Equicall

19/09/2025

Lovely to be able to share this post from Stride Equine Vets! Rachel has been part of the Equicall Team from the very early days and is always calm in a crisis!! A hugely experienced vet and someone who can turn her hand to absolutely anything as you can see from some of her adventures. We’re so proud to have Rachel on our team providing out of hours cover in the South East 🧡

𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 - 𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐋 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐌𝐑𝐂𝐕𝐒 - 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐍

Rachel graduated from Glasgow University in 2010 and after a couple years in mixed equine/farm practice in Yorkshire decided to specialise in horses.

Rachel has certificates in equine lameness and surgery and spent several years in Australia specialising in stud work and sports horse medicine.

Originally from Lancashire, Rachel moved to the south coast in 2021 to be closer to the sea and allowing her to split her time between her two passions - horses, and sailing!

In 2023 she took a sabbatical to race around the world on a sailing yacht.

Rachel now enjoys spending her time as a night owl ,specialising in equine emergencies as part of Equicall , whilst also having time to enjoy being near the sea.

We are extremely lucky to have Rachel cover Stride Equine Vets out of hours every second week making her an invaluable member of the Stride Equine team.

15/09/2025

Jess is one of the best! 🫶

10/09/2025

It’s hard to know where Equicomms start and finish when it comes to how seamlessly they meet the Equicall service. We wouldn’t be able to do the job we do without them and are so proud to be linked to them 🧡🫶 thank you Equicomms for looking after the clients and our vets so well. There is nothing you cannot sort for us 🧡

09/09/2025

With the recent flush of grass it is worthwhile to closely monitor how much your horse has access to. Overeating of lush grass can lead to colic and is something our vets are being called out to regularly at the moment 🩺💉

Below are some tips for temporarily limiting access to lush grass:

🐴 Grazing muzzles (assuming well fitting and tolerated by the horse or pony)

🐴 Strip grazing to limit access to the lush / ungrazed section

🐴 Track system

🐴 Turn out in an alternative area with access to alternative forage such as soaked hay

If your horse starts showing any signs of colic such as reduced appetite, pawing at the ground, lying down or rolling remove all food and contact your vet at the earliest opportunity. The sooner the colic is noticed the sooner we can attend and the more likely the visit will result in a better outcome 🧡

21/08/2025

20/08/2025

Congratulations to Summerleaze Equine Vets on this fantastic interview available to hear as a BEVA - The British Equine Veterinary Association podcast.

Summerleaze is one of our independent partner practices who has been using Equicall for over three years now. They are fantastic example of a practice which just gets everything right. Their winning formula boasts a secure and well supported team, excellent clinical standards and happy clients.

The following elements really stand out in the discussion between Summerleaze vets Antonia and Stuart:

🧡 The approachability of the senior members of the team. This fosters an environment where more inexperienced members of the team feel able to ask questions without fear of recrimination or embarrassment. This leads to improved patient safety and a feeling of security within the team.

🧡 A refreshing approach to human factors

🧡 Understanding that people’s brains work differently and seeing this as a positive rather than a negative

🧡 The ability to recognise and speak openly about one’s own weaknesses is a sign of true leadership

🧡 Creating an environment where the team thrive on supporting one another leads to genuine compassion which filters down to patients. The team at Summerleaze actively choose to spend time regularly together outside of work despite having their own families and other commitments

🧡 Valuing the contribution of the nurses, receptionists and other support team back who offer cups of tea and hot chocolate just at the right moment!

This practice deserves so much recognition for its principles and dedication to providing an excellent service. We are very proud to work alongside you and your wonderful team.

In this series of BEVApod Life, Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our August winners, Antonia Milner and Stuart Altoft from Summerleaze Equine Vets. Recently returning from many years in the charity sector to join Summer...

18/08/2025

Pint sized Pam and some wise words about responsible breeding… 🐴

This tiny foal may be the smallest – and most adorable – you’ve ever seen. Pint-sized Pam, who is 5.2hh or 22in tall and weighed 15kg at her birth in July, is likely to be hugely popular with visitors to her home, World Horse Welfare’s Glenda Spooner Farm in Somerset. But although she and he...

18/08/2025

Thanks to Corner House Equine Clinic for sharing these fantastic resources. The Equicall vet team are seeing huge numbers of horses struggling with breathing difficulties at the moment so it is very helpful to be able to share this advice 👌

15/08/2025

One from our archives that's still relevant as some people still think leaving cold water on a horse will make it hotter... read more below

31/07/2025

So very delighted by how both Equicomms and Equicall can help so many practices across the UK deliver an exceptional out of hours service to clients and their horses. Thanks to CVS UK for the support and recognition 🧡🐎📞🩺

This month our Equicall out-of-hours service for equine clinics will expand its service to cover half of England & Wales! 🐴

With the recent addition of vet Dr. Selina Squarotti in Leicestershire, the service will stretch from Cornwall to Alnorthumbria in England & across South Wales.

Equicall started in January 2019. It’s grown over 6 years into a team of 35 equine vets. This makes it one of the largest equine practices in the UK.

The team now works with 82 equine clinics in the UK - both corporate & independent practices. They provide an out-of-hours service for clients’ ‘daytime’ veterinary teams - acting as an extension of each daytime teams. Cover typically starts from 5pm to 8.30am weekdays & from 5pm Friday to 8.30am Monday weekends. Bank holidays are also covered.

Our vets are positioned geographically overlapping each other to ensure times to reach a patient are kept to a minimum. It also means if one vet is busy, other vets can move in to help - creating a supportive team atmosphere. Equicall has turned what has previously been perceived as an isolated OOH role into a team-focused approach.

In conjunction with Equicall, our partner call answering service Equicomms is now staffed by 25 veterinary nurses who offer basic advice, triage calls and reassure clients. They bridge the gap between clinics calling & passing messages to our on-call vets - providing quality care for clients & supporting our vets on the ground. 📞

Congratulations on your growth and success Equicall and Equicomms. Your teams are doing an absolutely brilliant job!



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28/07/2025

If you feel any of the Equicall vets have gone the extra mile for your horse we’d absolutely love it if you could take a few minutes to nominate them for the prestigious Petplan Veterinary awards. Our team work antisocial hours and often in very stressful conditions dealing with emergencies all over the UK. They love the work they do and always strive to do their very best for the horse and owner. In our (slightly biased) opinion they deserve all the recognition they can get 🫶