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HANDS-ON CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
SMALL ANIMAL REFERRALS

AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

Our small animal referrals and emergency SERVICES

services, is based at the Queen Mother • Anaesthesia and analgesia • Neurology and
Hospital for Animals (QMHA) at our • Cardiology neurosurgery
• Nutrition
Hawkshead Campus. The hospital is • Critical care • Oncology
• Dermatology
the largest veterinary referral hospital in • Diagnostic imaging • Ophthalmology
Europe, with the greatest concentration of • Emergency referral • Orthopaedic surgery
veterinary specialists and specialists-in- • Exotics and small mammals • Physiotherapy and
rehabilitation
training (over 120 from over 10 countries). • First-opinion emergency • Soft tissue surgery
services
• Internal medicine • Transfusion medicine

We offer a responsive, friendly and helpful service to referring
vets and pet owners, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. “As a clinical student in the
Our world-class specialists and other clinicians treat over QMHA I was involved with
19,000 animals each year, leading the way in clinical veterinary discussions,
practise and at the cutting-edge of veterinary medicine.
given my own case
responsibilities and got to
Veterinary Medicine students will spend time on practice a range of skills on
clinical rotations (in their final two years) to work and a daily basis. Many of the
learn in the QMHA. You will dedicate time to gaining clinicians managing cases in
practical clinical experience with real life cases, the hospital were the same
consolidating your learning about diagnosis and people who had lectured
management of animal diseases.
me in previous years of the
degree, which gave me a sense of
Veterinary Nursing students have the opportunity to work familiarity and the confidence to ask questions.
and learn in the small animal referral hospital, developing
practical care skills, client care, and management.
My highlights included triaging patients during
emergency medicine, learning how to use
The experience gained in our hospitals will expand ophthalmology equipment and even scrubbing into
your knowledge and understanding of how veterinary spinal surgery! I will remember my time on rotations
practices and organisations operate, and help you fondly and draw from all these experiences as I start
develop your soft skills and become confident in case my career as a veterinary surgeon.”
management. This is a vital part of graduating from your
course ready for work.
DARSHAN SOLANKI
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
The Queen Mother Hospital for Animals is accredited by
the AVMA, RCVS and EAEVE.
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