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The Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital is part of the University of Liverpool's Veterinary School.
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Seeing around 2,000 cases each year, the hospital is one of the largest equine referral centres in the UK and is home to highly specialised, expert clinicians and world-class facilities.

16/09/2025

✨ The Leahurst Equine Hospital team were proud to present at BEVA Congress 2025! ✨

Our clinicians and equine nurses shared their expertise across lectures, research sessions, and workshops. A special mention to Jane Devaney and Rebecca Bruford, who delivered an outstanding Nursing Bandaging Workshop and led sessions in the Progressive Nurse Workshop.

📣 Thursday 11th September

Fernando Malalana – Ocular antimicrobial resistance and therapy

Rebecca Bruford – Bandaging workshop

📣 Friday 12th September

David Stack – Orthopaedic scrub nurse (Nursing Practicals)

April Lawson – Clinical action: Guidelines, surveillance and benchmarking

Rebecca Bruford & Jane Devaney – Diagnostics (Progressive Nurse Workshop)

Jane Devaney – Chair: Postoperative Ambulatory Nursing

📣 Saturday 13th September

Harry Carslake – Clinical Evidence & Audit in Primary Care Practice (Panel)

Constance Bowkett-Pritchard – Developing equine slip elastography

Alison Bennell – Navigating chronic pain: Identification and treatment

Lizzie Kopec (for Debbie Archer) – Peritonitis: survival outcomes

We are incredibly proud of the breadth of knowledge our team brought to BEVA this year — from specialist clinical research to progressive equine nursing.

13/09/2025

Our wonderful patient Matilda attended our lameness clinic last week and she was an amazing patient!!⭐️⭐️⭐️
Having suffered with a niggling hindlimb lameness for a few weeks now, her owners brought her in for some answers 🔍
After some diagnostic anaesthesia and imaging, we found Matilda has pain associated with her suspensory ligament and hock. This was treated with joint injections and shockwave therapy🐴💉
She was very well behaved for all of our treatments, so she deserved a bite of the grass in the restricted section 😍👀🍏
🩷 We wish her all the best in recovery 🩷

Get in touch for more information about our lameness clinic and to book in today ☎️

11/09/2025

📣 Calling all aspiring equine surgeons! 📣

Ready to take the next big step of your veterinary career?
The University of Liverpool is on the hunt for a passionate, driven vet for our next 3-year Equine Surgery Residency at the Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital – one of the UK’s top equine facilities.

What’s in it for you?
* £33,951/year + out-of-hours allowance
* 14.5% employer pension contribution
* World-class surgical training & real clinical experience
* Work with top specialists, diverse cases, and cutting-edge tech
* Hands-on teaching, research & CPD opportunities
* Eligibility for ECVS Equine Surgery Diploma

Interviews in October | Preferred start: 1 Dec 2025
Based at our Leahurst Campus on The Wirral

Questions? Email Alison Bennell (Resident Lead) at [email protected]

⭐️ Ready to apply? ⭐️
Head to:
https://tinyurl.com/mu9vjthz
Job description: 099473
(Please copy & paste link in browser)

Candidates must be MRCVS registered before starting – check out rcvs.org.uk for details!

09/09/2025

🎉BEVA congress has come round again🎉

We have a wonderful team of specialists here at Leahurst Equine Hospital who are speaking and presenting new research. 🩺 In addition to this, our fantastic nurses Jane and Bec will be involved in the progressive nurse workshop! 🩻🐴 💉

I hope you can all make time to watch these amazing talks and go say hi to our great team!!

📣 Thursday 11th September:
- Fernando Malalana
- Rebecca Bruford

📣Friday 12th September:
- David Stack
- April Lawson
- Rebecca Bruford
- Jane Devaney

📣Saturday 13th September:
- Harry Carslake
- Constance Bowkett-Pritchard
- Alison Bennel
- Lizzie Kopec (Debbie Archer)

27/08/2025

Some of our equine vets, nurses, yard managers and safety experts recently met with representatives from the University of Liverpool and helmet manufacturer Uvex to discuss one vital topic: The use of protective headwear to make equine veterinary work safer.

The meeting followed recently published CVS-funded research by Dr John Tulloch of the University of Liverpool which highlights the high risk of injury faced by equine vets & nurses. In response, CVS has introduced a mandatory helmet policy for all staff handling or treating horses.

Colleagues have a choice of designs - from riding helmets to specialist protective headwear worn by the emergency rescue services - but currently none are designed specifically for use by equine vets.

So the group explored possible helmet design, shared first-hand experiences and talked about the cultural change needed across the industry to make helmet wearing the ‘norm’. They also learned from Uvex about safety standards and the rigorous testing behind protective helmets.

Change won’t happen overnight, but the message was clear: if helmet-wearing saves just one life or prevents a life-changing injury, it’s worth it.

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22/08/2025

🥰🦄✨Feel Good Friday ✨🦄🥰

This lovely 15-year-old mare came to us with a moderate left fore lameness that was localised to the foot-pastern region using nerve blocks by her brilliant referring vets, Orrell Equine. However, x-rays were unable to identify a clear cause of the lameness. Using MRI, our imaging team, led by specialist Alison Talbot and resident Connie Bowkett-Pritchard, identified a large tear in her deep digital flexor tendon(shown by the red arrows and red circle on the MRI images). 👩‍⚕️🐎
She underwent keyhole navicular bursoscopy surgery, performed by specialist surgeon Sandy Shanklin and resident Nick Vos, where the tear was treated and the bursa was medicated to aid healing. We used a product called IRAP which is cultured from a sample of her blood and this allowed the treatment to be injected into the bursa at regular intervals by her referring vet at home💉👨‍⚕️
Her dedicated owners followed every step of her rehab plan — and last week she was signed off as sound in trot! She’s now happily back out hacking. 🐴💛
Her owner: “Considering her poor prognosis at the time of surgery, this feels like a true victory against the odds… She is living proof that with the right surgery, dedication, and rehab, even the toughest cases can have a happy ending.” 🎉💃💎

19/08/2025

🌟 We’re Hiring! 🌟
Lecturer in Equine 1st Opinion Practice (Part-Time, 0.4 FTE)
📍 Leahurst Equine Practice, University of Liverpool
📅 Closing Date: 4th September 2025

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced equine vet to join our friendly team at Leahurst Equine Practice! 🐴 This is a fantastic part-time opportunity (2 days/week) to work in a supportive clinical environment while helping to teach the next generation of veterinary students.

This is a job share role within our first opinion practice team, and you'll be part of a welcoming group of five full-time equine vets. The post is based at our beautiful Wirral campus and is fixed-term for 9 months.

👉 Applicants should be MRCVS (or eligible to register).
👉 For a Grade 8 appointment, further qualifications are needed

We love what we do – and we’re looking for someone who shares our passion for high-quality equine care and teaching!

🔗 To apply please follow the instructions in this link via our recruitment portal. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/

Informal enquiries welcome – feel free to contact:
📩 Sarah Willson – [email protected]
📩 Harry Carslake – [email protected]

Please share with anyone who might be interested! 💬

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Address

Chester High Road
Neston
CH647TE

Telephone

+44 (0)151 794 6041

Website

http://www.liv.ac.uk/equine

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