Vet Nurse Awareness Month: An interview with Nick Coleman

May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month, a whole month dedicated to raising awareness of the veterinary nursing profession and the vital role they play in animal care and treatment. What was started as an awareness day by the British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) in 2005 quickly grew into a week and expanded even further to…

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More helping hands for humans at Paragon

A £5m vet centre which is setting the standard for animal care is reinforcing its commitment to looking after humans, too, with a pledge to provide first aid training to every member of staff. Paragon Veterinary Referrals, in Wakefield, is making it mandatory for all staff to complete first aid training and already 50 per…

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Life-saving defibrillator installed at Paragon

A new £5 million vets in Yorkshire is proving it doesn’t just provide top-class care for animals after investing £1,500 in a potentially life-saving defibrillator for use by its staff and neighbouring businesses. Paragon Veterinary Referrals, in Wakefield, has purchased the automated external defibrillator (AED) for use on the surrounding Paragon Business Park, to provide…

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An interview with Nursing Manager Helen Sorby

May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month, a whole month dedicated to raising awareness of the veterinary nursing profession and the vital role they play in animal care and treatment. What was started as an awareness day by the British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) in 2005 quickly grew into a week and expanded even further to…

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Maisy The St Bernard ‘Bears All’ For Vets

Maisy the St Bernard came to Paragon Veterinary Referrals, in Wakefield. There were fears eight-year-old Maisy had cancer when a CT scan showed a mass on her spleen, along with an unusually full stomach – an issue which was initially put down to her food not being digested properly. Maisy’s owner Jane Dickinson, from Roberttown, near…

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RSA Insurance Group – Important Update

In order to stay committed to excellence and fully support our clients, Paragon Veterinary Referrals will now be subsidising the £200 fee that may be charged to our clients by the Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) as part of their preferred provider’s scheme. Paragon Veterinary Referrals are still firmly committed to their views regarding the RSA…

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Paragon Veterinary Referrals New Building Virtual Tour

Take a virtual tour of selected rooms within our new multi-disciplinary, state-of-the-art veterinary referral centre – including Waiting Room, Consulting Rooms, Nurse Stations, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Operating Theatres and Staff Rest Area.  

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