Healthcare Services: we offer in house

• Extended veterinary consultations
• Full medical support including an in-house laboratory for blood tests, urinalysis and microscopy
• Dental Healthcare programs linked to our high quality dentistry service and where necessary
• Surgery: our vets are experienced surgeons and we have a full surgical team for fast, efficient service and high quality surgery.
• X-ray facility with brand new equipment giving high quality diagnostic radiographs
• Routine preventative healthcare such as vaccinations, worming, flea control, nutritional advice etc.
• Close links with Sue Roberts cardiologist who often visits Briar Dawn to support our in house vets with difficult cases
• Close links with Torrington Orthopaedics who offer advice to in-house cases and advanced orthopaedic services
• Close links with Sarah Heath Behaviour Referrals who again offer advice where possible in house and referrals for those more difficult cases.
• We also work closely with Liverpool University, one of the seven veterinary schools in the UK and one of the leading centres for veterinary cancer research.
• An extensive range of healthcare clinics offering friendly professional and accurate advice and support for a range of healthcare issues. See our clinic section for further information.

The practice has grown from one vet to three vets, with 10 support staff and regular visiting specialists. Briar Dawn staff are all highly qualified, well-trained, open, friendly and helpful. Both Jocelyn and her head nurse, Michaela Riley have been nominated for prestigious national awards – recognition for their consistently good work.

Comfort and well-being, while being a keynote of Briar Dawn, are only part of its service. The efficiency and excellence of the vets and their ‘partner’ specialists means that the Centre offers a standard of in-house care unusual for a small mill-town.

While regular vaccinations and worming tablets are, of course, available (and strongly encouraged), Briar Dawn’s diagnostic facilities mean that owners do not have to wait days/weeks for test results, but can have many results the same day. Animals do not have to be sent elsewhere for blood tests, x-rays or the majority of operations, but can stay at Briar Dawn. Fast diagnosis means more efficient treatment.

"Pets are part of the family,” says Jocelyn, “and we have to cater to the needs of each one differently."