News

Pet Drawing Competition Result

20 May 2010

Congratulations to all the entrants of our recent children’s drawing competition!

We were delighted with the number (over 300!) and quality of the entries. Drawings, paintings and collages were all entered. It was heart-warming to see how well loved all these pets are.

Marathon Man!

25 April 2010

Congratulations to Bill Oxley, one of Willows orthopaedic surgeons, who completed in the 2010 London Marathon in just over 4 hours.

Adder Warning!

30 April 2010

The pleasant spring weather we enjoyed recently was a delight to all dog owners. We are all keen to get out there and enjoy our dogs in the fresh air and sunshine (and not have to get the hose and towels out afterwards!). However, a word of warning to take care while you are out - adders may also be enjoying a bask in the sun. Adders are Britain’s...

Pet Drawing Competition

2 April 2010

To celebrate National Pet Month, we are running our own Pet Drawing and Painting Competition for children

Prizes will be awarded for the top three entires in each of three classes

In addition, EVERY entry handed in at Willows Veterinary Centre will receive a small prize...

Open Evenings

23 March 2010

An open invitation to evening tours of Willows all-new premises

We would like to invite you to attend an evening tour of our state of the art premises. The tours, open to both Willows' clients and non clients, are intended to showcase the facilities, services and levels of patient care that we offer.

Willows launches new Internship Program

23 February 2010

Willows now offers exciting career opportunities for veterinary surgeons who wish to develop their careers, either through later specialist level training or by providing the foundations for later development in high quality general small animal practice. Successful candidates will be part of a team of four interns working alongside referral clinicians in all of our specialist disciplines.

Applicants will need to have had at least two years post-graduate experience, preferably in general practice.

To read more about this exciting opportunity, please visit our careers section.

Willows Student Nurses gain their qualifications

16 February 2010

Our first two Student Veterinary Nurses, Danielle Cleverley and Hannah Hindmarch, have both qualified at their first attempt.  Danielle and Hannah have both worked in our nursing team during their two year course, and much of their training has been carried out in-house by our qualified Veterinary Nurses and A1 Assessors.

Key-hole soft tissue surgery now available at Willows

9 February 2010

Our soft tissue surgeons, Prof. Rob White DSAS (Soft Tissue) DipECVS and Chris Shales DipECVS are pleased now to offer a small incision approach for a variety of procedures including that of ovariectomy (female neutering or 'spay').  Small incision surgery requires the use of specialised equipment, most importantly a variety of rigid endoscopes.

Laura Shaw returns after maternity leave

14 February 2010

We are delighted to announce the return of Laura Shaw to her role as Primary Care Clinician.  Laura has been on maternity leave after becoming a mum to baby Brigid in early 2009.

Laura is looking forward to working in our new hospital - we were still at Tanworth Lane when she left us.  We are sure that those general practice clients who got to know Laura will be very pleased to see her back in the first-opinion clinic. 

Internal medicine service now running at Willows

4 October 2009

The medicine team at Willows is now offering a complete internal medicine service, fully backed up by other specialists and support staff including those in our state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging facility, as well as others in our anaesthesia and soft tissue surgery teams.