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Chris Humes Ellon Veterinary Surgeon

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06/05/2024

Good morning , we are currently having a problem with our phone lines, we are open as usual, if you need to contact us, please use the emergency number 07367890101 or message the page, we hope to be up and running soon. Sorry for any inconvenience.

18/03/2024

*** EDITED TO ADD: THE ROAD IS NOW CLOSED!!

****ROAD CLOSURE 19/03/24 - 22/03/24 (APPROX)*****

We have been informed by Aberdeenshire Council that there will be a temporary road closure of the A920 (Riverside Road) between Ulaw Hill and Wineburn from 19th March 2024 in order for essential drainage repairs to be completed. This will mean that visitors to the surgery who usually come through Ellon and along Riverside Road will have to take an alternate route to get to the surgery, coming back in towards Ellon from the opposite direction on the A920 in order to arrive at our usual access road.
We will be open as normal for the duration of the works, and we have been assured that access to the surgery will remain possible at all times. However visitors may need to seek an alternate route to avoid the road closure, and therefore may need to factor in a longer journey time when arriving for appointments.
We apologise for any inconvenience to our clients during the period of these roadworks, however unfortunately the circumstances are beyond our control. Please do not hesitate to call the surgery on 01358723420 if you are unsure which alternate route to take, and we will do our best to help direct you. Many thanks for your patience! 🙏🙏

08/03/2024

***Road closure - surgery open as usual***

Edited to add - we've just been informed that the road closure has been delayed and is now likely to begin on Thursday 14th March. Before then, access to the surgery will remain available from the Ellon side, although temporary traffic lights will be in operation. We will update again when the road closure is in place.

We have been informed by Aberdeenshire Council that there will be a temporary road closure of the A920 (Riverside Road) between Ulaw Hill and Wineburn next week in order for essential drainage repairs to be completed. This will mean that visitors to the surgery who usually come through Ellon and along Riverside Road will have to take an alternate route to get to the surgery, coming back in towards Ellon from the opposite direction on the A920 in order to arrive at our usual access road.

We will be open as normal for the duration of the works, and we have been assured that access to the surgery will remain possible at all times. However visitors may need to seek an alternate route to avoid the road closure, and therefore may need to factor in a longer journey time when arriving for appointments.

We apologise for any inconvenience to our clients during the period of these roadworks, however unfortunately the circumstances are beyond our control. Please do not hesitate to call the surgery on 01358723420 if you are unsure which alternate route to take, and we will do our best to help direct you. Many thanks for your patience! 🙏🙏

09/02/2024

We have had a pair of glasses handed in to the clinic which had been found outside, please get in touch if they are yours.

28/12/2023

Good morning, just a wee message to ask all our lovely clients to please bear with us, we are open as usual but reception is extremely short staffed due to planned holidays and unexpected illness. Thank you for your patience ❤️

22/12/2023

🎅🐾 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL! 🎅🐾

Wishing our wonderful clients and their pets all the best of everything for a very Merry Christmas! We are so grateful for you all and hope that Santa is good to you 🙏🎅🎄 Many thanks also for all the wonderful festive wishes, gifts and cards that we have received!

We will close for Christmas at 5pm today, as we will be closed for the festive period on Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th December. The surgery will reopen again at 8.30am on Wednesday 27th.

If your pet needs emergency veterinary care or advice over this festive long weekend, please call the surgery number as normal on 01358723420 and press 1 to be connected with the emergency out of hours service.

14/12/2023

We have some very exciting news we'd like to share with you all - meet the gorgeous Eden, Leigh's wee boy who was born on Saturday 💙💙 We are so delighted for Leigh and Danny (plus the big fur brothers Murphy and Ralph 🐶🐶), and can't wait to meet the wee man soon. Congratulations from us all and welcome to the world Eden! 💙💙👶

13/12/2023

🎅🎅🎅 LAST CALL FOR MEDICATION ORDERS🎅🎅🎅
We know it's a super busy time of year, and your festive "to do" lists are likely approaching a mile long! So we just wanted to send a wee reminder to our clients to place your orders for any medications that your pets require to see them through the next few weeks 🐶🐱🐹🐰🐦💊
We require 48 working hours to process and dispense prescription medication, so please place any repeat prescription orders by 5.30pm on Monday 18th December to ensure plenty of time for collection before we close for Christmas on Friday 22rd at 5pm. Many thanks 🙏🎄🎄🎄

08/12/2023

We've definitely got that Friday feeling here at the surgery today! We're happy to say that we're fully back up and running with the phones and internet again here - so no more quill pens and parchment for us 😆

A big thank you again to all of our lovely clients for bearing with us this week. Your patience and understanding has been so appreciated 🙏

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!

