Bridge Referrals

07/11/2024

Some of our other entries for the staff pet fancy dress competition.. 🐾👻

Don’t they all look absolutely pawsome! 🎃🐾🖤

07/11/2024

HARRY PAWTER 🪄🎃👻

In celebration of Halloween and of course our second anniversary, we thought it would be fun to have a staff pet fancy dress competition! 👻

Congratulations to Meg, our lead VCA, whose handsome pup Alfie dressed up as Harry Potter! ✨

How amazing does he look!? 🪄

06/11/2024

Calling all vets and nurses! 🩺🐾

Join us on Monday 18th November for our CPD evening with our ophthalmologists, Sarah Harrison and Olivia Grice! 👁️

⏰ Food from 7pm, CPD starts from 7.30pm
📍 Bridge Referrals, Boldon Business Park
🌟 Certificates provided

To register please email -
📧 [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you then! 💚💙

06/11/2024

Upcoming Pet Blood Bank donation session! ❤️🐾

We are very excited to be welcoming the Pet Blood Bank UK team back to our venue on Sunday 1st December for our second blood donation session! 🐾

We’re looking for lovely dogs to come forward and donate at this session. If your dog meets the criteria below, they could become a lifesaving blood donor!

❣️Between the ages of 1 and 8
❣️Weigh over 25kg
❣️Fit and healthy
❣️Happy, confident, & enjoy meeting new people

To find out more and register your dog for our upcoming donation session, please visit www.petbloodbankuk.org/dogs ❤️

05/11/2024

Two years of Bridge Referrals! 🎉🎉🎉

We are truly overwhelmed by the amazing support we’ve received over the past two years. The abundance of 5-star Google reviews, excellent feedback both verbally and via social media, as well as the countless thank you cards and gifts, have been deeply appreciated by our entire team. Your trust in us means everything, and we want to extend our sincere thanks to our wonderful clients, their beloved pets, and the referring vets who continue to support us. You are all a vital part of the Bridge Referrals family! 💚💙

Click the link below to read our second anniversary blog! ⬇️

On the 31st of October 2024, Bridge Referrals celebrated the second anniversary of their multidisciplinary veterinary referrals centre in Boldon Colliery. Bridge Referrals is privately owned and operated. From the beginning the objective was to build a modern veterinary referrals facility that would...

31/10/2024

More of our amazing patients who visited us today for their regular chemotherapy treatments (and halloween trick or treat bags). Some of them even came dressed for the occasion. The lovely Pug, Nala (dressed like a giant spider) and the handsome Carlos the Frenchie also both completed their chemotherapy today. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

24/10/2024

We know It's not halloween for another week from now but the oncology team are starting a little earlier with the seasonal bandage art! Here are just a few of our lovely chemotherapy patients today with their unique dressings and little treat bags from the team! 💚💙

17/10/2024

Bridge Referrals are delighted to announce that Harry Swales, a European Specialist in Veterinary Internal Medicine, has joined the team!

Bridge Referrals are delighted to announce that Harry Swales, a European Specialist in Veterinary Internal Medicine, has joined the team!   Harry has worked with Darren Long and the other directors previously over the years and he is a very welcome addition to the expanding team, bringing with him ...

11/10/2024

HAPPY NATIONAL VETERINARY NURSE DAY! 🎉

Today, we celebrate and extend our deepest gratitude to our incredible nursing team at Bridge Referrals. Your unwavering dedication, compassion, and hard work make an extraordinary difference in the lives of the pets and families we care for every day! 🫶

From providing essential care and comfort to assisting in life-saving treatments, our veterinary nurses are at the heart of our team. We are so proud of each and every one of you for the amazing work you do! 🩵

Thank you for your commitment to the health and well-being of our patients! 🐾🫶

Here’s just a few photos of some of our wonderful team! 💖

11/10/2024

Happy Friday from the gorgeous Nori! 😍💖

This cutie is in to see Karl for an initial cardiac assessment! Her cuddles were very much appreciated by all of us this morning! 🫶🫶🫶

09/10/2024

Bridge Referrals are now offering fixed fee cataract surgery! 👏

What does this include?
🔹Initial consultation with an ophthalmologist
🔹Cataract assessment including the following:
🔸Electroretinogram (ERG)
🔸Preoperative bloods
🔸Ocular ultrasound
🔹Pre-operative course of medication
🔹General anaesthesia
🔹IV fluids
🔹Cataract removal by phacoemulsification
🔹Artificial intraocular lens insertion
🔹Anterior vitrectomy as required
🔹Hospitalisation for intensive monitoring post-surgery
🔹Four weeks of post-operative medication, including oral antibiotics if required
🔹Four weeks of post-operative re-examinations

🔹One eye - £5000
🔹Both eyes - £6000

Early cataract assessment is encouraged to optimise treatment. If surgery is performed as soon as vision affects the patients quality of life this reduces the risk of secondary complications, especially in young and diabetic patients where cataracts can progress quickly. Therefore assessing cataracts early and monitoring them as they develop is important.

