Whiteley Village Vets

21/09/2024

Very excited to announce that our brand new, state of the art CT machine is being installed today. One of the few clinics in Hampshire to have a permanent CT available for our patients when required.
Hopefully most patients won't require it.... But better to have and not need, than need and not have!

17/08/2024

It's our 10 year anniversary tomorrow!

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us over the years and helped us develop into the wonderful practice that we now have.
7 experienced vets (with 10 extra certificates between them), 2 sites and having doubled Whiteley in size recently, but primarily all dedicated to the best, stress/pain/fear- free experience that we can possibly provide for your pets.
We will be having a huge birthday party and open day shortly - however at the moment, we have building work ongoing for the new permanent CT which is being installed in September - so will wait until after this.
Other great news to hopefully follow soon too....

Multi-award winning, independent vet clinic in Whiteley, providing 1st opinion and referral services

18/04/2024

A huge welcome to our latest recruit, Dr Rebecca Kageler BVSc PgC Small Animal Medicine MRCVS.
Rebecca has taken on the huge challenge of bringing some medical bias to our team of predominantly surgical cert holders.

As with all of our vets, Rebecca is a GP and is happy doing routine surgeries too - but is our long sought after MEDICAL CERT HOLDER UNICORN!

Rebecca is complementing Jola, our Diagnostic Imaging cert holder with those medical cases which leave the silly surgeons perplexed as they can't just cut and fix them ;-).
More news to follow shortly with another cert holder probably joining in the summer - Feline medicine this time.
Just our out of hours team to find now.

28/03/2024

Bank Holiday Opening Hours:
Good Friday - Vets Now
Easter Saturday - 0800-1200
Easter Sunday - Vets Now
Easter Monday - Vets Now

If you call our normal number, you should be transferred automatically. If not, please call

Southampton 02380437999 or 02381841345

Portsmouth 02392170056

There are also links and directions from our website.
Stay safe and hopefully you won't need this!

14/03/2024

Particularly after all of the bad press and 'vet bashing' that has been going on this week on mainstream media, I would like to remind people that we are fiercely INDEPENDENT.
This has its good (mainly) and bad points:
We have complete clinical freedom to do what is best for your pet. We will not do a procedure purely to increase a bill, but because it will benefit your pet.
We have a level of equipment rivalled only by the specialist hospitals - and increasing regularly, to enable us to optimise treatment. This does not however mean that we use it w***y nilly- we still have to justify its use to the benefit of our patient - not just because we can.
We have a team of very experienced vets. Our vets all have vast experience and a special interest field. We are not specialists - we'd have to give up being GPs. This ranges from Diploma level with Advanced Practitioners, Certificates galore and many many years of specific experience.
We very rarely need to refer out - but when we do, it will be governed by aptitude and to the best person, not to ' keep with a corporate group', and we then refer to the best person for the job.
But:
We are small. We don't have the buying power of the big corporates, or on line pharmacies . You can often buy things online cheaper than I can get them from my supplier - and that's before other charges. We are very happy to supply written prescriptions when appropriate for you to take advantage of the online places. These are obviously not appropriate with acute or painful conditions.
We don't have unlimited resources to let people run up bad debts or give huge discounts. We try and keep costs down whilst having great staff and fantastic equipment. This means that there isn't a big margin to play with. The economy of scale isn't on our side.
We cannot afford to have the level of staff, or the level of equipment and be cheap. We need to cover our costs to stay open. We will always endeavour to work within your budget - but we need to know about that before you have told us to do everything - and then that you can't pay and it's our fault.
We are not cheap, but we think we give very good value for our charges. There is a huge difference.

We take each pet and genuinely do the best for it. We are not here to fleece you or do anything unnecessary. We want to work with you to maximise your pet's health and minimise stress.

This week, we have had several episodes of complete abuse, and a load of absolute nonsense sprouted online.
Right at the moment, I can see why other vet practice owners sell out to corporates and leave the profession.
But the pros of being indie far outweigh the cons, and I just need to ignore the falsehoods and hold my head up. Please be kind. My staff and I just want to do our best for everyone. If you're obnoxious, expect to be asked to leave. Another pro.

09/02/2024

Our brand new cat and rabbit area is open and looking beautiful - but bare!
Rather than generic pictures for our walls, if anyone has any lovely pictures of our patients, we'll get a selection canvas printed to make it more homely.
Please post any nice pictures here - and if possible email a higher resolution to us to get blown up. [email protected]

Dogs obviously also welcome - but for downstairs.

Please ensure that copyright etc allow us to print/ publish anything posted and that we can assume that you're happy for us to do so.

02/02/2024

Please bear with us this morning as all of our computer systems have crashed. Apparently it's a country wide issue affecting our cloud based software.. Hopefully at least this means that it will be quickly sorted, however it also means that our usual workarounds don't work.
Arrgghh. Modern technology. We still have plenty of pens and paper.

02/02/2024

Our whole computer system is currently down. Could all clients that are booked in today please call the Practice before coming for your appointment. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. Thank you.

22/12/2023

Christmas Opening times:
Sat 23 0800-1200
Sun 24 VetsNow
Mon 25 VetsNow
Tues 26 VetsNow
Weds 27 0800-1900 (usual).

We were trying to be open for a few hours on the 26th, however late issues have kyboshed that. Sorry.

Merry Christmas everyone and keep safe and well.

02/12/2023

Martin and Cara's nephew, Heath is shaving off all of his (beautiful) hair to support Martin, in aid of the MNDA, who have been very helpful throughout Martin's illness.
Hopefully this will help a cure to be found and those with MND will have a future.

Help Alison Hulett raise money to support Motor Neurone Disease Association

10/11/2023

Update:
It is very easy to apply for exemption - see the below link. No checks required.

