Woodcroft Veterinary Referrals

29/07/2024

Our quarterly referral newsletter is due to be published in a few days.
If you are a veterinary surgeon or veterinary nurse and wish to be on the mailing list, please let us know in the comments and we will reach out to you for your email address.

16/07/2024

We are delighted to publish our package pricing for CT Scans:

£1,300 for 2 areas or less
£1,600 for 3 areas or more

We are available to support you with outpatient CT scans as well as CT scans within another referral discipline.

Please get in touch with Karen our Referral Coordinator at [email protected] or complete an online form here - https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case to refer a case or seek advice 💙

29/04/2024

Sweep is an 8 year old Bedlington Terrier who was referred to visiting dental, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, professor Alex Smithson, as he had a non-healing wound on his chin, that was identified to be a dental issue from a CT scan.

Upon further investigation it was found that he had worn teeth, particularly his canines due to carrying and chewing tennis balls.

Some teeth had repaired themselves by laying tertiary dentine which formed over time, usually due to wear.
Unfortunately three of the canines have pulp exposure which had gone necrotic (as seen in the photos as dark black dots in the centre of the teeth).

In one of the teeth bacteria had tracked down to the root and formed an abscess which had burst out causing the wound on the chin.

These three canines had to be extracted by Professor Smithson to prevent further issues and to help with the healing of the abscess.
We often see worn teeth in dogs who like chewing tennis balls due to their abrasive surface.

11/04/2024

The next date we have available for outpatient MRI scans is Friday 19th April 2024.

If you would like to refer a case to be scanned, please contact [email protected] or complete an online referral form - https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case

04/04/2024

Please Note:

We are accepting Behavioural Medicine referrals again.

There is still a waiting list of about 6-8 weeks, but we are happy to accept cases again should this lead time be appropriate for the patient.

To refer a case please go to - https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case

27/03/2024

We are extending our CT offer through into April!

Feel free to reach out to us to book an outpatient appointment on [email protected]

15/03/2024

** REMINDER **

CT SCAN DISCOUNT - MARCH OFFER

For the month of March we are offering discounted CT scans.

- £1,250 for two areas/sites or less
- £1,500 for three areas/sites or more

This price includes the CT scan and standard (4-5 day) specialist reporting.

These prices do not include a consultation, blood tests and other procedures, but do include the standard 4-5 business day interpretation charge.

Please note, priority or urgent specialist reporting will be charged additionally.

11/03/2024

To help you estimate costs to your clients, please see below our pricing packages for BOAS surgery.

If you have any questions or would like to refer a case, https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case or email us on [email protected].

06/03/2024

**Reminder**

The Burgess MRI truck will be coming to Woodcroft Hospital on Friday 8th March.

If you have a case that needs an MRI, please get in touch - https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case

Our next bookable MRI day is Friday 8th March 2024.

To refer a case for an outpatient MRI scan please fill out our online form - https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case

Or for more information please contact our referral coordinator - [email protected]

04/03/2024

CT SCAN DISCOUNT - MARCH OFFER

For the month of March we are offering discounted CT scans.

- £1,250 for two areas/sites or less

- £1,500 for three areas/sites or more

This price includes the CT scan and standard (4-5 day) specialist reporting

These prices do not include a consultation, blood tests and other procedures, but do include the standard 4-5 business day interpretation charge.

Please note, priority or urgent specialist reporting will be charged additionally.

04/03/2024

Our highly experienced orthopaedic team are here to support local practices when referring their patients for a wide range of conditions, for example Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomies (TPLO).

To help with estimating costs for pet owners we have package prices for some of our regularly performed surgeries - TPLO prices are detailed below:

29/02/2024

Alfie, a 10kg border terrier was referred to us after he suffered a cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR) in his right stifle. CCLR is the most common cause of hind limb lameness in dogs.

The ligament often fails due to a degenerative process, where it gets progressively weaker before it eventually snaps. This can be treated in multiple ways, however surgery is often necessary.
The tibial plateau levelling osteotomy procedures appear to be superior in most cases, based on the current available evidence.

Here, Alfie underwent a Cranial Closing Wedge Ostectomy stabilised with a locking compression plate. He is currently several weeks through his recovery and moving around well on his leg again. 🦴

26/02/2024

Our next bookable MRI day is Friday 8th March 2024.

To refer a case for an outpatient MRI scan please fill out our online form - https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case

Or for more information please contact our referral coordinator - [email protected]

13/02/2024

Rollo, an 8 month old (MN) British Shorthair weighing 2.7 kg, came to see Alex Wilson, one of our internal medicine vets.

