Pump Lane Equine Veterinary Clinic

27/03/2024

The Royal Veterinary College in London (RVC) is looking for horses or ponies that have been tested for PPID (Equine Cushing’s disease) within the last 1-3 months. Please share with your clients, friends, colleagues to help the RVC with the research.

The RVC has launched a two-year long study where researchers will use a recently developed quality of life (QoL) assessment tool to monitor the QoL of horses and ponies newly diagnosed with PPID and those of a similar age that have tested negative for PPID.

Owners who wish to participate can sign up for the study at: https://rvc.uk.com/PPID-survey-2023-stage1

More information about the study can be found at: https://www.rvc.ac.uk/research/projects/objective-assessment-of-the-quality-of-life-of-equines-with-pituitary-pars-intermedia-dysfunction

Objective assessment of the quality of life of equines with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is a common hormone disease of older equines. A recently developed tool to allow objective assessment of quality-of-life is now being used in a longitudinal....

01/02/2024

The Highway Code has changed from today (29.01.22)

When driving, you should now pass horse riders and horse-drawn vehicles at speeds under 10 mph and allow at least 2 metres of space. Check the changes, let’s keep each other safe.


Find out more about the changes https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-highway-code-8-changes-you-need-to-know-from-29-january-2022

17/05/2022

INFORMATION ABOUT PRESCRIPTIONS AND LONG TERM MEDICATION.

Our governing body, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the Veterinary Surgeons Act (1966) state that only a Veterinary Surgeon may prescribe or dispense medicines to an animal.

We may only dispense medicines to animals under our care which means that we must examine our patients on a regular basis to comply with the law. This ensures we prescribe the right medicine at the right dose for that particular condition and horse and can monitor for any long term adverse side effects. As a result we will need to see any horse on long term medication every 6 months.

The same applies for written prescriptions to enable you to purchase medicines from a pharmacy. All requests for a prescription need to be given with at least 2 working days notice to allow the Veterinary Surgeon time to issue them.

11/04/2022

Prescription Pandemonium: Why we insist on seeing you pet back for prescription checks

Prescription Checks... most of our clients understand that these are necessary check ups to touch base with our veterinary team, to perform a physical health check, to check for any new concerns, to perform monitoring diagnostic tests and to check weight of our pets before the Veterinary Surgeon prescribes more medications.

However, on occasion veterinary professionals come up against resistance to revisits despite it being in the best interest of the patient.

Why?

Read more to find out:
https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/prescription-pandemonium

10/04/2022

The last two years have been challenging for all businesses, but the coming months look set to present new challenges with the increase in energy prices. Therefore, we have had to make the difficult decision to stop our free call-out fee on a Wednesday. We will honour any Wednesday visits already booked in. We are also happy to accommodate shared visits to reduce visit fees wherever possible. Thank you, our lovely clients for your continued support.

15/03/2022

A message from Liz’s family.

There has been a change to the details AFTER the funeral service for Liz. This will now be held at:
Huntswood Golf Club,
Taplow Common Rd,
Taplow,
Slough
SL1 8LS

The funeral itself will still be taking place at GreenAcres and time and date are the same.

10/03/2022

To All Our Clients who wanted details of the funeral for Liz.

It is to be held on Wednesday 30th March at 11.00am at Greenacres, Potkiln Lane, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, HP9 2XB.

It has been requested by the family not to send flowers or wreaths.

02/03/2022

To All Our Clients,

Robin and I would like to thank everyone for their kind words and support following the sad passing of our dear receptionist Liz. Your words and thoughts mean so much.

For the time being, it would be very helpful if all non urgent calls to the office are made between 10am and 2pm and I will do my best to assist. Robin is available for calls and emergencies as normal.
I am also available to respond to emails.

Also, please can we ask, where possible that invoices are paid via BACS transfer CLEARLY STATING YOUR NAME AS REFERENCE so payments can be allocated correctly.

Thank you for your understanding at this difficult time.

Sara and Robin

26/02/2022

To All of our Clients,
It is with very deep sadness that we have to announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Liz, our very special receptionist. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.
Please bear with us at this very difficult time.
Liz’s partner Tony has asked to pass on funeral arrangements once they are available for anybody wishing to pay their respects.

23/02/2022

A message for our clients. Due to our office Internet being down since Friday’s storm and staff illness, all phone calls are being diverted through to Robin’s mobile. Please bear with him as he is out on visits and is doing his best to catch up with answer phone messages. Sorry for any inconvenience.

29/07/2021

Just a reminder of two webinars starting shortly. This evening at 6.30pm. Saracens feeds have kindly given us some goodies to give away to attendees.

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