Millie's Vets

07/11/2024

YUMOVE UPDATE.

We have received the email (in photo) today.
Please see the attached link for further information and FAQs

https://yumove.co.uk/pages/amazon-faqs/

05/11/2024

If your pet is on Yumove Senior, specifically sourced from Amazon, please see the post issued by Lintbells, the manufacturers of Yumove regarding counterfeit product.

We understand the cost of treating your beloved pets is ever-rising with everything else, and so we understand why you may seek to source your pets products online.

It is incredibly uncommon for fake products to make it to market, but this case shows it is absolutely possible.

Please only purchase from reputable sources, which can include your chosen veterinary practice.

All of our products are sourced only through the three main veterinary wholesalers and we have contact from virtually all product manufacturers too, to guarantee the legitimacy of our supply chain.

We applaud Lintbells for taking ownership of this issue which was absolutely not of their making.

If you have queries, and sourced your product online, please contact Lintbells directly.

01/11/2024

The team at Millie's have chosen the competition winner...

Congratulations to Kirsty Cooper who submitted this amazing photo of Alan, Derek & Pea ❤️ Please pop in to the practice to come and claim your prize.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their photos, we loved all of them and it was difficult to pick just one!

We hope everybody had a spooky halloween 👻

27/10/2024

We hope you’ve all enjoyed today’s sunshine, even if it was a bit nippy!

James is now back from his overseas conference, and will be back at work this week (though off again next week!!)

This week’s vet rota is:
MONDAY: Liam, James (shorter day)
TUESDAY: Sara, Liam
WEDNESDAY: James
THURSDAY: Theresa, James
FRIDAY: Theresa, James
SATURDAY: James.

As ever, you can book appointments by phone when we’re open, or online at MilliesVets.co.uk
The online booking feature has been updated now, allowing you to see which vets are available.

Congleton's Only Independant Veterinary Practice

23/10/2024

With just over one week to go until Halloween, we have decided to start the spooky season off with a little competition to win a toy for your pet.

All you have to do is post a halloween themed photo of your furry companion in the comments below.

You can post ONE photograph per pet and you have until Thursday 31st October at 9pm to submit your photo.

Our team at Millie's will then choose a winner and will announce the winner on Friday 1st November. Good luck🤞

PLEASE NOTE: Whilst we do welcome photo's of pets in costumes, most animals do not like to be dressed up. If your pet does not agree, do not force them. We want them to have fun too!

As an example of a halloween themed photo, here is Leo, one of our veterinary nurses dogs enjoying his annual pumpkin picking adventures 🎃

20/10/2024

Good evening all,

While James is away our telephone triage service between 6-9pm Monday to Thursday will not be available this week. This service is run by James, but it will be the middle of the night with him. Instead, our practice phone number will give the emergency vet phone number to call- 01782 344222. This is our normal out of hours service, based at Rogers, Brock and Barker, ST3 4JJ. Their emergency out of hours consultations are priced from around £170.00 depending on the time of night.

Fortunately, the triage telephone service is not used terribly often, but we know it can be a comfort to speak to one of our own vets in the first instance. This service will resume when James returns next week.

Also, our home visit end-of-life care service will be limited to daytime, registered clients only, and will be subject to availability of a vet and nurse from the practice, and so cannot be guaranteed this week.

Many thanks for your understanding and ongoing support.

19/10/2024

Hi all,

We’re sorry for not publishing our vet rota for a while. We tend to run on a fairly uniform rota each week, with Saturdays being shared between Sara, Liam and James.

But next week, James is away from the practice attending a conference.

So our rota for the coming week is as follows:

MONDAY: Liam all day, Theresa pm only
TUESDAY: Sara, Liam and Theresa.
WEDNESDAY: Liam and Theresa.
THURSDAY: Theresa and Nelu
FRIDAY: Theresa.
SATURDAY: Liam.

