ONE of Shrewsbury’s oldest veterinary practices is preparing for an exciting new chapter after creating additional facilities that will enhance the care it delivers to pets.
A new one-story extension at Quarry Vets in Brassey Road, Old Potts Way, has created space for the practice to introduce additional services to help more pets.
The practice now benefits from:-
- Two additional consult rooms, bringing the total number to five. One is for cats only and one is a quiet space to support pets that are sensitive to noise, which will also be used as a compassion room for owners who are saying goodbye to a beloved pet.
- A second operating theatre.
- A dedicated dental suite.
- An improved cat ward with more cat-friendly kennels to keep in-patients as comfortable and relaxed as possible, which is now located next to the cat-only examination room.
Quarry Vets has been at the heart of the local community it serves for 125 years and has cared for pets from its Brassey Road site since 1996, where it runs its own out of hours service and is available to help pets 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
As the demand for high quality veterinary care in the area has grown, the veterinary team found it was running out of space and work started on an extension in the New Year.
The additional consult rooms and theatre mean that Quarry Vets can offer more appointments to local pets, and the cat-only areas will help make visiting the vets and being examined less stressful for feline patients and their owners.
The dedicated dental suite will enhance the practice’s oral hygiene service, and will be equipped with a digital dental X-ray machine that allows vets to view tooth roots and the jaw beneath the gum line. One of the practice’s vets, Rebecca Bennett, has a special interest in dentistry and after additional training has achieved a certificate in veterinary dentistry.
Vet Neil Williams, who is one of Quarry Vets clinical directors, said the additional space will transform what the practice can do.
Neil said: “After many months of planning how we can best meet the needs of local pets and their owners, we’re very excited that our new facilities have been completed. It’s great for clients because we can care for more pets and perform more surgeries, and we have focused on creating a space where patients who are nervous can feel calm and comfortable.
“We already had measures in place to reduce stress for our feline patients, including a separate waiting area, but we have relocated our cat ward into the extension and installed more cat-friendly kennels. Our new cat-only examination room will connect directly to the ward to reduce the need to move patients around the building.
“We also now have a quiet consultation room in a less busy area of the hospital, which will be used for behaviour clinics and acupuncture sessions, to help keep patients as relaxed as possible.
“The room will also be a calm and peaceful area where owners can say goodbye to a beloved pet and we hope it will make things a little easier for clients going through a difficult time. It is more comfortably furnished than a traditional consult room and has a separate entrance and exit, so owners don’t have to go through the main reception.”
Quarry Vets prides itself on delivering the highest levels of care to patients and the best possible service to clients. The Brassey Road surgery benefits from modern technology and high quality equipment and has a team of experienced and dedicated vets, nurses and receptionists. As well as routine and preventative healthcare, the practice performs surgery and has its own out of hours service, with out of hours calls handled by its own veterinary surgeons. Quarry Vets also has a branch surgery in Bayston Hill.
Article by Jo Browne, PR & Communications manager (South), email: [email protected]
