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Like a small child fed nothing but Happy Meals was

Like a small child fed nothing but Happy Meals washed down with Sunny Delight, the weekend has pounced on us all with a crazy smile and an evil look in its eye……

Just because Boris says we can now all lick strangers up the nose whilst simultaneously burning our masks doesn’t mean we have to….

Stay sensibly safe this weekend. At no other point in this whole sorry drama have I been more aware of friends isolating or Covid positive…..the final chapter is yet to be written.

As for Vets 1. We are all healthy. But buckling under the pressure. Unlike others. We answer our telephone 24 hours a day for our clients but as of this weekend we will not provide cover for other local practices that have an inability to manage their businesses or responsibilities effectively. We will support our clients fully but our clients only unless it’s a true welfare or emergency situation.

If your Vet refuses to answer the phone then please, consider your options. Our team are but human and as such, we need to protect them in anyway we can - especially at 2am.

As always. Much love and huge thanks for the tremendous support x

#downhammarket #tribenorfolk #kingslynn

**Update Morning All I hope you are all well. T

**Update

Morning All

I hope you are all well.

Thankfully, we have had only the one positive C19 in the practice which will allow us (fingers crossed) to return to normality towards the middle of next week.

We have a lot of the team following government guidelines and self isolating for a 10 day period due to close contact with Simon but we are still managing to provide a full 24 hour support service.

Once again, we ask that if you need flea, tick, worm product - hold fire, and contact us next week.

If you are in anyway concerned about your small furry people (or feathery) please don’t hesitate to call us. We are not seeing routine cases currently but we are seeing and supporting everything else.

We will update again over the weekend.

Thank you.

#kingslynn #downhammarket #tribenorfolk

***Important Update. Please share. Hello All We

***Important Update. Please share.

Hello All

We had hoped, to be messaging today with detail on how as of Monday 19th July we planned on bringing clients back into the practice.

Sadly, it appears the Covid story is not over following a positive Covid PCR test for Simon.

As a consequence, we are moving into an emergency service only for the next three days (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday).

All routine appointments and routine surgery will be be postponed and re-scheduled.

If you require routine flea, tick or worm product then we ask if you can please wait until after the weekend before calling to order or arriving to collect.

All of the team will be asked to PCR test and as we return negative results we will slowly start to resume normal service. We will update daily on plans for each day and plans for the weekend and into next week.

We are keeping a small team in each location to deal with true emergencies only and we will have a team in overnight. Please understand calls will be answered but there may be a delay.

We managed 15 months without a positive test between our walls and we are all deeply saddened that we find ourselves in this situation now.

Please, be patient with us. We will find a way through.

X
#downhammarket #tribenorfolk #kingslynn

Friday. The best of days. Unless you lived in

Friday.

The best of days.

Unless you lived in the 1500’s and had committed a serious crime, then, odds on. You would be hung. Friday was a popular day for organising a hanging. Always drawing a big crowd apparently. Oh how entertainment has changed over the years……

Anyway. We have two new faces to introduce.

On the left, we have Katie. Graduated from Cambridge Vet School in 2017. Home is currently Ely. Lives with boyfriend and when not being a Vet spends time climbing (rocks and walls), juggling, computer programming and cycling.

On the right, we have Annalise. The most recent addition into our Commercial Team. Home for Annalise is Kings Lynn shared with 4 cats and a boyfriend.

As always. Please smile when you meet them, take a deep bow and welcome them into our ever expanding family.

Have a good weekend all. If you need us. We are here.

Our phones are answered pretty darn quickly.

X

#kingslynn #downhammarket #tribenorfolk

Have a good weekend all x Stay dry. Stay safe. C

Have a good weekend all x

Stay dry. Stay safe. Cheer as loud as you can for England / Scotland (delete as appropriate).

If you need us. Call. We answer our phone.

X
#kingslynn #downhammarket #tribenorfolk

We had hoped. On June 21st. To commence the proces

We had hoped. On June 21st. To commence the process of clients’ coming back into the practice.

Decision has been made to once again roll back the plans to July 19th.

It’s summer. We know how to work via the car park. It’s just a few more weeks.

We are aware that pretty much all other local Vets are allowing people in through the doors but just because your mates are all wearing pork pie hats doesn’t mean you need to do the same (plus, no one ever looked good in a pork pie hat).

If as a consequence of opening up now, if just one person in our community or one person in our team contracted C19 all our efforts since February last year would count for little.

Yes, I know you can now eat a wonderful meal in Arbuckles (I’ve had three recently). You can also pop into Living in Paradise in Downham and buy a pair of large Chinese looking dog statues (they look great alongside my fireplace)….but there is a big difference between Arbuckles, Paradise and Vets 1.