06/12/2023

A BIG thank you to everyone for your patience. We have been badly let down by our phone/internet provider but we are working hard on an interim solution until they can resolve their error. In the meantime we are all still here albeit with one working phone and remembering what it was like with no internet! Thankfully at least the vets are still able to do their job without the use of this new fangled technology. Every cloud has a silver lining! Many thanks again, we appreciate you all.

04/12/2023

Please bear with us - Our phone lines are down at the moment - we are trying to get them fixed asap. Thanks for your understanding

06/11/2023

We have had a senior cat handed in to our clinic which has been hit by a car. A female tortie cat, she is not microchipped unfortunately. She was found on the road at Whinnyfold, Cruden Bay. If you have any information or believe her to be yours please contact the clinic on 01358723420

15/08/2023

Good afternoon everyone, we are looking to refresh our photo frames here at the clinic and would love to fill them with some of our lovely client pictures, if you would like to drop us a picture of your pet please feel free and we will chose a few to put up

14/07/2023

Sadly we have had a deceased kitten handed in to our clinic. A female black & white kitten, she is not microchipped unfortunately. She was found on the road between Ellon & Auchnagatt. If you have any information or believe her to be yours please contact the clinic on 01358723420

05/05/2023

***BANK HOLIDAY***

Just a wee reminder that we will be closed this coming Monday 8th May for the bank holiday (and a well earned rest for Chris and Ann!). Out of hours cover will be provided, so in the event of an emergency, please dial the surgery as normal on 01358 723420 and select 1 to be transferred to the emergency vet. We will be open again as usual at 8.30 on Tuesday morning. Have a lovely weekend when it comes! 😀

29/03/2023

***POLITE NOTICE***

For any of our clients with appointments at the surgery tomorrow after 9.30am - according to a short notice road closure announcement from Aberdeenshire Council (see notice below), the junction between South Road and Riverside Road in Ellon will be closed tomorrow between 9.30am and 7pm. This is the most direct route used by many of our clients to access the surgery, and therefore unfortunately is likely to cause some delays and inconvenience for which we can only apologise. Please allow extra time for travel to the clinic tomorrow as there will be diversions in place and heavier traffic than usual. We will be open as usual between 8.30am and 5.30pm. Many thanks 🙏

01/03/2023

Happy special birthday to our lovely nurse Louise today! 🎉 🧁 And a “perk” of being at work on your big day is being made to wear the birthday crown 😁🎉 Hope you’ve had a fab day 🤩 🥂 xx

15/02/2023

Sadly we have had a deceased cat handed in to our clinic. A female tabby cat, very petite. She is not microchipped unfortunately. She was found at the junction towards Ellon from Maud. If you have any information or believe her to be yours please contact the clinic on 01358723420

07/02/2023

Good morning to all our lovely clients, this is just a gentle reminder to anyone coming in to Ellon that the road works are causing a bit of a delay at the moment could we ask that you take this into consideration and leave plenty time for your journey. Thanks in advance

23/12/2022

🎄🎄As we close for the festive period, we would like to wish all of our lovely clients and their pets a wonderful, happy and healthy Christmas when it comes on Sunday. We hope Santa is good to you all! Thank you so much for all the kind festive wishes and gifts we've received over the last few weeks. We feel very blessed indeed 🙏🥰

We will open again on Wednesday 28th at 8.30am (in case of emergency at any time over the Christmas period, please call 01358 723420 and press 1 to be connected to the emergency vet)

🎅 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! 🎅🐾

16/12/2022

🎅🎅🎅 LAST CALL FOR MEDICATION ORDERS🎅🎅🎅

We know it's a super busy time of year, and your festive "to do" lists are likely approaching a mile long! So we just wanted to send a wee reminder to our clients to place your orders for any medications that your pets require to see them through the next few weeks 🐶🐱🐹🐰🐦💊

We require 48 working hours to process and dispense prescription medication, so please place any repeat prescription orders by 5.30pm on Monday 19th December to ensure plenty of time for collection before we close for Christmas on Friday 23rd at 5pm. Many thanks 🙏🎄🎄🎄

09/12/2022

🎄🎄 For info - our opening hours over the festive period are as follows:

Friday 23rd December open 8.30am – 5pm

From 5pm on Friday 23rd until 8.30am on Wednesday 28th December – our surgery will be closed and emergency cover provided for the duration. In case of an emergency over this festive period, please call the surgery on 01358 723420 and press 1 to be connected with the emergency vet.

Wednesday 28th December open 8.30am – 5.30pm
Thursday 29th December open 8.30am – 5.30pm
Friday 30th December open 8.30am – 5pm

From 5pm on Friday 30th December until 8.30am on Wednesday 4th January - our surgery will be closed and emergency cover provided for the duration. In case of an emergency over this new year period, please call the surgery on 01358 723420 and press 1 to be connected with the emergency vet

FROM Wednesday 4th January 2023 – usual opening hours

🎅🎅 Please ensure you have ordered and picked up all required medication in plenty of time to cover you throughout the Christmas and New Year period 🎅🎅

10/11/2022

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU, AND A ZERO TOLERANCE REMINDER (It’s long, please bear with us!)

