Bridge Vet Ltd

12/06/2024

FANTASTIC NEWS ⭐️

🎉The planning permission for our new surgery has been granted! 🎉 The next step will be to get the ball rolling with the builders. Current projections are that we will be in the new premises around November, but we will keep you all informed of our progress.

Lots of change will be happening here over the next few months, rest assured we are NOT being taken over and will remain a truly independent practice owned by Ann and Scott.

There are some staff changes, we are welcoming our lovely Vet Rachel back from her maternity leave currently, and she is hoping to be back with us fully around September but had a few days with us now, to settle herself back in. And as one mum returns another one leaves! Receptionist Catherine is off on maternity leave in July, and is being covered by Sharon. Sharon is new to us here but has worked in veterinary practice, so please bear with her whilst she is learning our ropes!

Some sad news is that our new graduate Vet Teja has left for pastures new after cutting her teeth here in her first 6 months as a fully fledged Vet, we wish her the very best of luck for her future career.

The expanded practice will mean that we will soon be recruiting for further permanent clinical staff, however in the mean time we are using some Locum cover, to get you seen sooner. We endeavour to use the same small group of locums whenever we can so you don’t see too many unfamiliar faces, but please understand we are doing everything we can to keep the volume of available appointments up, so apologies if you feel you are seeing different people, it really won’t last for long, and our new surgery will be well worth the wait.

We thank all of you, our lovely clients, for your support at this time, and we can’t wait to go on this journey with you!

Team Bridge 🐾

23/05/2024

BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

Please note that the surgery will be CLOSED on Monday 27th May. We will re open as normal on Tuesday 28th May at 8:30am.

We will of course be providing our Out of Hours service for genuine emergencies over the weekend for our registered clients.

We hope you have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend!

Team Bridge 🐾

23/05/2024

For those of you that haven’t already spotted it in the media, all our staff here at Bridge Vets want to offer our lovely Nurse Chloe and her fiancé Tom MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS on their engagement, after this epic proposal 🚜💚 Not only is this fabulous news, it means all of us as her colleagues, don’t have to hear about ‘this is the night’ every time they go out for dinner…..🤣

17/05/2024

Hopefully many of you have seen our exciting news by now! We are still in the early stages, planning permission has not been granted yet, but we are hopeful.....

We want to reassure you that we are proudly remaining an independent practice, owned and run by Ann and Scott. We will be keeping you up-to-date with our news here on this page, on the website, and of course in the surgery, as things develop. If you have any worries, please do get in touch!

Team Bridge 🐾

A thriving Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge vet practice is set to move into a new premises, doubling its size.

17/05/2024

We have had a senior tortoiseshell cat handed in from the Poplar Estate area recently. If you feel this is your cat please contact the surgery. You will be asked to give a description and any photos you have would be appreciated. Thank you.

14/05/2024

⭐️PRACTICE MEETINGS⭐️

Please bear with us today from midday until 2pm and tomorrow (Weds 15th) as we are holding practice meetings for our staff. This enables us to keep up to date with all team members.

The surgery will remain open as usual, but with limited staff available during these times.

We thank you for your patience,

Team Bridge 🐾

08/05/2024

VETERINARY NURSE AWARENESS MONTH⭐️

Did you know that our Veterinary Nurses can give second vaccines to puppies and kittens if they had their first vaccine and health check with one of our vets?

Puppies William & Harry came in to see Chloe during her nurse clinic today for their second vaccine. They were very well behaved and very quickly learnt that being brave for their injection meant they got lots of snacks and fuss! William and Harry will be completely protected in 7 days time and can then start exploring the big wide world!

Nurse clinics are the ideal opportunity for owners to ask any questions they may have when there is a new addition to the family, checking weights of growing puppies and kittens, to discuss preventative flea and worm treatment and advising on neutering! Our nurses are always more than happy to help!

Team Bridge 🐾

07/05/2024

🐱 COMPULSORY MICROCHIPPING FOR CATS 🐱

From the 10th of June it will become a legal requirement for all cats to be microchipped by the time they are 20 weeks of age.

Please call the surgery on 01278 792959 to book your nurse clinic appointment for your cat to be chipped.

Click the link below for all the up to date information regarding the new law.

