives us huge advantages in planning complex
surgery and the option of employing minimally invasive techniques.
Paul is an RCVS advanced practitioner with a keen interest in cruciate
disease and traumatology, and Andrew is an EBVS® and RCVS recognised
specialist with interests in humeral intracondylar fissures and minimally
invasive surgery.
To refer a case call 0161 222 0979 or email manchester.reception@vets-now.com
To refer a case call 0161 222 0979 or email manchester.reception@vets-now.com
Our internal medicine service prides itself on seeing
complex and challenging cases.
The team works closely with our soft tissue and ECC
teams, and utilise diagnostic imaging to provide a
complete service for presenting problems including
but not limited to:
• Chronic cough
• Chronic nasal disease
• Upper and lower GIT conditions
• Urinary tract disease
• Anemia
• Pyrexia of unknown origin
• PUPD
Internal
medicine
It’s good to know
We’ve become a hub in the
North West for the diagnosis and
treatment for Feline Infectious
Peritonitis (FIP) with the use
of Remdesivir and GS-441524,
having successfully treated and
cured over 20 patients in the
last year. We are keen to see any
potential FIP cases.
We have access to the latest equipment including flexible endoscopy
(for all endoscopic procedures including cystoscopy), fluoroscopy
(for high detail swallow studies), balloon dilation (for the treatment
of oesophageal strictures), and minimally invasive sinonasal
aspergillosis treatment plans.
The internal medicine team is run by James McMurrough who holds
advanced practitioner status in Small Animal Medicine. He has
a particularly keen interest in cardiopulmonary diseases,chronic
enteropathies and feline infectious peritonitis treatment.
Meet the team
James McMurrough
BVSc CertAVP(SAM)
CertAVP(VC) MRCVS
Internal Medicine and Cardiology Clinician
Beth Thomas
Veterinary Nurse Team Leader
(Internal Medicine)
Working closely with internal medicine and all our
other departments is our Diagnostic Imager Pedro.
He is experienced in advanced abdominal
ultrasonography including the diagnosis of various
disorders (including portosystemic shunts), and
performing ultrasound-guided diagnostic tests such
as aspiration, SUB flushing and Tru-cut biopsies.
Pedro also plays a pivotal role in using computed
tomography for advanced imaging studies.
Our cardiology team works closely with the ECC
department, meaning we’re able to provide 24/7
emergency care for our busy cardiology caseload.
Our cardiology team is led by James McMurrough
who also holds RCVS advanced practitioner status
in Cardiology.
James has a keen interest in all areas of cardiology
especially the treatment of pericardial disease,
feline aortic thromboembolism and acquired
cardiomyopathies.
Diagnostic
imaging
Cardiology
James McMurrough
BVSc CertAVP(SAM)
CertAVP(VC) MRCVS
RCVS Advanced Practitioner
in Small Animal Medicine
and Veterinary Cardiology
Pedro Borges
DVM CertAVP MRCVS
Advanced Practitioner
in Diagnostic Imaging
To refer a case call 0161 222 0979
or email manchester.reception@vets-now.com
State-of-the-
art facilities
CT scanner
Arthoscopy
Fluroscopy
Laparoscopy
Prosthetic groove replacement
Bronchoscopy
Mechanical ventilator
High-flow oxygen therapy
A lame dog is walking normally for the first time
in months after a high-tech operation using 3D
printing technology.
One-year-old crossbreed Baxter was struggling badly
due to a deformity on one of his front legs. But Vets
Now Hospital Manchester used the latest 3D printing
technology to produce a model of the leg so they could
better plan the operation. They were also able to use a
3D guide to help make the critical surgical cuts.
The dog was referred by a veterinary practice in
Congleton after the owners had become concerned by
his increasing lameness.
“We did a CT scan to establish where the deformity
was and it showed it to be quite a complicated issue,”
said Paul Aldridge, a referral clinician in small animal
surgery at Vets Now.
“There was a pronounced bend and twist on his
radius and his ulna. It was definitely one of the most
complex ones we’ve seen in a while, so we got in touch
with Vet3D and sent them the CT images. They then
3D printed the leg both as it was then and how we
wanted it to look after the procedure. And they also
produced custom-made 3D saw guides to use during
the surgery.”
The procedure took around two hours and Baxter was
seen for follow-up checks that showed it had been
highly successful.
“The limbs were symmetrical and the walking was
much improved, something we would expect to
continue during the rehabilitation,” said Paul.
“It has made a remarkable difference to him. It turned
out better than we could have expected and in a
young dog we have reduced the severity of problems
later in life. We can see an increasing number of
applications for using this 3D printing technology.”
Case Study - 3D printing technology
Full article by Bill Gibb published on vets-now.com