24/7 Emergency Care

The Vets Now Hospital provides our Member Practices in Glasgow and the surrounding area with the opportunity to routinely refer Out Of Hours (OOH) emergencies, whilst also offering a new daytime emergency referral service.

Unlike our OOH service the daytime emergency referral option is available to both our Member Practices and the wider veterinary community to provide a novel choice for veterinary practices, which prevents unexpected emergency cases impacting on a practices daytime scheduling.

emergency and critical veterinary care in glasgow city centre

As with our specialist services, our emergency and critical care provision also works on a referral only basis, supporting our promise that we will never seek to offer first opinion veterinary care.

Our highly trained Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) veterinary team are equipped with the skills and experience to handle all ECC needs 24 hours a day 7 days a week. This dedicated and passionate ECC team work within state of the art fully-equipped premises and have access to advanced monitoring equipment to support them in the delivery of a superlative level of emergency care for any patient admitted to the Glasgow Vets Now Hospital.

Daytime emergency referrals

Being able to refer a case for emergency care during the day for stabilisation allows veterinary practices to continue with their daytime scheduling as planned, with the assurance that their client is being seen by an experienced veterinarian that has advanced training in the field of emergency care. Just like our Out Of Hours service, once an emergency patient has been seen at the Hospital for stabilisation and critical care, the patient will then be transferred back to their own veterinary practice for continued care. A full copy of clinical notes will also be forwarded to the referring practice to ensure continuity of care for the patient.

Who can use the daytime emergency referral service?

Veterinary practices do not have to be a member of our Out Of Hours service to be able to refer a patient during the day for critical care, however in the best interest of the patient emergency referrals can only made by veterinary practices that are located within a reasonable distance from the Vets Now Hospital located in Glasgow city centre (click here to view location map).

Out Of Hours emergency service

Only our Member Practices are able to routinely use our Out Of Hours emergency service provision. Click here to find out more about becoming a Member Practice.