The vets are ably assisted by our genuinely amazing nurses Hannah B, Vicky and Hannah N along with our VCA Liv. On reception we have Faye, Kelly and Natalie. Assisting with the general upkeep of the practice is Louise.

We hope you don’t need us, but rest assured we have plenty of appointments available if you do! You can book online or by calling the practice on 01260 222999.

Thanks, and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

05/10/2024

You may remember that a few weeks ago we posted about some imminent internal work to create 2 new consult rooms downstairs.

Well, we’re excited to announce that the work starts tomorrow (Sunday) and will be ongoing for the early part of next week.

This should impact us minimally, as the 2 current consult rooms will still be in use, and all of our inpatient and surgical facilities upstairs are unaffected.

But we would be grateful of your understanding in case of any unforeseen issues we encounter.

Thanks for your ongoing support.

James & Team Millie’s Vets.

01/10/2024

Today James took his dog, Hollie to meet the children at The Nursery.

It was amazing to see their little faces light up when Hollie greeted them.

James explained what a vet is and does, and all the children had the opportunity to listen to their own hearts using a stethoscope, and those who wanted to were allowed to pet Hollie. Before that though, they each had to ask ‘is it ok to stroke your dog’.

James and Hollie thoroughly enjoyed the time there, and we hope the children did too.

30/09/2024

If your pet is on our original healthcare plan, administered through VETSURE, you will have received an email from them this morning.

Your pet’s healthcare plan is not changing at all, we are just changing the direct debit administrators.

Vetsure will take their last direct debit payment in October, and we will email you with the details of the new provider who will take over the collection of your direct debit.

Please rest assured your plan has not been cancelled and is not changing in any way. We are simply changing the direct debit provider.

Thanks for your co-operation.

James.

25/09/2024

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE, owned by the main vet working on site.

VET REQUIRED TO JOIN US FOR 30 - 38 HOURS PER WEEK, to include 1 in 4 Saturdays. No Sundays or out of hours. Minor bank holidays (May, August) on a rota system.

We’re an independent practice, open since January 2023 and have developed a meaningful connection with our clients and their pets.

With a team of 3 vets (2 FT equivalent), we are seeking another vet to join us for 30-38 hours per week which would include 1 in 4 Saturdays.

With 20 minute appointments as routine, all new equipment, a dedicated team of 3 RVNs, 1 VCA, 2 (soon to be 3) front of house plus a part time cleaner, we feel we genuinely offer something different to our team and our clients.

The package would include 6.6 weeks annual leave, access to our employee assistance program and retailer discount scheme, a generous staff discount, and a flexible annual allowance of £3000 per annum pro rata in addition to a salary of up to £60,000.00. The flexible allowance can be used like a salary sacrifice scheme, for example to buy additional time off, additional CPD (including international CPD), or simply added to the salary if preferred.

There is also a CPD budget of £2000 and up to 4 days paid to attend, pro-rata.

Regarding international CPD, the allowance can be used for air travel and accommodation overseas, for example to attend Singapore or New York Vet shows (we have a vet and admin going to both of these this year!)

Our clients are genuinely very appreciative of what we do and cost concerns are very few and far between. We are able to investigate most cases as our prices fit with our strong committment of being fair and reasonable in all that we do.

For more information, please visit milliesvets.co.uk

Applicants must already be registered with the RCVS, and have UK employment elligability: we are not able to offer visa sponsorship.

If you’re a vet with a strong commitment to your clients, their pets and your team, are confident in all aspects of 1st opinion practice and capable of sole charge (for the Saturdays), please send cover letter and CV to [email protected]

Direct applications only please: applications through agencies will not be considered: it is the lack of agency fees which allows us to add the £3000 flexible pot to the package avaialble to the successful client.

Congleton's Only Independant Veterinary Practice

10/09/2024

EXCITING NEWS AT MILLIE’S VETS.

In 3.5 short months, we’ll be celebrating our 2nd birthday and we can barely believe that.