We can function without bringing clients in.

They can’t.

They needed to start functioning again.

We’ve functioned (in a form) all the way through the pandemic.

So. Sorry. But again, it’s only a few short weeks. Please bear with us…..

X

#kingslynn #downhammarket #tribenorfolk

Hello The young lady pictured in the rather grain

Hello

The young lady pictured in the rather grainy looking black and white image is Jodie.

I first used this picture in July 2016 on the day she started her career with Vets 1.

2016 was an odd year. The ‘Ice Bucket’ challenge was big news. Celebrities and mere mortals sat on a chair and had ice from a bucket tipped over their heads. Whilst being filmed. Then shared the film on social media. For reasons, I simply cant remember. Oh, how crazy we all felt. Oh how embarrassed we now feel when we look back.

Jodie stared life here as a Nurseling. Being a Nurseling is a bit like being a baby Jedi but without a light sabre. Or a spaceship. Or daily lectures from Yoda.

After a year, Jodie progressed into being a Student Vet Nurse (SVN). Being an SVN is a bit like being a hermit. You work really hard every day then use every spare hour at home to study like crazy for exam, after exam. Followed by exam. Year, after year, After year.

Then one day. For a small select group of people. The exams stop.

Jodie has given her all to Vets 1 for just off 5 years. Her laugh echos through our building everyday. Her skills in theatre, on ward and in consult room are exemplary.

Jodie is now officially - Jodie Maryon RVN and she deserves every accolade and ounce of praise we could heap on her shoulders.

Well done Jodie. Always proud.

#vetnurse #veterinary #veterinarynursing #rvn #registeredveterinarynurse #studentvetnurse #vethospital #proud

When we are dead, all we leave behind are the stor

When we are dead, all we leave behind are the story’s people tell about us and the impact we have had on our environment.

We all have a responsibility to ensure the story’s are gripping and the environmental impact is nothing but positive.

On the 12th June last year, in the middle of a chaotic pandemic I was joined by our business friends and partners who manage the farmland surrounding the practice for a morning of wild seed sowing encircling our new car park extension.

The results this year are tremendous and warm my ageing heart. The wildlife and insects that now call our car park home are numerous in number and the benefits to our planet, our county our community are huge.

Roland and Shaquille, thank you again.
#tribenorfolk #kingslynn #downhammarket #veterinary #vetnurse #vetnurselife #rvn #veterinary

Just born, high 5 ! #kingslynn #downhammarket #t

Just born, high 5 !

#kingslynn #downhammarket #tribenorfolk #high5

On sunny days, the Vets 1 team owned dogs get to h

On sunny days, the Vets 1 team owned dogs get to hang out in the garden in their own kennel block.

A high percentage of our team bring their best friends into work and we do our best to ensure that their time here is as chilled as possible .....

We are blessed to be surrounded by 1500 acres of private farm land, fields, woods and lakes making early morning or end of day dog walks a part of the working day.....

#vetlife #vet #veterinary #vetnurse #registeredveterinarynurse #rvn #svn #vethospital #vethospitallife

Pygmy Hedgehog work up @ Vets 1 #pygmyhedgehog #d

Pygmy Hedgehog work up @ Vets 1
#pygmyhedgehog #downhammarket #kingslynn

Morning, how is Saturday treating you all? Today

Morning, how is Saturday treating you all?

Today’s new face is Beth who joined our family back in November last year.

Beth has been nursing since 2018 and is just a few months off completing her studies to become a Registered Vet Nurse (RVN).

Beth lives locally with her boyfriend and family and a West Highland White terrier.

Once again, wave and smile if you pass in the car park x

#downhammarket #vetnurse #registeredveterinarynurse #rvn #svn #vethospital #vethospitallife

Oh look ! Another new face you are all yet to meet

Oh look ! Another new face you are all yet to meet...

Hello Marissa!

Graduated from the Royal Vet College in 2018, home is just North of Cambridge. Worked in a practice in Suffolk before joining our team this week.

Marissa shares her life with Crumpet, an incredibly cute Dachshund....

As always, wave and wish her well when you pass x

Have a good weekend all. If you need us, we are here. Always. X

#kingslynn #downhammarket #tribenorfolk #royalveterinarycollege #vetlife

Hello Emily.... Let’s start today by introducin

Hello Emily....

Let’s start today by introducing yet another new family member.

Emily graduated from Nottingham University in 2019, worked in a busy hospital setting in Warwickshire and then Monday this week, started working in Norfolk.

