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Established in 2013. Located in both Downham Market & Kings Lynn. Privately owned and operated. Fixing pets. Helping people. Developing talent.

Being Sylvia. #tribenorfolk #kingslynn #downhamma

Being Sylvia.
#tribenorfolk #kingslynn #downhammarket

Morning all Following yesterday’s announcement

Morning all

Following yesterday’s announcement of lockdown 3.0 we just wanted to reassure you that we are here if needed and that we are continuing to implement the most stringent of safety protocols.

Client’s still stay outside, only patients enter the building.

Our team are behind masks all day, everyday. We ask that you arrive in mask and stay in mask for communication that occurs in the car park.

All team members are temperature checked on arrival and hands are cleaned constantly.

We have a separate night team in place from 7pm every night. Phones are answered 24/7.

All requests for help are risk assessed at point of first contact and only those patients that genuinely need to be seen are provided with an appointment.

Advice and guidance is available around the clock.

Please all keep safe and keep well. Please follow the advice. The sun will shine again one day soon ........

Talking of the weather - please be careful on our driveway today. It’s rather icy xxx
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Good Morning...... Tier 4 Plan. In response to t

Good Morning......

Tier 4 Plan.

In response to the upgrading of our regions tier status announced yesterday, we will be making the following changes effective 26th December in line with BVA and RCVS guidelines and because, regardless, it is the correct thing to do. The following applies to both Kings Lynn and Crimplesham practices.

* Any routine appointment that can be delayed without health or welfare concerns will be delayed including annual boosters.
* All neutering requests will be assessed on a per case basis.
* We will continue to exclude owners from entering our buildings.

Can we please request that ALL owners arrive with a mask and have the mask on when we greet you in the car park. If you arrive without a mask we will be unable to treat your pet.

We are not, on this occasion splitting our teams into work groups. We are tired and we need to protect the mental wellbeing of the souls that work incredibly long hours under our roof. We are though once again enhancing our internal use of PPE and stepping up once again our internal cleaning protocols.

Since March, we have adopted a policy of protect community and protect team and this continues with the added element of solidarity with our local business community. Many local businesses will be unable to open their doors to trade from boxing day onwards. It would be utterly wrong for us to continue with ‘business as normal’ whilst our friends are struggling.

We close today at around 1pm in both locations as planned and switch to emergency care only. 24 hours a day. Every day. Please don’t hesitate to call if worried.

Kings Lynn is open in between the bank holidays, so if you need to pick something up, give them a call on 01553 970971.

And finally. From us all, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Your support and love is cherished.

Team Vets 1 Kings Lynn and Team Vets 1 Crimplesham x
#kingslynn #downhammarket #tribenorfolk

Christmas @ Vets 1 Hello all Sorry we have been

Christmas @ Vets 1

Hello all

Sorry we have been so quiet recently. The year has been long and our energy levels are low....

Many of you have dropped us in Christmas cards, cakes, sweets and chocolates. All are appreciated and all help boost the energy levels (especially at 3am).

This year, in Crimplesham, we will be closing for all but emergencies at lunchtime on Christmas Eve and not returning in full until Saturday 2nd January. We will have a full clinical team available throughout the holiday period around the clock, so please, if your little person is sick, don’t hesitate to call.

We will not be open though for collecting dog food or flea / tick / worm product - so please plan in advance if needed.

In Kings Lynn we are closed for the obvious bank holidays with emergencies handled by Crimplesham but we are opening for the few days in between Christmas and New Year. So if running short on something, feel free to give them a call.

Your support and understanding throughout this year has been humbling. Thank you xxx
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Today will be a challenge..... Hello all It’s

Today will be a challenge.....

Hello all

It’s a little after 8am and it’s snowing. Sensible social distancing protocols still have us leaving owners outside and patients only coming in.

Covid hasn’t gone away. We have learnt this morning that a school in Wisbech has placed a full year group into isolation following a number of cases and we are aware of at least two veterinary practices in our region that have had to close for the same reason.

Wherever the weather now chucks at us, we will cope. Just please be patient with us as we navigate slippery pathways and the (hopefully) short term blizzard....

