Welcome back to our vet Emma and our Registered Veterinary Nurse Rachael who both attended International Cat Care’s 2025 World Feline Congress in Edinburgh last week. The event lasted three days, and included lecture streams, seminars and practical sessions given by leading feline experts to help advance feline wellbeing across the veterinary industry and beyond. Topics covered were as diverse as happy vet visits, managing feline behaviour issues, how to best care for poorly newborns, when to use antibiotics, nutritional management of cat diseases, trauma surgery, wound management and much much more! A special shout out to Rachael who was invited by International Cat Care to work for their team as a support volunteer. We’re very proud of you Rachael!
Some of you may remember that International Cat Care came to do some photography and filming last year in our interconnecting West Midlands Cat Clinic. The fruits of their labour are now live! Working in conjunction with Ceva who produce Feliway, the charity has launched a series of training videos to help veterinary professionals reduce stress and improve health outcomes in feline patients. You can imagine Rachael and Emma’s delight on seeing at congress that the West Midlands Cat Clinic spotlights in the promotional literature for the new online cat handling training series! Rachael herself and our Clinical Director Hamish in our West Midlands Cat Clinic have top billing in their literature! We’re super excited that our cat clinic is being recognised on the world stage!
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Yesterday afternoon, our student nurse Charlotte attended Lichfield Cathedral to receive a special award for her training progress. Each year, South Staffordshire College holds a glamorous ceremony to recognise college students identified by their tutors as excelling in their field. Charlotte was one of a select group of students presented with a 2025 Skills Development Award, an accolade which college Principal Claire Boliver explained identifies, “Fantastic improvement in skills across this academic year.” Charlotte’s college tutors were on hand to cheer as she received her award. You may recognise Jodie Barnfield on the right of the photo below, as she used to be our Lead Nurse here!
We are delighted for you Charlotte, and what an amazing way to celebrate coming to the end of the first year of your veterinary nursing diploma!
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Yesterday, Our Practice Manager Rachel and Lead Receptionist Angie braved the London heat to attend the Vet Help Direct Best UK Vets Awards for 2025. Held at the Thames Rowing Club in Putney, the glamorous lunch event recognised UK practices shortlisted for an award for the greatest number of positive pet owner testimonials posted on the Vet Help Direct platform over the past 12 months.
We’ve placed a real focus on collecting testimonials for our interconnecting West Midlands Cat Clinic this year to help promote our cat-only veterinary facility. We’re the only one locally, and being cat only makes a huge difference to the wellbeing of feline visitors. We’re keen to spread the word.
A huge thank you to everyone who posted a review in support of us. We were delighted to be hailed yesterday as Best in Staffordshire! Click here to read some of our West Midlands Cat Clinic reviews. If you are a cat owner and have used our cat clinic facility, do feel free to post a new testimonial while you are there!
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Nominations for the Petplan Veterinary Awards 2025 are now open! Hailed as the Oscars of the veterinary world and now in their 26th year, the awards are designed to celebrate excellence in the industry and to recognise vet teams and individuals who go that extra mile to support owners and their pets.
Whilst nominations remain anonymous, every nominee is sent a nomination certificate which gives recipients a real buzz. Shortlisted finalists are invited to a glamorous ceremony later in the year, and it’s here that winners of the five nomination categories will be announced.
If you feel that the 387 Vets’ team and/ or a specific team member deserves to be nominated, we’d love your support. Simply click on this link to share your story.
Nominations are only open online until 12th September so don’t miss out on your chance to place your vote!
For more of an insight into the Petplan Veterinary Awards and to see just how much the awards mean, check out the videos on our ‘About Us’ page (www.387vets.com/about/).
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Just as we have regular check ups at the dentist, it’s really important that pets’ teeth and gums are checked routinely to ensure our four legged companions are enjoying good periodontal health. We check pet oral health at annual vaccination appointments and at various other pet visits to the vets. However, as an owner, it’s worth knowing issues to look for that may require more of an impromptu trip to the vets!
Common signs that your pet may be suffering dental or mouth pain include rejecting dog biscuits or treats, chewing on only one side of the mouth, taking more time over food, increased drooling, pawing at the mouth and even a reluctance to play or increased grumpiness. You may notice your pet’s breath smells less than fresh, or if you can safely lift up their lip to inspect the gums, that they look red and angry or may even be bleeding. Teeth may exhibit discolouration. When plaque – a clear sticky film on the tooth that hangs on to bacteria – collects, this leads to gum disease and tooth decay. When left, plaque deposits calcify, becoming hard tartar as shown in the accompanying photo. This needs professional removal.
As we know, gum disease and tooth decay can be incredibly painful, so please do visit a vet if you’re concerned about your pet’s oral health in any way for the wellbeing of your pet. For dogs, we offer a scale and polishing service run by our qualified RVNs and use an ultrasonic scaler to clean teeth. We’ll also probe beneath the gum line whilst your dog is under anaesthesia to check for any hidden pockets that may harbour bacteria and cause subsequent problems. For any teeth that cause concern, we’ll x-ray as part of the service and advise on any further treatment as necessary.
It may, however, be that your pet needs veterinary dental care. We’re proud that our vet Selenia has a Postgraduate Qualification in Small Animal Dentistry and is brilliantly placed to carry out more complex dental procedures in practice.
As a preventative measure, regular tooth brushing using a pet friendly toothpaste will help reduce pet dental disease. Please ask us for advice on how best to encourage your pet to tolerate this. Check out the Veterinary Oral Health Council’s website for other strategies to help reduce periodontal disease in pets.
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