Team Bridge 🐾

The GOV has announced that microchipping is to become a legal requirement for cats, with penalties of up to £500 for those who fail to comply.

06/05/2024

Every year the BVNA (The British Veterinary Nursing Association) celebrate the work of Registered Veterinary Nurses throughout the month of May!

We will be posting all about the vital work our nurses do in our practice over the next few weeks- stay tuned!

Team Bridge 🐾

02/05/2024

⭐️Please note the surgery will be CLOSED Monday 6th May.

We will of course be providing our emergency Out of Hours service should you need us. ⭐️

23/04/2024

VECTOR✨🌈

We are very sad to announce that after a short and sudden illness Vector has passed away. The whole team are absolutely devastated as he was a firm favourite amongst all the staff here at Bridge. He was also very well known amongst our clients as he had a very cheeky personality and would often be found sat on the reception desk!

A very special mention goes to our receptionist Jenny, who had given him a wonderful retirement in his golden years as the increasing busyness of the practice became more stressful for him as he got older.

We will all miss him very much as he was one of a kind! 🐱

Team Bridge 🐾

06/04/2024

Thank you to all our clients who voted for their favourite decorated pot after our staff tested their crafty skills in this years Easter creative competition by decorating a little terracotta plant pot. We have totted up the votes and we are pleased to announce that this years winner is Receptionist Sadie with her nest of chicks. Congratulations Sadie 💐🥇

06/04/2024

Another appeal to reunite a stray cat - we have large black and white male at the surgery. Found near Aldwych Close, Burnham. Please contact the surgery if you think this boy belongs to you. Proof of ownership will be required. Thank you

30/03/2024

🐥STAFF EASTER POT DECORATING COMPETITION 🐥

Our Easter competition amongst our staff members is back for another year!

Please like the individual photo if you’d like it to win, the picture with the most votes will be announced as our winner next week!

Get liking!

Team Bridge🐾

26/03/2024

EASTER OPENING HOURS 🐥

Good Friday 29th March - CLOSED

Saturday 30th March - NORMAL HOURS 9am-Midday

Easter Sunday 31st March CLOSED

Easter Monday 1st April- CLOSED

We will of course be providing our Out of Hours Emergency service should you need us when the surgery is closed.

Please check whether you will require medication/prescription food for your pets over the Easter period and submit your requests to the surgery by tomorrow at the latest as our last order will be this Thursday.

We would like to wish our clients and their pets a lovely Easter break!

Team Bridge 🐾

19/03/2024

*STRAY CAT*

Yesterday afternoon a tabby and white female cat got brought into the practice as she had jumped into somebody’s car at Sedgemoor Services!

She is wearing a collar but is not microchipped so we are struggling to contact an owner.

If you think she may belong to you then please call the surgery on 01278 792959

27/02/2024

⭐️ Here are some of our lovely patients making themselves right at home during their appointments recently!

We know the vets isn’t every pets favourite place but we do love it when they aren’t worried by being in the consult room ❤️

Team Bridge 🐾

07/02/2024

We are continuing to have intermittent issues with our phone lines. Apologies to our clients who have difficulty getting through.

Please continue to try getting through and where possible we will endeavour to call you back.

Thank you for your patience

23/01/2024

PHONE LINES ❗️

We are experiencing an intermittent fault with our phone lines, we have logged the issue and we are hoping it will be resolved soon.

We apologise to any of our clients who have tried calling us and not managed to get through, we will try our best to call you back.

Team Bridge

22/12/2023

🎄CHRISTMAS OPENING HOURS 🎄

Saturday 23rd December- 9am - Midday- Normal Hours

Sunday 24th December- Christmas Eve- CLOSED

Monday 25th December - Christmas Day- CLOSED

Tuesday 26th December- Boxing Day- CLOSED

Wednesday 27th December - Normal Opening Hours

Our Out of Hours service will of course be provided as usual over the Christmas period should you need us in the case of a genuine emergency.

Otherwise, we hope you have a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Team Bridge 🐾

20/12/2023

THANK YOU ⭐️

Thank you so much to the lovely clients that have nominated us as a practice or individually, we are so very grateful! We have proudly displayed the nominations in our waiting room.