Thank you in advance x

#downhammarket #tribenorfolk #kingslynn #snowday

Morning Please all join me in welcoming Sally in

Morning

Please all join me in welcoming Sally into the Vets 1 family. Sally will be working primarily in our Crimplesham hospital and brings with her 16 years of nursing experience, 12 as a qualified RVN.

Sally’s arrival brings our Nurse numbers up to 22 which is an astounding number considering how relatively new we are as a practice. The numbers allow for us to have dedicated Nurses working through each night, dedicated theatre nurses each day, ward nurses and consult nurses.

We are still looking to appoint a further two full time RVN’s into our team.

Have a great Sunday all x

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And finally, please all join me in welcoming Emily

And finally, please all join me in welcoming Emily into the Vets 1 Nursing team.

Emily is a final year Nurse Student, home is Watlington shared with boyfriend Jimmy and canine best friend Frank....

So yes, lots of new faces at Vets 1. Our team across both locations holds nearly 50 heads now.....and this has happened because you. Our community. Supports us.

Thank you xxx

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Welcome Amy ! Please all join we in welcoming Am

Welcome Amy !

Please all join we in welcoming Amy into Team Commercial in Crimplesham. Amy joins us having just moved into the area from Staines and now resides in Marham.

Amy has spent the last 18 months working front of house in a busy veterinary hospital and during the last lock down pulled 18 hour shifts in an effort to keep things ticking along....it’s a skill we value!

She shares her life with boyfriend dog handler Tom and Oscar the Labrador x
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And..... Please join me in welcoming Lia into the

And.....

Please join me in welcoming Lia into the Kings Lynn team!

Lia has been Nursing since 2006, lives in Norfolk with partner, children, dogs and horses and brings a wealth of hospital experience into our newly opened practice x
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Welcome Hollie... Please all join me in welcoming

Welcome Hollie...

Please all join me in welcoming new veterinary surgeon Hollie into the Vets 1 Team.

Hollie graduated out of Nottingham 18 months ago and has worked in a busy Suffolk hospital until joining us yesterday.

Home is in Brandon shared with Boyfriend (Stephen) and Leonard (Spaniel).
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Good Evening All We have spent the last 24 hours

Good Evening All

We have spent the last 24 hours putting into place plans to allow us to safely navigate the 2nd lockdown which starts on Thursday. Our team only re-integrated as a single work unit on the 1st October and it is deeply saddening to once again be on the cusp of the unknown.

We have formed our plans based on government and British Veterinary Association guidance and the clear message from both is to stay at home whenever possible.

We have a sense of duty not to exploit or interpret the guidance in our favour just because financially, we would be better off doing so. We would also struggle to look our fellow, local business owners in the eye if we chased every pound when they have no choice but to fully close their doors.

With this in mind, in our continuing efforts to protect our community, our team and the NHS, as of Thursday morning:

We will become 3, fully socially distanced work teams. Two in Crimplesham, One in Kings Lynn.
Kings Lynn will be open fully Monday to Friday.
Crimplesham will be open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
We will revert to a 3 day rolling rota to minimise the number of heads in our building at any one point, which makes internal social distancing easier.
As of Thursday we will return to seeing only emergency and welfare cases only in line with BVA advice.
We will continue to vaccinate young puppies and we will complete any vaccination courses already started.
Neutering will only occur on a case by case basis where clear need is identified.

Our phones will be answered 24/7.
None of our team are being furloughed.

We learnt how to effectively manage cases remotely during the first lock down and we will utilise that skill set once again but this time, with a full team on the end of the phone.

If you have any concern at any hour, please call us. We will help.

Keep safe all.

And as always, one day, we will hug you all again xx

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It’s a sign ! Thank you @wesignsuk as always.

It’s a sign !

Thank you @wesignsuk as always.

#kingslynn #tribenorfolk #dowmhammarket

Friday. Again. We made it to the weekend..... We

Friday. Again. We made it to the weekend.....

We all watch the news. We all know what’s occurring in our community, outside our community and in the wider world....

So please. All. Make sensible decisions. Look after yourselves and daily, find at least one thing to make you smile.......

