We provide 24 hour emergency care, 365 days a year. Which is manned entirely by our own team of vets and nurses. We are a small animal veterinary hospital on the edge of Bedford.
Our aim is to provide the best possible veterinary care for your pets in a friendly environment. We are a single practice with no branches.
We are a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons accredited Small Animal Veterinary Hospital. Acorn House Veterinary Hospital has also been accredited the gold standard "cat friendly" clinic by the International Society of Feline Medicine
We have a substantial, purpose built, air conditioned modern building with ample car parking space. Our waiting room is large and easily accessible for disabled clients. There are four separate consulting rooms. The building is protected by CCTV, an intruder and fire alarm.
http://www.acornhousevets.com/home.html
If you would like to register at our practice please phone 01234 261839 or visit us on: http://www.acornhousevets.com/registration.html
Acorn Health Club
Save money and pay monthly for your pet's essential preventive care with our Acorn Health Club.
Acorn House Veterinary Hospital Health Club provides you with a simple money-saving way to give your cat, dog or rabbit the regular preventive treatments he or she needs, all for a monthly Direct Debit payment. For more details visit: http://www.acornhousevets.com/PetHealthPlans1503.html
Pet Behaviour
Our veterinary behaviour service is led by Katharine Nelson MA MSc VetMB GP Cert (SAM) AVP MRCVS. Katharine holds the MSc in Clinical Animal Behaviour from Lincoln University and has been recognised by the RCVS as an Advanced Veterinary Practitioner in this field.
http://www.acornhousevets.com/Behaviour1606.html
Dental disease in cats and dogs
Dental disease is common in cats and dogs – it is estimated that 4 out of 5 pets over the age of 3 years have evidence of gum disease. Daily dental care at home with regular check-ups and professional treatment as needed is just as important for our pets as it is for us.
Acorn House Veterinary Surgery offers outstanding dental care.
Brand new dental suite completed January 2016.
The only practice in Bedford with dental radiography - teeth can be fully evaluated above and below the gums.
Exceptional hospital and anaesthetic care included as standard - separate cat and dog wards, 24 hour nursing care, anaesthetic blood test, blood pressure monitoring and intraoperative fluids for every case.
http://www.acornhousevets.com/DentalCare1609.html
Accommodation
We have 5 completely separate wards on site. These are:
Main dog ward
Main cat ward
Exotics ward (for small pets including rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice)
Isolation dog ward (with separate outdoor exercise area and independent drainage system)
Isolation cat ward
http://www.acornhousevets.com/Inpatients1616.html
Physiotherapy
Nadia graduated from Hartpury College and became a category A member of ACPAT in June 2015. Nadia studied for her BSc hons in Physiotherapy at Oxford Brookes University and qualified in 2006.
http://www.acornhousevets.com/Physiotherapy1617.html
Appointments
Consultations are available by appointment only from Monday to Saturdays. You can book you vaccination appointment online.
http://www.acornhousevets.com/online-appointments.html
Fund Raising
Acorn House Veterinary Hospital raises funds and awareness throughout the year. Supporting local and national charities.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Out-of-hours health and safety protocols do not allow us to open the door without prior arrangement.
As part of the Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) commitment to the expansion of its capacity for teaching companion animal general practice and to enhance specialist practice caseloads, the College is delighted to announce that on the 1st July it will acquire, through a wholly owned subsidiary - RVC Veterinary Practices Ltd - Acorn House Veterinary Hospital in Bedfordshire. The organisation will continue to trade under its current name.
Acorn House Veterinary Hospital, based in Bedford, offers a comprehensive range of veterinary services within its specialist modern facilities, which includes two operating theatres, an in-house laboratory and five specialised consulting rooms. The practice currently has a team of nine vets, 16 nurses, a kennel assistant, a practice manager, a practice administrator, a dispensary manager and seven customer care assistants.
Stuart Reid, Principal at the RVC, said: “We have been hugely impressed with the dedication and commitment of the Acorn House team members to delivering high quality veterinary medicine and patient care, as well as to maintaining client satisfaction and staff wellbeing, values that are similarly embedded at the RVC. “We look forward to working with them to ensure that the RVC’s clinical services and teaching opportunities continue to be amongst the best in the world.”
David Church, Deputy Principal at the RVC, said: “I’m excited to oversee this new venture which will not only complement the RVC’s current high quality primary care and general practice services but also provide enhanced opportunities for us to better educate the veterinarians and veterinary nurses of the future.”
Sheldon Middleton, on behalf of Acorn House Veterinary Hospital, said: “The acquisition of Acorn House Veterinary Hospital by the RVC is a perfect fit to maintain the ethos and standards of the practice and build on what our excellent team has already achieved. We look forward to growing and developing further with the support of the RVC.”
About the Royal Veterinary College
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is the UK's largest and longest established independent veterinary school and is a constituent College of the University of London.
The RVC offers undergraduate, postgraduate and CPD programmes in veterinary medicine, veterinary nursing and biological sciences.
It is currently the only veterinary school in the world to hold full accreditation from AVMA, EAEVE, RCVS and AVBC. In 2017, the RVC received a Gold award from the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) – the highest rating a university can receive.
A research-led institution, in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) the RVC maintained its position as the top HEFCE funded veterinary focused research institution.
The RVC ranked as the top vet school in the Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science unit of the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, with 55% of academics producing world-class and internationally excellent research.
The College also provides animal owners and the veterinary profession with access to expert veterinary care and advice through its teaching hospitals; the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital in central London, the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (Europe's largest small animal referral centre), the Equine Referral Hospital, and the Farm Animal Clinical Centre located at the Hertfordshire campus.
https://www.rvc.ac.uk/
