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Out of Hours: 01952 324381
Referrals: 01952 309307

Referring Veterinary Professionals

Southwater Referrals partners with primary care veterinary practices to provide advanced practitioner led referral services in soft tissue surgery, orthopaedic surgery, advanced CT imaging, endoscopy and oncology. Our experienced team combines clinical expertise with modern facilities to deliver comprehensive diagnostics, advanced treatment, and compassionate patient care. We work collaboratively with referring veterinary surgeons, providing an experience for your clients like they receive with yourselves- professional and pragmatic. We aim to offer a seamless referral experience so that when your patients return, they feel like they have had an extension of your practice experience. Our commitment is to support both our colleagues and their clients, delivering exceptional clinical outcomes and continuity of care throughout every stage of the referral process.

We offer the best care for your best friend and Peace of mind for you.
In-house CT Scanner
Whether you're registered with us or your pet has been referred by your own veterinary practice, our in-house CT scanner provides advanced diagnostic imaging to support faster, more accurate diagnoses and help guide the most appropriate treatment.
Convenient Parking and Easy Access
With convenient on-site parking and excellent links to the major motorway network, visiting our practice is simple and hassle-free. Whether you're travelling from the local area or further afield, we're easy to find and easy to reach.
Continuity of Care
We believe the best veterinary care comes from building lasting relationships. Wherever possible, you'll see the same vet at each visit, ensuring continuity of care, a deeper understanding of your pet's health, and a familiar face you can trust.
Prompt, Same-Day Care
When your pet is unwell, waiting isn't ideal. We aim to offer same-day appointments whenever possible, providing timely veterinary care and giving you peace of mind when it matters most.
Expert Care Under One Roof
With a wide range of in-house expertise, many advanced investigations and treatments can be carried out within our practice. This means your pet can often receive the care they need without being referred elsewhere, ensuring a more seamless experience with the team you already know and trust.

Your questions answered

Simply fill in out easy-to-use online form here and include a brief description of the issue, and attach any images and history that is relevant. We can either liaise via yourselves, offering appointment options you can speak to your clients about, or we can speak directly to them, with your consent. We will keep you updated with appointment times and outcomes.

Yes. We offer an ‘outpatient’ CT service, where we will image the areas in question, and send the information directly back to yourselves. Our external CT processing partners, ‘Veheri’ usually process the reports within 6-10 hours of the upload. You will receive this report before the client and thus remain in full control of the case.

After initial contact via email, the online referral form here, or direct phone call here we usually maintain contact via email. We provide digital referral letter and images that can attach to the client files as PDFs. We endeavour to supply initial correspondence within 24-28 hours of the primary appointment. There will often be follow-up image or medical decisions which will be communicated via follow up emails. 

We have advanced surgical, imaging, diagnostic and oncological services. See here .We can provide most orthopaedic, soft tissue, arthroscopic and laparoscopic surgical services. We have CT, digital x-rays, and all endoscopes. We offer an oncology clinic with tailored surgical and chemotherapeutic services including electrochemotherapy. 

We appreciate urgent cases (fracture repair, CT scans) are very important to be seen as soon as possible. In these cases please phone directly on 01952 309306. Even if we are busy we will prioritise these cases. For semi-elective surgery, oncological, imaging cases we will usually be able to book the clients in within 3-7 days.