Rollo had a non-regenerative anaemia and high globulin levels on external blood tests. On an ultrasound scan Alex saw a small amount of free fluid and a large mass mid abdomen, which was assumed to be a lymph node. Fine needle aspirates were taken to investigate the mass further.
Due to the clinical exam, blood results and aspirate results, we were suspicious of Lymphoma or FIP.

Rollo had an exploratory laparotomy performed by our soft tissue surgical team, to take further samples of the mass and free fluid, which confirmed our suspicions.
Rollo was admitted to our hospital so that we could administer the first three doses of Remdesivir as an injection.

Rollo did very well and went home on oral medication. After 10 days of treatment, his owner reported he was much more playful and was eating very well in comparison to before his diagnosis.

He had a repeat ultrasound scan and the mass could no longer be seen and at 3-4 months, after he had finished his course of treatment, he now weighed 4.2 kg. Repeat blood tests showed he was no longer anaemic and his globulin levels were normal.

06/02/2024

Did you get the new edition of our newsletter in your emails?

If you want a digital copy but didn't receive one, please get in touch with us on [email protected] and we can send one over.

Our newsletter is designed to keep you updated on team members, announce new services and to highlight what we can do for you and your patients. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please let us know 😀

29/01/2024

Willow presented acutely lame after jumping down off a dry-stone wall whilst out walking.
She was rested at home for 24 hours with no improvement, so was taken to see the vet who prescribed anti inflammatory medication and physiotherapy.

Willow started both straight away, whilst also having massage therapy alongside laser therapy to her right shoulder region. It is understood that she injured her biceps tendon.

Within two weeks she had improved greatly and was able to start some hydrotherapy to strengthen the muscles and build her fitness back up whilst the water provided hydrostatic pressure aiding any inflammation still in the area and the warmth soothing her muscles and joints.

To refer a case to the Physiotherapy team please complete an online referral form - https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case

25/01/2024

Blu had spinal surgery early October 2023, after presenting with an acute onset of paraparesis and severe spinal pain. An MRI scan confirmed a nerve root compression at T11-T12 associated with a disc extrusion.

Our Orthopaedic vet performed a hemilaminectomy at T11-T12 where the extruded disc was removed and compression relieved.

Blu began hydrotherapy treatment with our physiotherapy team to help with rehabilitation. Four weeks post-op and he has been progressing nicely, as shown in the video below.

22/01/2024

We are thrilled to announce that a new Clinician in Cardiology has joined our team in January 2024.

Zuzanna Uljanowska has obtained her Cert AVP and is a member of the Veterinary Cardiovascular society (VCS) and the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology (ESVC). Zuzanna has been seeing Cardiology referrals for over 18 months and we are thrilled to welcome her on board.

With Zuzanna joining Jane Marshall, we are now able to increase the number of cases we can accept for referral and the waiting time for an appointment should decrease.

As always, to refer a case to the Cardiology department, please complete our online referral form and if you have any questions, please reach out to us on [email protected]

08/11/2023

Penny had a 2-month period of lameness prior to her appointment with our orthopaedic surgeon, Kerry. There had been no trauma seen and there had also been no improvement with the previous pain relief medications prescribed.

A clinical examination demonstrated she had reduced flexion of both elbows (especially the right) and discomfort upon extension of both elbows. Swelling was noted on both elbows suggesting a problem with these joints.

A general anaesthetic and CT scan were performed following the appointment in order to determine the best course of action. The scan showed Penny had left and right medial coronoid disease (painful elbows) and the orthopaedic surgeon requested she be scheduled in the next couple of weeks for a general anaesthetic and bilateral elbow arthroscopy (keyhole surgery).

This is minimally invasive surgery whereby a small camera attached to a monitor is inserted directly into the elbow joint; the surgeon can see the affected areas and insert specialised instruments within the joint to treat these as necessary.

This disease is painful, is unfortunately not curable but can be treated. Often any patients are very lame when they are seen; it tends to affect large breed dogs and leads to early arthritis.
With surgery Penny’s quality of life can certainly be improved and we perform lots of elbow arthroscopies here at the hospital.

Our orthopaedic team worked together to look after Penny. During the procedure the surgeon performed a sub-total coronoidectomy where areas of dead bone were removed. Following surgery Penny spent the night in our hospital, she recovered very well and went home the following day.

Penny was weight bearing on both front legs immediately following her surgery and continued to do well at home. At her 1 week post op check the small wounds had healed and she was walking very well. Her exercise will be restricted for the next few weeks with a gradual increase until she can resume normal activity.

