Facilities
 Our purpose-built clinic in Woodham Ferrers was officially opened in July 2006, and was designed to allow easy access and movement of horses, as well as provide pleasant rural surroundings for horses, owners and staff alike.
The clinic itself has a large work-up area where all consultations are carried out, with stocks available if necessary. An internal stable allows for close-up monitoring of critically ill patients, as well as providing a handy day-stable whilst waiting for procedures!
 The clinic also has a dedicated diagnostic imaging suite where all X-rays and ultrasound scans are carried out. Both these procedures can be done with portable machines out at your yard if circumstances require. We also use a shock wave machine which gives excellent results in the treatment of amongst other things, proximal suspensory desmitis and sore backs.
A new addition to our armoury is a 3 metre gastroscope which is used for giving us a detailed picture of the lining of the horse’s stomach and the proximal part of the small bowel. This procedure is vital in diagnosing the syndrome of gastric ulceration. This expensive piece of equipment has enabled us to quickly rule out this syndrome as a possible cause of recurrent colic, weight loss, poor performance or even bucking in some horses! For more information and a risk assessment on your own horse, please see www.equinegastriculcers.co.uk
 A purpose built anaesthetic box and operating theatre occupy the end of the main clinic building. This operating suite has been built to a high spec and allows us to perform most surgical procedures in a sterile, modern environment. CCTV covers the knock-down/recovery box and this allows us to monitor the patients as they recover from a general anaesthetic. All procedures involve at least two vets – one to perform the surgery and the other to carry out and monitor the general anaesthetic. Sophisticated monitoring equipment is used to ensure the smoothest of anaesthetics, and to ensure the safety of our patients.
 Due to the high number of lameness investigations carried out by ourselves every year, we have invested a significant amount of money and space to this field. To this end we have a 30m flat concrete trot up area for looking at lamenesses in hand. We also utilise this space for lunging horses on a tight circle to attempt to further demonstrate the lameness. Finally, we have a 23m x 20m arena (sand/rubber surface) for evaluation under saddle.
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Facilities