This weekend....

We are open 8.30am until 5.30pm both days. If you need us. Come find us.

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Sad because Skunks always get bad press and really

Sad because Skunks always get bad press and really all a Skunk wants is to be loved......

#skunk #iloveskunk #HugASkunkDay #tribenorfolk #kingslynn #norfolk

Please all join me in welcoming Becky Bush into th

Please all join me in welcoming Becky Bush into the Vets 1 family.

Becky will be with us weekends and odd weekdays supporting our front of house commercial team in Crimplesham with occasional appearances in Kings Lynn.

Becky lives just outside of Cambridge and is sister to Sophie Bush who heads up our Kings Lynn practice.

Becky lives with Leo and Dudley (her feline best friends) and in a normal year, one that doesn’t involve a pandemic she can be found in London pursuing her acting career.

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Some days start perfectly..... #owl #downhammarke

Some days start perfectly.....

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We are hiring. Please share. Veterinary Surgeon

We are hiring. Please share.

Veterinary Surgeon – Small Animal – Kings Lynn

We are looking to appoint an additional, full time Veterinary Surgeon into our new Kings Lynn practice.

We are a baby business that opened on the 1st August this year. Privately owned and sister company to the Vets 1 Group that launched in 2013 which is located near to Downham Market. We are close sisters that confide in each other, support and cover each other’s backs. It’s good to have sisters.

Our premises are unique. Take everything you know about how a vets practice should look, then start imaging the opposite. We believe we have created something beautiful. The creative design element hasn’t though, been at the sacrifice of practicality. We have four consult rooms, two theatres, separate dental theatre with dental X ray. Full spacious lab. Large x-ray room (CR) with four-way floating table, large prep area, isolation unit, secure dog walk out area, spacious and separate dog and cat wards, team break room and private car parking in abundance.

You will be joining a small, focused and supportive team at an exciting time. Your voice will always have ears willing to listen and your ideas and input will be valued. When days are rubbish, you will find pizza arrives and our coffee is truly first class.

We need an experienced set of hands. Your consult room skills should be first class and your surgical skill set should tick a minimum of all routine surgeries.

Working a 5 day week. No OOH. Uncapped CPD. Supportive of GpC and PgC studies. Full private healthcare from day one.

Want to know more, then in first instance please send CV and covering letter to Sophie Bush, Lead Vet & Partner

sophie@vets-one.co.uk

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Seven months ago at the start of the Covid story,

Seven months ago at the start of the Covid story, we split our team into two, socially distanced work groups. As spring became late summer and the smell of baby squirrel could be smelt on the breeze heralding the arrival of Autumn, we split into three with the opening of our Kings Lynn practice.

It has been lonely being apart from each other. At times it has truly sucked. We have lost some friends along the way and we will miss their faces. Looking back, our troubles are nothing compared to that faced by others. We have so much to be thankful for.

We have though, reached a point where we need to make some longer term plans and put a structure into place to protect our sanity our souls and Dave the Poodle that lives on Clackclose in Downham.

As of the 1st October, we will be merging our team in Crimplesham back into a single work group.

This increases the volume of daily appointments, volume of theatre time available and it will speed and ease every aspect of our business for you.

Since March we have consulted and operated right through a weekend. This will continue with both routine surgery and routine appointments available at no additional cost or premium.

You want a booster at 4pm on a Sunday? Sure, we can do that.

Want to have Malcolm’s little man cherries removed on a Saturday morning because he keeps humping your favourite cushion? Yep, we can do that as well.

We are now hiring additional Vets for Kings Lynn, but currently over a weekend and a night all calls are diverted down to the Crimplesham main hub. At points during each week you will find guest appearances from all other Crimplesham family members into our Hardwick base and please remember you can dip into each location whenever you need for whatever you need without having to formally register.

The Covid story is sadly, far from over and so for now, patients come in, owners still stay outside. We have erected additional flood lighting in preparation for winter and will do our best to minimise disruption and make your visit to each location as stress free and more importantly as safe as we possibly can.

#kingslynn #downhammarket #tribenorfolk #veterinary #norfolk

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