03/11/2023

We want to continue developing and improving our referrals service to further support you and your clients. To help us do this, we would really appreciate your feedback.

Please could you take 10 minutes to fill out our survey by following the link below.

https://forms.office.com/e/UuySvBua7W

Any and all feedback you provide will be gratefully received and if you would like to discuss any of your comments with a member of the referrals team, please do reach out to us on this email. We are always happy to discuss.

26/09/2023

Check your inboxes!

The September edition of the Woodcroft Veterinary Referrals newsletter has been published.

If you are not on our mailing list and would like to be kept up to date with our services, please email [email protected] and we can send you the most recent edition and include you in the next one.

05/09/2023

Did you know...

We have an onsite CT scanner that vets can refer to for a scan only appointment.

'CT Only' means you as the referring vet continues management of the case but our team conducts the scan and arranges for the results to be sent back to you for relaying to the patient's owner.

To make use of our CT machine, please complete our online referral form - https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case or for more information, contact Karen on [email protected]

04/09/2023

We have started issuing a quarterly newsletter with the aim of keeping referring veterinary surgeons up to date with Woodcroft Referrals news, events and case studies.

If you would like to receive a digital copy and are not already on our mailing list, please email [email protected] to be added. The next issue will be published at the end of September.

23/08/2023

Caio's tooth is on the mend!

14/07/2023

**Do you have a case that needs an MRI?**

The mobile MRI scanning unit we use is supplied by Burgess Diagnostics, the UK’s leading provider of mobile veterinary MRI imaging. It visits our Hospital (SK3 0UX) fortnightly on Thursdays, for practices wishing to refer cases. The next visit date will be Thursday 27th July.

If you would like to refer a case for advanced imaging simply visit https://www.woodcroftreferrals.com/refer-a-case and complete our referral form, selecting 'MRI' for scanning-only cases.
(In these cases, our team will look after your client and their pet, but send all reports back to you, for reporting results back to the client and continued management of the case).

If you require a full referral to one of our disciplines to take on the case then please complete our referral form, selecting which discipline you require in the normal way.

If you have any questions, please reach out to our referral coordinator Karen - [email protected]

10/07/2023

Thank you to everyone who attended our MRI CPD event last week. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting you all and hope to welcome you back again soon.

If you weren't able to make this session, keep your eyes peeled for future sessions on a variety of topics. 🤩

22/06/2023

***Book Now for FREE MRI CPD - limited places available!***

In advance of the reinstatement of our fortnightly MRI scanning service, from 13th July, we are delighted to invite you to a FREE evening CPD session in conjunction with Burgess Diagnostics Limited.

"When and why to use MRI – in small animal cases"

Presenter: Donna Smyth, Head of Clinical Services, Burgess Diagnostics Limited
Location: Woodcroft Veterinary Hospital (SK3 0UX)
Sessions: Tuesday 4th July - 7.30pm to 9.00pm

Don’t miss out, reserve your FREE CPD place today!

***Places are limited, so email [email protected] now to reserve your FREE CPD place!​***

21/06/2023

Otis came in to see us following an evening of repeated sickness and lack of appetite. He was also lethargic and uncomfortable, plus whenever he drank water, he vomited it back up. ⚠️

Our soft tissue surgeon, Justyna, suspected a foreign body, so an ultrasound was performed. Her suspicions were confirmed, and the foreign body was localised. After discussing with Otis' owner, it was decided that Justyna would perform an exploratory laparotomy to remove what was obstructing the small intestine.
The offending object was a sock that Otis had ingested 🧦🧦

Otis was discharged and will see his normal, first-opinion vet for post-operative checks. 💜☺️

22/05/2023

**Ultrasound Scan Only Referrals**

This service is being led by our new referral vet Georgiana who has a certificate in diagnostic imaging.

We are able to accept referrals for full abdominal ultrasound scans, including assessment of the prostate/testes/adrenal glands/pancreas/biliary tract/cancer staging and ultrasound guided FNAs.

This is a scan only service and the referring vet will retain control of the case and owner communications re: treatment etc.

The pet will be admitted and discharged by an RVN on the day.

Georgiana and other ultrasonographers will not liaise with the client directly unless findings on the day dictate this and the referring vet will also be kept suitably informed should this occur.

Any cases you wish to refer for advice and medical management should be directed to our internal medicine team in the normal way for a full referral.

[email protected]

17/05/2023

Are you looking for a new opportunity in referrals?

Get in touch with us for more information!