OUT OF HOURS EMERGENCY SERVICE

We offer a dedicated emergency service working alongside practices in the local area to provide emergency treatment when your usual vet is closed (nights, weekends and public holidays). 

Supporting Practice List

Our Out of Hours Emergency Service is proud to support these veterinary centres:

  • Allan Veterinary Surgery
  • Ashley Veterinary Centre
  • Avalon Vet Clinic
  • Boyce & Houston
  • Condorrat Veterinary Surgery
  • First Vets Bearsden
  • Glenbrae Vet Clinic - Bearsden
  • Glenbrae Vet Clinic - Dumbarton
  • Hyndland Street Veterinary Surgery
  • Martin vets
  • Murray Veterinary Centre
  • Riverside Vet Clinic
  • The Vet Centre - Uddingston
  • Three Mile Veterinary Centre
  • Vets4pets Airdrie
  • Vets4pets Bearsden
  • Vets4pets Drumchapel
  • Vets4pets Dumbarton
  • Vets4pets Paisley

 

Supporting practice information

If you are a vet from one of the supporting practices listed above and would like to transfer a patient to us for overnight care, please call the Hospital on 0141 330 7690 to discuss the case with our on-call vet (after 5pm Monday - Friday and anytime on Saturday and Sunday). We request that you email all relevant patient history to sah-ooh@glasgow.ac.uk or supply a hard copy to the owner to bring to their appointment.

If you are interested in utilising the Out of Hours service please contact: sah-admin@glasgow.ac.uk 

Meet your vets

Sophie Ashworth BVMS CertAVP MRCVS

Veterinary Clinician 

Sophie graduated from the University of Glasgow with honours in 2009.  After working in mixed practice in Scotland for three years, she volunteered in a charity clinic in Fiji and worked as a locum vet in Australia.  In 2013 she returned to the Small Animal Hospital to focus on her interests in emergency medicine and surgery.  Sophie completed her RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice in 2019. 

Image of Ana-Maria Rotariu holding a small animalAna-Maria Rotariu MRCVS

Veterinary Clinician

Ana-Maria graduated from the University of Life Sciences in Iasi, Romania in 2015. After graduating she came to the UK and worked in general practice before starting her rotating internship at VetsNow in Glasgow in 2016. After completing her internship, she worked a combination of general practice, charity work and out of hours, before settling in as an Out of Hours Clinician with the University of Glasgow. Her main interests are Emergency Medicine and Surgery. 

Headshot image of Jennifer McKenzieJennifer McKenzie BVM&S MRCVS

 Veterinary Clinician 

Jenny graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2014 and has travelled the UK working in veterinary centres and animal hospitals. Jenny joined our Emergency Service Team in 2022 and is working towards a postgraduate degree to become an Advanced Practitioner in Emergency and Critical Care.

Image of Hannah Davies in a field with a large breed white dogHannah Davies BVMSci(Hons) MRCVS

Veterinary Clinician 

Hannah graduated from the University of Surrey in 2021 and went on to work in a mixed practice in Cumbria. She much preferred the small animal work, so changed to a small animal only vet where she developed a passion for emergency and critical care medicine. This led Hannah to her current position as an OOH clinician in the Small Animal Hospital which she started in May 2023.