KirksVets

An accident has caused a power cut effecting 71 properties tonight, including the Londonthorpe Surgery. With no power the telephone diversion to the on call Vet will not be in operation. It is worth noting or reminding clients that in such circumstances calls can be made to the Sleaford surgery or vice versa if Sleaford is having the problems. BT are currently also unable to re-direct telephone calls but this is something we are working on and hopefully by the end of July we will be able to re-direct telephone calls to avoid problems caused by electric or telephone failure. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Posted on: 29/06/08

Rescue Cat Awards 2008

We are delighted to announce that Hayley Thomas (Sleaford Head Nurse & Head Groomer) and her rescue cat 'Max' have been short listed for the Cats Protection League 'Rescue Cat of the Year 2008 - Hero Cat' award. Hayley will be at the presentation awards ceremony held at the O2 Arena in London this August.

Posted on: 19/06/08

Very Pleased.......

to welcome back Hanneke Kruger to the Veterinary Surgeon team. Hanneke spent some time with us two years ago as a locum during a break from her normal practice in Paarl, South Africa. She has now returned to us and is very welcome. She qualified in 1997 from the University of Pretoria and so is very experienced and is a valuable addition to the team.

Posted on: 14/08/07

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Karen on the birth of Rebecca Louise on 2nd April. Both are doing very well and we wish them well and a speedy return to work for Karen.

Posted on: 09/08/07

More staff

With Clare leaving, and Shannon arriving the Veterinary Surgeon levels have now been further increases with the arrival of Nina Macer. Nina has around ten years experience, spending the last six years in Scotland. She is a welcome addition to the team. Further details will appear in 'meet the staff' shortly.

Posted on: 19/07/07

Lots of luck to....

Clare Lightbody, who unfortunately is leaving us this month. Clare has decided to take the once in a lifetime opportunity to work in New Zealand. She will be greatly missed by staff and clients alike as she has worked extremely hard since joining us as a new graduate in 2004 and we all wish her the best of luck.

Posted on: 13/07/07

New Vet

Shannon Hendriks is the latest addition to the Veterinary Surgeon team. Although a Kiwi, she qualified in Australia and arrive in the UK to work for KirksVets recently, starting officially on July 11th. Her full details will appear shortly in the 'Meet the Staff' section.

Posted on: 20/06/07

New V.N.

We are very pleased to be able to introduce Becky Flett as new member of the qualified Vet Nursing Staff. Becky workied for KirksVets some eight years ago but left to persue other interests in Barbados and to have a family. She has lots of experience having spent time locuming and we are pleased she is back in the area and back with KirksVets.

Posted on: 18/04/07

Christmas 2006

Merry Christmas to all from everyone at KirksVets. We hope you all have a wonderfull Christmas. We are on call all over the festive period for any emergencies and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my staff for their dedication and hard work throughout the year. AK

Posted on: 24/12/06

Heckington Show

As always we will be officiating at the show and again have our own stall, so please come along to say hello and have a look around.

Posted on: 26/07/06

New Staff

Due to increased workloads we are also pleased to announce that Sarah Green has joined us from the Burghley Veterinary Practice. Sarah joins the nursing team, bringing our staffing levels to their highest ever. For further details please see our 'meet the staff' section.

Posted on: 26/07/06

New Receptionist

KirksVets are very pleased to welcome and introduce Fiona Cook, who is our new Receptionist. This is a new position created in order to give even better customer service to our clients. We are very busy, and this can sometimes impact on our customer service, so Fiona will be responsible for fielding all calls made into the surgery improving efficiency and dealing with appointments, leaving the Nursing and Veterinary staff more time to deal with our patients and to talk to clients who need specialist advice.

Posted on: 28/06/06

GM TV

Following on from our message posted on the 10th, below, concerning the importance of MicroChipping your Pet, viewers of GMTV will have seen that the Daughter of Bruce Forsyth had her two dogs stolen from her car while she was shopping. Through the TV appeal and more importantly being micrchipped, one dog has been returned. http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=20551 You can copy and past this link to read more or look at the GMTV website.

Posted on: 12/05/06

MicroChipping Month

June 2006 is national MicroChipping Month, to promote identification of pets to enable their safe return to owners when lost or stolen, or if involved in an accident. MicroChipping involves the insertion of a small microchip the size of a piece of grain, under the animals skin, leaving a permanent identification of the owners. Vets, Rescue societies and Police all have scanners which are used as a matter of course on any apparently ownerless dog to see if they are chipped. A national database holds details of owners enabling their contact. To help promote MicroChipping Month, we are offering this service at a cost of just £12.50 during June 2006. This quick, painless and relatively cheap procedure can ensure your pet can be returned to you if he or she ever goes missing.