We would like to take this opportunity to offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the vast, vast majority of our existing and prospective clients. You are an absolute pleasure to deal with and have a wonderful relationship with our staff, based on mutual kindness, respect and courtesy. We are grateful beyond words that you entrust us with the care of your beloved pets, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this privilege. We appreciate all the patience and understanding you have shown during all the upheaval brought about by the Covid19 situation, as you respected and adapted to the measures we had to put in place to ensure we could continue to provide veterinary services throughout the pandemic and beyond.

However, we’re feeling rather saddened to have to report that we have had a few too many instances recently of unacceptable behaviour towards our team, in particular towards our amazing reception team at front of house. We understand that the last few years have been a challenging and stressful time for many people for a number of reasons, and we also recognise and empathise with the fact that emotions can run high when we are worried about poorly pets. Nonetheless we would implore anyone contacting our surgery to bear in mind that the person on the other end of the phone is also a human being who is working hard in often challenging circumstances to help you and your beloved pets as best they can.

Of particular note recently unfortunately has been a small but significant number of rude and aggressive phone calls from people who are not actually registered clients with our surgery, but who become frustrated and irate when we are unable to quickly assist them. For background, there is an ongoing recruitment crisis within the UK veterinary sector, with short staffing a critical issue now across many practices both locally and nationwide. We are in a very fortunate position that we have been able to ride out this storm as a family run, independent practice with a stable and experienced team. This in turn has led to the further fortunate position of us welcoming an unprecedented number of registrations from new clients throughout this year. To the point where we took the extraordinary decision to temporarily close our books to new client transfers over the recent summer period, as we wanted to ensure that we were able to prioritise and protect the levels of service that we offer our existing clients. We are now working our way through the resulting waiting list, which means there is still something of a small delay in processing new clients transferring to us. Whilst we understand that it must be extremely frustrating to have to wait once you’ve made the decision to transfer practices, we are so grateful to the vast majority of our prospective new clients for their patience and understanding. We look forward to welcoming you on board and getting to know you and your fur family!

We highly value our fantastic team here at Chris Humes Ellon Veterinary Surgeon, and it is very important to us that they are afforded respect and courtesy in the workplace. We would like to reiterate that we operate a zero tolerance policy towards demanding, abusive and threatening behaviour directed at any of our team members. As per guidelines set out by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the British Veterinary Association, any existing or prospective clients persisting in unacceptable behaviour towards our team will be advised to seek veterinary treatment elsewhere in future and removed from our books.

05/11/2022

Please could we ask everyone to keep a wee eye out for Midnight here. He has been missing for a few weeks from Ellon. Midnight is black with a few white hairs on his chest. Neutered not chipped, may have jumped into a van or is possibly shut in somewhere. Lives in the Western Avenue area of Ellon. Many thanks 🙏🏻

13/10/2022

We'd like to share some gorgeous photos with you of what was a very special day recently for our lovely Suzi and her new husband Dave. Don't they look fabulous?! 😍 Huge congratulations to Mr and Mrs Beattie - wishing you all the best of everything for a long, happy and healthy life together 🥰 Hope you're enjoying your wee getaway and some well-deserved relaxation after all the wedding fun and excitement! 🥳🥂🎂

07/10/2022

It's a special day here at Chris Humes Ellon Vets, because the baby of our wee family turns 30 today! Happy birthday to our lovely Leigh. You're an absolute star and we hope you have the very best day! 🥳🤩😍

21/09/2022

How gorgeous are these two boys? Meet Milton & Harris, 2 fantastic patients of ours. We do love receiving pictures of all our patients, it really brightens our day 🥰🐾

26/08/2022

🤩🥳HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DOG DAY!!🤩🥳

Wishing a very happy International Dog Day to our lovely clients 😍🥰🐶🐾 In honour of this special day, we thought we'd share a lovely photo of "the lads" aka Murphy and Ralph. These two handsome chaps belong to our lovely receptionist Leigh, and can occasionally be spotted here in the surgery, supervising their Mum's hard work from under her desk 😁

We're always delighted to see any pics of your gorgeous pets too, so please do share your latest photies! 😍

Address

Unit D, Meikle Mill, Esslemont Industrial Estate
Aberdeen
AB418NW

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+441358723420

Website

https://www.chrishumes.vet/

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Well, if there’s one perk to working on a sunny bank holiday, it’s getting to meet this gorgeous lot 🐾 . Aren’t they so sweet?! ♥️ Have a lovely weekend everyone! ☀️😀