Shopping centre gets new vets’ practice

A former plant room at Birchwood Shopping Centre in Warrington is being transformed into a state-of-the-art veterinary surgery.

The independently-owned Willows Veterinary Group is set to open its 25th surgery at the end of the month.
 
The new practice will include two consulting rooms, a pharmacy, a laboratory, an operating theatre with a separate prep room, an X-ray suite, and separate wards for cats and dogs.
 
It is the latest addition for the independent veterinary group which offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise through a network of small animal practices, a referral veterinary hospital, two equine centres and a five-office farm practice which are located across Cheshire and into the Wirral, Staffordshire and North Wales.

Willows is accredited by The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
 
The group already has three other surgeries in the town; Beech House Veterinary Centre on Wilderspool Causeway, Bridgefoot Veterinary Surgery in Latchford and Orford Lane Veterinary Surgery.

Head Vet Philippa Bradley will be leading the five-strong team at the new site which was chosen to better serve clients coming from Birchwood to the group’s other busy Warrington surgeries.

Philippa, who is also in charge at Orford Lane Veterinary Surgery and has been a vet for eight years, said: “We see a lot of clients from Birchwood at our other sites in Warrington so it seemed logical to open something nearer to the community so the first-rate service we always strive to provide is more accessible and more convenient for both owners and their pets.

“At the core of everything we do at Willows Veterinary Group is the welfare of the animals which stems from the fact that we are independently-owned and run by vets.”