There is still time to nominate if you feel we have gone above and beyond for your pet or if you feel like a particular member of staff has given your pet the very best care!

You can do this via the link below:

https://www.petplan.co.uk/about-petplan/vets/awards/

🎄Merry Christmas from Team Bridge🎄

05/12/2023

🎄 FOOD & MEDICATION REQUESTS 🎄

With Christmas fast approaching we would ask all of our clients to please request all prescription medication and food for their pets in advance.

The last day to place an order will be WEDNESDAY 20th DECEMBER, orders placed after this time cannot be guaranteed to arrive before Christmas.

The surgery will be closed from Midday Saturday 23rd December until Wednesday 27th December at 8:30am, we will of course be providing our emergency service over the Christmas period but this will not be for requesting repeat medications or food.

Please call the surgery on 01278 792959 with any requests.

Team Bridge 🐾

05/11/2023

Pets scared by the fireworks? Come and join us for two nights of calming classical music, in the musical sanctuary we call Pet Classics. 🐾

📻 Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 November, 5-9pm.

04/11/2023

🐱UPDATE: We are pleased to say that our pretty little boarder has been reunited with her owner and is booked in for her microchip soon should she decide to take herself off for a walk again. Normally an indoor cat/home body, she decided to take herself off for a little stroll a bit further than usual yesterday. Thankyou to the ladies that picked her up and brought her safely to the surgery. Permission received to share her picture and you can all no doubt agree, she is a little beauty.

🐱We would like to take this opportunity to advise and remind folks that compulsory microchipping for cats will be coming into effect from 10th June 2024. We would encourage all pet owners to get their cats microchipped ahead of the new law taking effect. Please get in touch with us to find out how.
It is already compulsory for dogs to be indentified with a microchip. If you are not sure if your dog has a chip please contact us to arrange a time when they can be scanned. For those that are chipped, Please make sure your and your pets details with the microchip registration are also up to date. So, if you have moved, changed phone numbers or taken on a dog, puppy or microchipped cat from another home, breeder or rescue centre please check that the registration details for their microchip have been updated. If you are not sure how, please call the surgery for advice.
Thank you and be safe this firework season ✨

🐾A young cat has been brought to the surgery after following a young girl home from the Burnham Tesco Stores. No identification with which to find an owner so with concerns of the day becoming dark, fireworks and being uncertain from where the cat came from we have kept the cat here for safety.
Please rest assured that the cat is in good health and if you live close to Tesco and are missing a young cat please contact the surgery to speak to our on duty vet. You will be asked to give a description for identification and any photos you may have to prove ownership would be greatly appreciated. thank you.
Bridge Vets

31/10/2023

OCTOBER PET OF THE MONTH ⭐️ BRUCE

Bruce came in to see Vet Ann and Nurse Leanne one Saturday afternoon due to having a tri barbed fish hook and weight attached to his lower lip! The owners were horrified as Bruce came in from the garden with the object piercing through his skin- with neither owner having a fishing hobby they were completely shocked as to where Bruce had found the hook and why it was in their garden!

Ann managed to give Bruce a very light sedation to remove the hook and weight, as he was very distressed and pawing at his face trying to remove it himself. Fortunately, there was very little damage done and Bruce made a quick recovery and went home shortly after.

Team Bridge 🐾

27/10/2023

PRACTICE NEWS🐾

YES! There are lots of us here nowadays at Bridge Vets!

Regular clients will have noticed that we have a few new faces here at the surgery lately. Lots of changes have been happening behind the scenes, and we wanted to fill you in on it all.

Firstly, and most importantly, our own lovely Vet Rachel has given birth to a beautiful baby boy, William. We all wish her lots of love and look forward to welcoming her back next year. We are using a small team of locums to cover her maternity leave, so you may see some visiting Vets.

We are sadly saying goodbye to Stefano in November, he is relocating with his family. We have really enjoyed working with him and wish him lots of luck for his future.

We are delighted to have welcomed three new members of staff:
Hayley, our newest Veterinary Care Assistant,
Caz, a Veterinary Nurse of many years,
and Teja, a Veterinary Surgeon.

