Vets Now Emergency ServiceAddress:Vets Now
c/o PDSA Pet Aid Hospital Hutchison Crossway Edinburgh EH14 1RR Telephone: 0131 444 0990 |
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Out of hours emergencies
All veterinary practices are required to provide an out-of-hours emergency service for their patients. Until relatively recently, this would be provided by the vets in the practice. Unfortunately it didn’t involve shift work: the vet who was working during the day would then be on call that night but would also be back at work the next day. Busy nights could mean little or no sleep so not surprising to find that you didn’t function very well the following day. This might have been acceptable twenty or thirty years ago but today's demanding medical and surgical standards require sharper body and brain function.
The ideal would be for each practice to have our own dedicated out-of-hours staff but this is prohibitively expensive for all but the largest multivet practices. In the past few years we have seen the emergence of dedicated out of hours veterinary clinics which provide emergency cover for a group of participating practices. Vets Now is a national organisation dedicated to the provision of out of hours emergency care for veterinary practices. The Vets Now clinics are typically based at PDSA veterinary treatment centres which are extremely well equipped and they employ vets and veterinary nurses who have a particular interest in emergency medicine and surgery.
At The Cat Clinic, we subscribe to Vets Now to provide out-of-hours emergency care for our patients. Our Vets Now clinic liaises closely with us to inform us of any of our patients who may have been seen out-of-hours and forward full clinical details so we know exactly what's happened and what treatment has been given.
Vets Now take over from us in the evening when our clinic closes and at the weekends from Saturday lunchtime onwards. The
telephone number is 0131 444 0990 but it’s always best to call us first as we'll either be there or we’ll have an answer machine message with the current emergency contact details. The Vets Now staff can also provide advice if you feel it can't wait until we are open again.
Please note that an additional out-of-hours emergency fee is charged for using the Vets Now service. Quotes are available if required. The fees for attending to your cat in an emergency can be considerable, running into the hundreds and possibly thousands of pounds. Please consider pet health insurance to ensure your cat can receive the best possible care 24 hours a day.
The ideal would be for each practice to have our own dedicated out-of-hours staff but this is prohibitively expensive for all but the largest multivet practices. In the past few years we have seen the emergence of dedicated out of hours veterinary clinics which provide emergency cover for a group of participating practices. Vets Now is a national organisation dedicated to the provision of out of hours emergency care for veterinary practices. The Vets Now clinics are typically based at PDSA veterinary treatment centres which are extremely well equipped and they employ vets and veterinary nurses who have a particular interest in emergency medicine and surgery.
At The Cat Clinic, we subscribe to Vets Now to provide out-of-hours emergency care for our patients. Our Vets Now clinic liaises closely with us to inform us of any of our patients who may have been seen out-of-hours and forward full clinical details so we know exactly what's happened and what treatment has been given.
Vets Now take over from us in the evening when our clinic closes and at the weekends from Saturday lunchtime onwards. The
telephone number is 0131 444 0990 but it’s always best to call us first as we'll either be there or we’ll have an answer machine message with the current emergency contact details. The Vets Now staff can also provide advice if you feel it can't wait until we are open again.
Please note that an additional out-of-hours emergency fee is charged for using the Vets Now service. Quotes are available if required. The fees for attending to your cat in an emergency can be considerable, running into the hundreds and possibly thousands of pounds. Please consider pet health insurance to ensure your cat can receive the best possible care 24 hours a day.