Monthly Archives: September 2024

Guinea Pig Awareness Week (GPAW) is an annual campaign, brought to you by Burgess Pet Care, aimed at educating pet owners about the five welfare needs of guinea pigs. This year’s theme is Nibble, Nourish and Thrive. Traditionally guinea pigs have been thought of as children’s pets but while it’s lovely for children to enjoy the company of [...]

We started seeing Harry for chronic pain issues in February 2021 and was diagnosed with elbow issues when he was still a young dog. Now as he has aged this had progressed to arthritic changes. At first Harry was pretty worried about coming to the vets but over time this has improved hugely and he is very excited to [...]

Here at Westport Vets we are always excited when we can get involved with community and charity events. Here’s a snapshot of our recent commitment to our community. Head vet Stuart hosted an informative visit at our Linlithgow practice to P1 pupils from Linlithgow Bridge Primary School. Children discovered all about what happens in the clinic and were given [...]

Westport Veterinary Clinic is pleased to announce they are the first veterinary practice in the UK to sign up and become an Endometriosis Friendly Employer. Working alongside the UK’s leading endometriosis charity, Endometriosis UK, Westport Vets pledges to help drive positive change within the workplace for those colleagues suffering with endometriosis. The Endometriosis Friendly Employer scheme provides guidance on [...]

Vet Hannah, in her first blog takeover, talks about Westport’s hugely exciting project to become Scotland’s first accredited Fear Free practice. Becoming Fear Free For many pets and their owners, seeing the vet can be a stressful experience and we at Westport Veterinary Clinic want to be part of the revolution that changes this. We are already a recognised Dog [...]

Andrew recently attended a full day CPD hosted by VetsNow covering assessment of emergency cases and a practical CPR refresher session. VetsNow provides Westport with expert out of hours care for our clients at their Edinburgh clinic, and also operates a specialist referral hospital in Glasgow for management of more complex cases. Mercifully, the need to perform CPR is [...]

The team at Westport Vets have raised over £2000 for Cancer Research! On Sunday 5th May, some of the team at Westport Vets took part in Cancer Research Race for Life at Hopetoun House. The run kicked off at 11am with some of our team running and some walking the 5k and 10k course. Taking part in team Westport [...]

In July 2023, Westport Vets had the privilege of being one of three veterinary practices asked to participate in a new accreditation pilot scheme which was being created by the British Veterinary Association (BVA) Great Workplaces by BVA is an innovative new accreditation scheme that helps to build a thriving workforce by recognising and rewarding positive workplace culture in both [...]

We've recently had many reasons to celebrate here at Westport Vets with some amazing accomplishments from the team. RVN Nicola completed her Nursing Certificate (NCert) in Anaesthesia. She has been working incredibly hard over the past year on her studies whilst remaining full time in the practice. Practice Manager, Fiona, recently completed her Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management. It’s been [...]