In that time, we’ve gained nearly 2000 wonderful clients with nearly 3000 fabulous pets. We genuinely enjoy meeting each and every one of you, even if some of the pets are little wary of us!

We have full surgical facilities as well as x-ray, ultrasound and blood test machines all on site.

But, we are becoming limited by having just 2 consult rooms. Our original plan was to have a 3rd consult room upstairs, specifically for cat consultations. However, it soon became aparrent that this idea was better on paper than in reality, as not all clients can manage the stairs.

So plan B will soon be in action: the creation of TWO new consult rooms downstairs, taking us to 4 consult rooms in total. This will allow vets and nurses to consult at the same time, and take pressure off our diary.

But don’t worry; we are not aiming for continually adding more and more patients to our list, requiring more and more staff. Our ethos has always and will always be to be a critical part of our local community. Offering excellent care for fair and reasonable prices from a team you know and trust.

Once the new consult rooms are complete, we’ll almost certainly be looking for one more vet and one more qualified veterinary nurse to complete our team. That would take us to 4 vets (equivalent to 3 full time), and 4 nurses (3.5 full time) along with our fab front of house, care assistant and domestic assistant colleagues.

We honestly can’t than you all enough for your ongoing support; without your trust in us, we would not have created the practice we have today.

from James and Team Millie’s

23/08/2024

EARLY CLOSING SATURDAY 24th AUGUST

We’d like to advise that we will be closing at 1pm instead of our usual 4pm tomorrow (Saturday).

We have no appointments booked in the afternoon, and after a busy week it’s important that our team have the time to relax so we are taking the opportunity to close a little earlier and take advantage of the long weekend.

James and the nursing team will be in from 9am to 1pm tomorrow.

Then on the bank holiday Monday, Vet liam along with 2 other colleagues will be working 9am to 2pm.

Outside of these times, our practice phone system will direct you to our out of hours partners- MiNightVet, Stoke- who can be contacted on 01782 344222.

Many thanks for your understanding, and your continued support.

10/08/2024

UPDATE 9.20am 12/08/2024
The original owner (from the microchip) has been in contact this morning. However, he may still have another family here in Congleton, as he went missing from the original owner in December 2021.

SAD POST: sorry

I’m sorry to advise that we have had a deceased male neutered cat brought to us this afternoon.

We do have his and his owner’s details from his microchip, but there is no answer on their recorded phone number.

However, he may be with a different owner, as the address on his microchip is not local, and he was reported as missing a few years ago.

We are open until 4pm today, and have also passed his details to both our own out of hours service, and to the out of hours service in Macclesfield.

09/08/2024

The team at Millie's would like you all to join us in wishing our head Vet and practice owner, James, a very happy birthday 🎈🥳 🎂

08/08/2024

WE ARE RECRUITING!!

We are seeking a part-time Client Care Co-Ordinator.
Exact hours to be confirmed but most likely Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday each week, plus 1 in 4 Saturdays.

We are delighted to be able to offer a new reception role, for an enthusiastic person to join our front of house team.

As a vet practice there would be some contact with patients, but this is primarily a customer service role, and involves telephone answering, handling client queries, taking payments, booking appointments, some administration (eg insurance claims, liaising with other practices and referral centres), all as part of a small, dedication, close-knit team.

The front of house roles in veterinary practices are very varied and can be very busy, so the successful applicant would need a can-do attitude and the ability to work to a high standard for the benefit of both client and patient outcomes.

To apply, please email your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Sunday 18th August. Strictly to recruitment agencies, thanks.

15/07/2024

Update: Poppy has found a suitable home ❤️

URGENT Rehoming appeal:

Poppy the 9 year old Jack Russell terrier is in need of a new home to call her own! Poppy is being rescued this evening from a sad situation and needs a safe place 🙏

We have never met Poppy ourselves, so cannot give any information, but if you feel you could open up your home to her, please direct all enquiries to Becca on 07703564814 or message her rescue page Bubblebecca Pugs.