Find out more about Swaffham Veterinary Centre facilities. Our independent practice was established in 2014. The practice has been designed to make you and your pet’s visit or stay as comfortable and stress free as possible.
Parking
We are lucky enough to have plenty of parking available right outside of the practice. Parking is free at any time. We have a ramp leading up to the wide front door. If you need any help getting your pet from your car to the practice, please just let us know.
Reception
Our lovely receptionist team will greet you on arrival. The spacious reception area is bright and airy and offers separate waiting areas for dogs and cats to minimise stress. However, if you or your pet would rather wait outside, please let us know.
There are weighing scales in reception to enable you to weigh your pet. We may ask to to use them before your consultation, but you are welcome to pop in and use them without an appointment too.
The waiting room also offers a colouring area for children, and the displays are regularly updated with relevant information. Our client toilets also have a baby changing area.
Consulting Rooms
There are five generously sized consulting rooms, all of which are climate controlled. Clinical records are kept on an intelligent computerised database allowing for easy access throughout the building.
These rooms are used for veterinary consultations and a variety of nurse clinics. All are equipped with everything needed to conduct a thorough clinical examination. Cat scales are also in every room. Most medicines are kept in a centralised well stocked dispensary easily accessed from each consulting room.
Prep Room
This is a multi-purpose space that acts as the hub of the practice for in-patient care and minor out-patient procedures. It is designed so that other areas that need to be close by (such as the operating theatre, wards and imaging suite) surround the hub. This is the area where your pet will have a blood sample taken, be sedated or anaesthetised, prepared for surgery, have minor procedures or dental treatment. There is comprehensive and state of the art equipment throughout the area including oxygen concentrating machines and an air driven dental station. There is a dedicated dental table to allow efficient and effective dental procedures to be carried out.
We have heated recovery kennels where patients can be closely monitored after surgery or if they are acutely unwell.
We also have a professional dog bath which has a ramp entry system to aid the elderly or infirm.
Dog Ward
The dog ward is situated just off the prep area and is where dogs are kennelled for both day surgery and for any hospitalised patients. It is climate controlled and we have five large walk-in kennels and several other spacious and comfortable kennels.
If your pet stays with us we will strive to make sure individual preferences for diet, bedding and your visits are accommodated. All dogs will be exercised regularly depending on their medical needs.
Cat Ward
Our cats have their very own bespoke ward that is separate from the dogs and therefore very peaceful. We are a gold standard accredited practice, and we pride ourselves on our exceptional care for our feline patients. This includes special beds, a wide range of foods, Feliway diffusers and many more features to make their stay as comfortable as possible.
Isolation Room
This is a completely separate room from all the other areas in the practice. It is used to hospitalise cases that may be contagious to either pets or humans and where full barrier nursing needs to be maintained.
Theatre
We have a spacious, climate controlled operating theatre to allow us to carry out a wide variety of surgical procedures in a completely sterile environment. Having been anaesthetised and prepared for surgery your pet will be moved into theatre and onto a special operating table.
An experienced nurse is directly responsible for the close monitoring of your pet once anaesthetised so that the surgeon can concentrate on operating.
Imaging
We have invested in the very latest dedicated X-ray machine and digital processor to allow us to quickly get the highest quality images. X-rays are helpful particularly for the assessment of trauma patients, chest and abdominal problems.
We also have a high end colour doppler ultrasound unit. Ultrasound is particularly helpful at assessing heart and abdominal problems and diagnosing pregnancy.
Images are stored digitally both on the units and on your pet’s clinical records to help monitor disease.
Laboratory
In our laboratory we have blood, urine and tissue analysing machines to ensure that we are able run tests to benefit your pet’s health as quickly as possible. These machines are state of the art, highly specialised and very accurate and for certain tests we can have the results back in as little as fifteen minutes.