Please be kind to them as they are lovely ladies and all working very hard trying to learn the ropes! Look out for their Bio’s on here soon.
You may also have noticed our Vet Nurse Rachel here, in civilian clothing! After the birth of her second child, she has returned to us in an admin role, using her veterinary knowledge to assist clients with pet insurance, amongst other jobs.

The rest of us are all still here! Vets Ann and Jenny make up the rest of the Vet team, Nurses Chloe, Leanne and Scott compliment them, and our support team is made of Emma, our Practice Manager, and our Receptionists Jenny, Sadie, Tania, Catherine, and another Emma.

Although you may see new people here, rest assured we have recruited carefully, and our new staff share our values of compassionate care and providing high-quality affordable treatments for our clients and their pets. We look forward to seeing you here when you need us.

Team Bridge🐾

22/09/2023

PET PLAN VETERINARY AWARDS 2024

Nominations now open! 📣

Has a member of our team gone above and beyond for your pet? What better way to show your appreciation than by nominating them for the Pet Plan Awards!

Categories:

Practice of the Year
Vet of the Year
Vet Nurse of the Year
Practice Manager of the Year
Practice Support Staff of the Year

Click the link below if you if you would like to nominate a member of our dedicated and hard working team!

Team Bridge 🐾

I have just nominated for the Petplan Veterinary Awards! - Would you like to thank your veterinary practice or someone in the team? Nominate today at www.petplan.co.uk/vetawards

15/09/2023

GINO 🐱

The very handsome Gino came into the surgery today to see Chloe, one of our nurses. Gino is a large breed of cat called a Maine C**n and he weighs 8.3kgs- perfect for his breed but weighs the same as a Jack Russell terrier!

He was very well behaved and relaxed throughout the nurse clinic…. Well done Gino!

Team Bridge 🐾

06/09/2023

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ⭐️

New guidance came in earlier this week regarding Vets prescribing medications. The set of guidelines has been set by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, our governing body and therefore we are obliged to abide by these.

We understand the frustration the rule changes have caused amongst some of our clients, we also are feeling the strain of implementing them but this is simply something we have to follow.

Flea and worm checks seem to have caused the most confusion so please read the following carefully:

The cost of a flea and worm check is now £12 and this enables us to prescribe your pets flea and worm treatment for 12 months, this check allows us to record on your file that your pet has had a physical examination. If your pet has had this check you do not need to be seen every time you require flea/worm treatment in that 12 month period as it has already been prescribed. If your pet is due their booster vaccinations or Practice Plan Health Check you do not need an additional flea and worm check, those appointments include a clinical examination and the vet will record on your file that flea and worm treatment can be dispensed for 12 months.

Please remember to be kind to our staff members, abuse towards our team will not be tolerated as they have no choice in implementing the new protocols.

Team Bridge 🐾

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04/09/2023

⭐️IMPORTANT INFORMATION ⭐️

NEW UNDER-CARE GUIDANCE FOR PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES.

From 1st September the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS, the regulatory body for the veterinary profession in the UK) introduced new guidance on prescribing prescription-only medicines.

The new guidance requires that a physical examination of the pet has to be performed every time any antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals and antiparasiticides are prescribed. This includes topical preparations such as ear and eye drops, and all prescription flea / worm / tick products.

The guidance is an important step towards ensuring responsible antimicrobial use and reducing the veterinary impact on the wider issues of global antibiotic resistance and decline of insect populations.

What this means in practice is that your pet will need to come in for an in-person consultation every time:

- We need to prescribe medication for an ear infection (as most contain antibiotics).

- We need to prescribe antibiotics for any skin problem, even if it’s a chronic problem.

- We / you decide to change form one flea / worm / tick product to another.

- We suspect a urinary tract infection.

- We suspect a gastrointestinal infection.

For long-term prescription medication that is not antimicrobial / antiparasitic, our usual policy of requiring an examination every 6 months (or every 3 months in some less stable or more serious cases) continues to apply.

The consultations are charged at our usual fee of £38 – £28.88 depending on whether it’s an initial consultation or one for a recurring problem.

If you have any questions or concerns about the new guidance, the RCVS can be contacted on 0207 202 0789 or [email protected]. The full guidance can be found on: https://www.rcvs.org.uk/setting-standards/advice-and-guidance/under-care-new-guidance/

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in this matter –

Team Bridge🐾

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