Home is currently the on-site apartment in Crimplesham, but only temporarily as the house purchase completes next week.

As always, wave a joyous wave and beam a smile (from under your mask).

X
#downhammarket #tribenorfolk #kingslynn #veterinary #nottinghamvetschool

....I’ll never understand why the team hate it w

....I’ll never understand why the team hate it when I point a camera at them.....🙄

Introducing Alex ! Qualified as an RVN in January 2020. Currently studying for an advanced certificate in Emergency & Critical Care. Joined our family March this year.

Lives somewhere local (not 100% sure where!) with her Vet boyfriend (crazy woman living with a Vet....why do people do that 😬).

Wave and say hello ! X
#downhammarket #tribenorfolk #kingslynn

This morning’s new Vets 1 face is Shelby! Shel

This morning’s new Vets 1 face is Shelby!

Shelby joined the family back in November last year having spent the previous two years working at a practice in March.

A member of our Nursing team, Shelby will shortly embark on the journey to become an RVN.

Home is March, shared with one cute dog and (so she informs me) one cute boyfriend....

As always, wave hello if you pass in the car park....

Have a good day all x
#downhammarket #kingslynn #tribenorfolk #vetnurse #veterinarynurse #vethospital

.....as life slowly returns to something we can po

.....as life slowly returns to something we can poke a stick at and call normal, it’s time to start updating you all on new faces at Vets 1. At the start of the Covid story, we had a headcount of around 36 people. Today, we have just over 50.

Let’s start with Liam.....

Liam arrived with us around 2 months ago having graduated from Bristol Veterinary School in 2017.

Originally from Lincolnshire, now residing in Downham and working in both our Crimplesham and Kings Lynn practices.

Liam loves nothing more than a complex medicine case. He also loves playing golf and motorsports.

If you pass him in the car park, please wave politely and shout a big hello x

#kingslynn #downhammarket #tribenorfolk #veterinary #vetlife #vsgd

Today, is International Nurse Day. The image atta

Today, is International Nurse Day.

The image attached is from the Royal College of Nursing website. If time allows, please pay a visit to their site and read the personal stories gathered from Nurses that have given so much over the course of the last 18 months. I have spent time this morning reading many of them and I find myself, as a consequence, just lost for words. The care, the professionalism, the dedication, the unselfish acts, the humour despite the chaos and worry.......

I cannot find the correct words of thanks or praise. Everything I have tried to phrase and has been deleted for sounding too shallow, too insincere. So instead, let me share this poem with you written by Suzanne Gordon, who is herself a Nurse and please remember, a Nurse is a Nurse and not......just a Nurse.

Just A Nurse

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I just make the difference between life and death.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I just have the educated eyes that prevent medical errors, injuries and other catastrophes.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I just make the difference between healing, coping, and despair.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I just make the difference between pain and comfort.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I’m just a nurse researcher who helps nurses and doctors give better, safer and more effective care.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I’m just a professor of nursing who educates future generations of nurses.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I just work in a major teaching hospital managing and monitoring patients who are involved in cutting edge experimental medical research.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I just educate patients and families about how to maintain their health.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I’m just a geriatric nurse practitioner. I make the difference between staying in one’s own home and going to a nursing home.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I just make the difference between dying in agony and dying in comfort and with dignity.

I’m ‘just a nurse.’ I’m just the real bottom-line in health care.

Don’t you want to be ‘just a nurse’ too?

❤️
#internationalnursesday
#internationalnurseday2021
#tribenorfolk
#downhammarket #kingslynn

Have a good weekend all - here if you need us, 24/

Have a good weekend all - here if you need us, 24/7.

#downhammarket #kingslynn #tribenorfolk #sebright

***We are hiring - Registered Veterinary Nurse (RV

***We are hiring - Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) or final year SVN.

We are looking to appoint three additional nurses to work in our Crimplesham Hospital. We continue to welcome 400 to 500 new patients every month and the time has come to reduce internal pressures by bringing in additional talented hands (and feet).

You will be joining a team of 24 Nurses and a wider company of c55 people. We are a privately owned practice with a busy and varied caseload, exemplary standards, superb equipment and a genuine desire to develop and grow each team member.

Our Nurse team works across our three theatres, busy wards and consult rooms (but not on reception).

Salary is first class. CPD is un-capped. Yes, we cover our own OOH - but we work to a rota that balances your work / life balance beautifully.

Want to know more? Please email Lisa Macpherson, Head Nurse: lisa@vets-one.co.uk

Please share x

#veterinarynurse #rvn #veterinary #registeredveterinarynurse #vetnurselife #vetnursing #vethospital

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