For more information about cataracts, simply click on the link below ⬇️

https://www.bridgereferrals.co.uk/blog/cataracts-what-are-they/

Referrals for cataract assessments can be done via our online platform by your primary care vet! Or for more information you can call ☎️ 01915808330!

08/10/2024

MRI scans available at Bridge Referrals every Wednesday! 👏

MRI scans can be used for the diagnosis of -

🔹 Spinal disorders
🔹 Brain conditions
🔹 Joint problems
🔹 Ear conditions

And much more….

Referrals can be submitted on our online platform or alternatively you can call ☎️ 0191 5808330!

Burgess Diagnostics Limited

07/10/2024

Congratulations to Abigail, our wonderful veterinary nurse, for winning the September monthly Bridge award! 🎉💖

Abi is a wonderful RVN, she always stays back to help out where she can! She is such a polite, kind and considerate person, but what a nurse!!! 👏

Abi is wonderful with patients, and always gives them such a high level of care! She always helps the VCA team with their jobs when she has the time, and shows appreciation to everyone! 🫶

Her compassion and patient care is second to none, she is a massive asset to the team. Thank you for all you do and how incredibly hard you work! 💖

07/10/2024

Throughout the month of October, Bridge Referrals will be offering free Brachycephalic eye health screens to detect early ocular abnormalities! 👁️

We all know Brachycephalic breeds like Pugs, Shih-tzus, Boston Terriers and French Bulldogs for example, are considerably more prone to ocular issues.

If minor abnormalities that predispose to ocular disease are detected and addressed early, we can prevent more severe problems developing! This can reduce the risk of ocular disease in these breeds that can often result in blindness, emergency surgeries or globe loss.

Pets must be referred via our online platform. If you require any further information you can call us on ☎️ 0191 5808330!

For more information on Bracycephalic Ocular Syndrome, check out our blog below ⬇️

https://www.bridgereferrals.co.uk/blog/brachycephalic-ocular-syndrome/

07/10/2024

What a success! 👏 we’d like to say a huge thank you to all of the lovely donors and their owners who attended our first donation session for Pet Blood Bank UK last week! ❤️

Our next session will be held on the 1st December 2024 ❣️🐾 if your dog meets the criteria below, they could become a lifesaving blood donor!

❣️Between the ages of 1 and 8
❣️Weigh over 25kg
❣️Fit and healthy
❣️Happy, confident, & enjoy meeting new people

To find out more and register your dog for our upcoming donation session, please visit www.petbloodbankuk.org/dogs ❤️

02/10/2024

The stunning Serena was in this week for a check up with our medicine team! 🐾

Serena first came to us last year with a long history of diarrhoea. Thanks to her Faecal Micorbiome Transplant procedure performed by Darren last November, her diarrhoea has resolved and she is has been doing very well ever since! 👏 She comes in regularly for rechecks and is always a star patient! 💖

Faecal microbiota transplantation, or FMT for short, is the technique by which we can transfer processed faecal microorganisms from a healthy screened donor into the gastrointestinal tract of a diseased patient in order to try and re-establish an unbalanced microbiome, usually as the result of a disease process or from use of antibiotics.

Click the link below to read our blog - Faecal Microbiota Transplantation in dogs and cats at Bridge Referrals ⬇️

https://www.bridgereferrals.co.uk/blog/faecal-microbiota-transplantation-in-dogs-and-cats-at-bridge-referrals/

If you have any questions about FMT or you think your pet might benefit from this, get in touch with your veterinary surgeon regarding referral to us!

Referrals can be made via our online platform, or for more information you can call our admin team on ☎️ 01915808330!

02/10/2024

Check out our latest blog written by our Cardiologist, Karl Bovenizer! 🫀

Simply click on the link below! 👇

In our last blog we looked at the basic structure of the conduction system in the heart, how that created the ECG we look at and the basic structure of our ECG – the P-QRS-T complexes. This time, we are going to have a look at some normal ECGs and then some common abnormal ones. We will also touch...

02/10/2024

Our first donation session for Pet Blood Bank UK is on Sunday 6th October! ❤️🐾

We are very excited to be welcoming the Pet Blood Bank team to our venue on Sunday 6th October for our first blood donation session! 🐾

We’re looking for lovely dogs to come forward and donate at this session. If your dog meets the criteria below, they could become a lifesaving blood donor!

❣️Between the ages of 1 and 8
❣️Weigh over 25kg
❣️Fit and healthy
❣️Happy, confident, & enjoy meeting new people

To find out more and register your dog for our upcoming donation session, please visit www.petbloodbankuk.org/dogs ❤️