Sheriff's Highway Veterinary Hospital is proud to be a member of the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme. This means you can be confident in our commitment to the highest standards of care at all times. Established since 1948, our practice benefits from the extensive veterinary experience of its team.

Both our branch at Whickham and the main Hospital in Gateshead aim to provide all required routine veterinary services. Both are equipped with full operating facilities, and the Hospital has additional equipment which may sometimes be
transferred temporarily to a branch for a short time. In addition, the Hospital provides facilities for an overnight stay, if any patients require skilled supervision. Rest assured there are staff present within the Hospital at all times.

Sometimes a patient requires more than that available in routine practice. Such cases will occasionally be sent outside the practice, as we maintain links with most of the six veterinary schools, as well as many of the referral practices both locally and nationwide. More often, such cases will initially be sent to another vet within the practice.

Mr. Clark has maintained a special interest in ophthalmology (eye disease) for many years, and regularly accepts referrals from local practices. Mr. Armstrong has an additional qualification in orthopaedics (bone diseases), and he spends all of his time dealing with orthopaedic cases sent from other practices and, of course, from within our own practice. The additional equipment at the Hospital means that we are also often sent cases that require specialist investigations such as endoscopy or ultrasound scanning.

We also run some nurses' clinics - at present providing a "no-frills"
vaccination service but we anticipate expanding the scope of these
clinics in the near future.