Referrals



Our practice offers a well-established and sensibly-priced referral service in internal and acute medicine supported not only by excellent facilities, but also by a team committed to providing the best care for your patients and their owners.

This service is operated by Dan Holden BVetMed DVA DipECVAA CertSAM MRCVS. Dan qualified from the RVC in 1991. He has spent the vast majority of his professional career working as a clinician in referral centres, both in academia and private practice. He was involved in the establishment of the ICU at the RVC and spent eight years at the University of Bristol, where he was responsible for the internal medicine emergency service and the small animal intensive care unit. As well as his expertise in intensive care, Dan has a wealth of experience in internal and emergency medicine and has lectured widely throughout the UK and abroad.

In addition, Dan also provides an independent veterinary anaesthesia consultancy service, providing advice on equipment, staff training and in-house CPD, as well as specialist locum services and a clinical anaesthesia referral service for more complex cases.


To find out more about the services we offer or for advice on a case, please telephone 01823 326222.

PET OWNERS PLEASE NOTE: this service is only available via your own veterinary surgeon. I you wish to have your pet referred please contact your own veterinary surgeon to discuss referral.

Cases we see

- The collapsed dog/cat
- Episodic weakness
- PUO
- Anaemia
- Acute & chronic GI cases
- Coughing & respiratory distress
- Nasal discharge/epistaxis
- Foreign bodies
- Feeding tube placement
- Pharyngeal stick injuries
- Cardiac emergencies
- Dysuria
- Acute & chronic renal failure
- Poisonings
- Seizuring patients
- High-dependency patients
- Bleeding patients
- Medical neurology
- Chemotherapy
- And more…

Facilities & Equipment

- Rigid & flexible endoscopy
    + Upper & lower GI endoscopy

    + Bronchoscopy & pharyngoscopy
    + Rhinoscopy
- 300mA 125kV x-ray
- Diagnostic ultrasound & ultrasound-guided biopsy
- Extensive critical patient monitoring & support
    + Central venous access & pressure monitoring
    + Continuous waveform ECG
    + Invasive & non-invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring
    + Blood gas & electrolyte analysis
    + Tube feeding & parenteral nutrition
    + In-house haematology, biochemistry & coagulation
    + Positive-pressure ventilation
    + 24-hour monitoring and support
- Visiting specialties also available
    + Cardiology
    + Ophthalmology
    + Soft Tissue Surgery