Posted on: 10/05/06

New Floor at Sleaford Surgery

Apologies for any inconvenience caused by the laying of our new floor this weekend. Although we will have some disruption through to Tuesday, we are open as normal and the care and attention the animals receive will not be affected. The only inconveniences will be to the staff and human clients! We will be back to normal on Wednesday and I am sure the new floor will be worth any disruption caused. Thank you for your understanding.

Posted on: 12/02/06

Merry Christmas!

All the staff at KirksVets would like to wish all our clients a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We will be open as normal until Saturday 24th December when Sleaford will finish at 2pm for the Christmas period, Londonthorpe will be open as normal on Christmas eve. Surgery re-opens on Wednesday 28th with an early finish again on Saturday, New Years Eve (as Christmas Eve hours). Vets and Nurses will of course be available 24 hours a day over Christmas for any emergencies.

Posted on: 21/12/05

Staff Levels Increased

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Istvan Markesz, who is an experienced Veterinary Surgeon. The addition of Istvan and Lisa (see below) brings our staffing levels to their highest level yet, which is required to meet demand, and takes pressure of the other Vets allowing for more time to follow up cases and give an all round improved service to our clients. Keep a eye on the Meet the Staff section for further details on Lisa and Istvan.

Posted on: 28/10/05

New Vet

We are pleased to announce that Lisa Hegarty has now joined us as an additional Veterinary Surgeon. Lisa started this month and will appear in the 'meet the staff' section very soon. We have been looking for the right person for some time now to take some pressure off the other Vets who have been working very hard as we have been getting increasingly busy.

Posted on: 19/09/05

New Lab!

We are very pleased to annouce that we are now in receipt of a complete new lab, replacing previous equipment which was beginning to show its age! The new equipment will enable us to perform many more tests in house, giving quicker results (minutes instead of a couple of days!) and reducing the cost to the client. We will also be receiving new equipment in July this year, being one of the first(if not the first) practice in the country to receive this new piece of kit to enable us to perform blood gases. Very exciting for all the staff, and will help us to give even better clinical care and service to our patients and clients.

Posted on: 20/05/05

BB3

Our open day and car boot last Sunday was a big success, only spoilt very slightly by a rain shower. I would like to thank everyone who came down to help us celebrate three years in the new surgery and especially the staff who were still here at 3.45pm as people were still arriving! We were busy all day, registering new clients, taking tours of our facilities, microchipping, and of course the busy car boot! Our donation for National Pet Week has been sent, last year we finished second in the national awards for best event and this years was even better so thank you to everyone involved!

Posted on: 13/05/05

BB3!

Birthday Bash 3! May 8th sees our annual open day and car boot sale at the Sleaford Surgery, to celebrate three years since openning the new surgery. Everyone is welcome to come along and have a tour of the surgery, take advantage of special offers on micro-chipping, look around car boot stalls and charity stalls such as the retired greyhound trust or why not have your own pitch! We will have refreshments in form of burgers and ice creams, plus balloons, bouncy castle and hopefully the fire brigade will be able to attend with one of their appliances! All for a good cause as part of the National Pet Week Campaign, so please tell all your friends and come on down to join in the celebrations! The fun starts at 10am through till 3pm, extra free parking facilities will be available. Any enquiries, including having a pitch, please contact Tracey on 01529 303344.

Posted on: 12/04/05

Air Conditioning

We are very pleased to announce that following client comments, the Sleaford surgery waiting room is now air conditioned. This means that the waiting room will remain cool in the summer and warm in the winter making you visit to KirksVets even more pleasurable and comfortable!

Posted on: 12/04/05

Wheelie Bins!!!!

Radio Lincolnshire have spent some time discussing the various wheelie bins which we all have now, and several people enquired about where to get numbers to go on their bins so they always get their bin back and not someone elses which may be more smelly! Well at the Sleaford Surgery we have a selection on animal related wheelie bin numbers, aswell as general sticker signs and even tax disc holders. Come in and have a look, or if easier for you to go to Londonthorpe, if you give some notice we can take some over for you to look at! (We only have one display holder at present which is why they are not on show at Londonthorpe!)

Posted on: 24/01/05

Merry Christmas

All the staff would like to wish all our clients a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will be open as usual (9am to 7pm) up until 1.45pm on Christmas Eve and then we re-open on Wednesday 29th. On New Years Eve we will be closing at 3.45pm and re-openning on the 4th January 2005! We will of course have Vets and Nurses on call throughout the Christmas and New Year period for any emergency treatment required.

Posted on: 20/12/04

Christmas Tree

As last year we will have a Christmas Tree display in Sleaford Methodist Hall, Church Lane, this coming weekend. This is an annual event to coincide with the Christmas Market.

Posted on: 25/11/04