Several people have been asking us about the new laws surrounding XL bulldogs.
The guidance that has been released is to be found here

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/prepare-for-the-ban-on-xl-bully-dogs

As with any of the banned breeds, in essence, this means that after 31/12/23, they must be muzzled and kept on the lead in public. Their ownership cannot be transferred in any way after that date and they must be neutered by certain dates depending on age, however must NOT be bred from. This breeding ban has effectively started before this week as any bitch getting pregnant now couldn't deliver prior to the ban coming into effect.
To keep an xl bully (and many of these are gentle family pets), an exemption certificate is required for the dog. These are required by 31/01/24. Unfortunately, as you can read in the official legislation, we haven't yet been advised as to what this entails. We suspect that it is likely to be a temperament check for the dog and and something to say that the owner is experienced and suitable - however this is speculation - we really don't know yet.
We are doing our best to help clients who have xlB's - however we have been given no more official guidance than is on the DEFRA page above. Please don't shout at our receptionists for not knowing - we haven't been told either. As soon as I have more information, I will share it and let's get our pet dogs safe.

What XL Bully dog owners, vets and rehoming centres need to do to prepare for the ban.

09/10/2023

A huge welcome to Sarah and Agata, our new permanent vets.

Agata is our exotics and endosurgery clinician, and operating both first opinion and referral services.

Sarah has joined our strong surgical team, allowing us to further build on this and restart offering referral as well as assisting our own patients.

Natalie has just finished all of the practical assessments for her advanced orthopaedics too, so is progressing well on her Advanced ortho certificate before intending to advance to her diploma.

A fantastic team of advanced clinicians as well as being great GPs.

30/09/2023

It's that time of year again. If you think we deserve an award in any category, please nominate us.
Having been runner up previously, we'd love to win the Oscars of the pet world.
If you think we could do better or have any other suggestions, please let us know at [email protected]

Would you like to thank your veterinary practice or someone in the team? Nominate today!

27/09/2023

There's been a lot of talk about Brucellosis canis recently - including misinformation on our policies. To prevent this, I thought I'd clarify things on here to start with.
There has been a couple of cases of human Brucellosis in the the press, and the RCVS has highlighted this to all vets, with the BVA and RCVS putting out statements about this.
In my opinion, whilst this is potentially a serious issue, it has been blown out of all proportion by some entities. Whilst there is a risk of infection from positive patients, and it is incurable, the risk is very low and mitigated by PPE when in an at risk situation (dealing with body fluids, particularly whelping etc)
That said, I have a duty of care to my staff, clients and patients. We would be completely remiss not to mention and take this seriously.
We will NOT refuse to see/treat any dog, tested or not. The chance of a true positive test, according to the HAIRS report is less than 1.7% in high risk patients - and there are very high rates of false positive results.

As such, we are not insisting on tests for any patient - however if we don't have a negative test, we have to now treat as potentially positive and then use PPE to deal with body fluids from these patients. Yes, it's probably over reaction - but we can't risk it, particularly when it's been flagged by our governing bodies. It is unlikely to get a true positive. Once we have a negative test, we can treat totally as normal.
If we do get a positive test, many will be false positives as the test reacts with several other antibodies. We then advise retesting after 4weeks with a double test to clarify. If negative - great!
If another positive test occurs, we will still treat, but using PPE if dealing with body fluids. Gloves and masks. The powers that be advocate euthanasia, as do some colleagues. This will depend on our clients and their circumstances and we will talk through individual options, but as usual, take each patient individually.
We much prefer testing as we really don't expect to have any issues with long term patients and this way, we can be responsible and move on without worrying. It is optional however, not mandatory.
If anyone thinks of another way that I can protect my staff, my clients and my patients, whilst staying within RCVS guidelines, please let me know!

23/08/2023

Minor edit - Agata is about to submit her caselogs to obtain her exotics and endosurgery certificates. As always, we will always support advanced education! At Whiteley, we have a wide range of surgical endoscopic and flexible endoscopy equipment, enabling us to do many procedures in a minimally invasive manner - when appropriate. Agata's choice will be which of many cases to submit by her submission date in November!

22/08/2023

Great news - We're taking on 2 more certificate holding vets, and as such both expanding the advanced knowledge base and we have re opened our books!

We will be be taking on both new patients of our own, and referral patients - whereby your normal vet can refer your pet to us - and we then send you back to them once treatment is complete, alongside detailed notes for them.

In the meantime, we also have our lovely Shivana locumming for the next month, joined by locum Huw, who has also proved himself to be a very useful addition.

This brings us to a team of 5 certificate (or higher) holding vets - so all on the specialism route as well as being GPs, together with Max - who has her dental special interest and Shirly, who backs us all up and is developing quickly into a very proficient GP.
In essence:-
Cara - soft tissue surgeon - PgC SAS GPCAdv SASTS PgD AVPS (SASTS)
Natalie - orthopaedic surgeon - PGCert SAS, Advanced practitioner in surgery
Jola - diagnostic imager
Sarah - general surgeon
Agata - double cert - endoscopy/endosurgery and exotics
Max - dentist

We are also about to open the upstairs of our building as a dedicated cat/rabbit and exotics clinic, together with the administration side of the business - watch this space for our opening launch!

26/07/2023

FOUND CAT

We are looking for the owners of a female semi long hair tortoiseshell, approx age 8 years + with no microchip. Has been straying since 2016 on Woodstock Close, Hedge End. Currently being cared for. Please contact us on 01489571192 if you think she could be yours.

26/07/2023

FOUND CAT

We are urgently trying to seek the owners of a female tabby domestic short hair, approx age 7-9 months old with no microchip. Found on Highlands Road, Fareham. Currently receiving treatment due to very bad injury to her tail. Please call us if you think she could be yours. 01489571192.