Press Releases

10th November 2011
Noel Fitzpatrick will present Fitzpatrick Referrals November lecture for Veterinary Surgeons, Cancer of the Skeleton in Dogs and Cats: New Horizons on Wednesday 23 November. Cancer is an increasingly recognised problem in small animals and clients are ever more aware of advanced treatment options....
14th October 2011
Research into a pioneering hip implant procedure which has been developed by Fitzpatrick Referrals has this month been published in Veterinary Surgery Journal, marking a significant advance in challenging hip cases. The surgical technique for reinforced augmentation of the dorsal acetabular rim (...
08th October 2011
Fitzpatrick Referrals Specialist, Michael Hamilton will present October’s lecture for Veterinary Surgeons, Simple Fracture Repair – What You Can Do in General Practice on Wednesday 19 October. Trauma in dogs and cats is a very common reason for presentation to general practice.  There are...
08th September 2011
The Fitzpatrick Referrals lecture series for veterinary surgeons continues this Wednesday, 21 September with Dr Noel Fitzpatrick’s ‘Spinal Disease in Dogs: Myths and Misconceptions’. This lecture will illustrate multiple new modalities for spinal disease treatment in dogs including new implants and...
10th August 2011
Fitzpatrick Referrals’ ‘Advancing Your Knowledge of Trauma and Joint Disease’ lecture series for veterinary surgeons continues on 24 August with Dr Noel Fitzpatrick’s ‘Trauma in Cats: A Cat Is Not A Small Dog’. The lecture will aim to provide the participant with an overview of common and newer...
14th July 2011
Fitzpatrick Referrals is delighted to welcome Prof Stuart Carmichael as guest lecturer for Series 2 of the Fitzpatrick Referrals 2011 Lecture Series for Veterinary Surgeons, ‘Advancing Your Knowledge of Trauma and Joint Disease’. The lecture series continues on 20 July with Prof Carmichael’s...
06th June 2011
The Fitzpatrick Referrals 2011 Lecture Series for Veterinary Surgeons continues on 22 June with the first lecture in Series 2, Noel Fitzpatrick’s ‘All You Ever Wanted to Know About Joint Replacement’. The second part of the lecture series for Veterinary Surgeons will focus on the theme of ‘...
16th May 2011
Star of the stage and well loved all round entertainer, Michael Ball, today officially opened the final phase of Fitzpatrick Referrals’ new ultra-hi-tech patient wards, marking the beginning of a new future in the care and rehabilitation of Britain’s pets. The unique, custom designed wards are...
09th May 2011
Michael Ball – star of stage, television and well loved radio broadcaster – will officially open the final phase of the world’s first luxury animal wards at state-of-the-art veterinary practice, Fitzpatrick Referrals in Surrey, on Monday 16 May at 11.00am. The practice featured in the recent BBC...
27th April 2011
The Fitzpatrick Referrals 2011 Lecture Series for Veterinary Surgeons continues with ‘Hip Dysplasia: Does this dog really need surgery?’, presented by Fitzpatrick Referrals Specialist, Mike Farrell on Wednesday 18 May. The lecture is the third part of the Series 1 lectures, ‘Knee, Elbow and Hip...
11th April 2011
The Fitzpatrick Referrals 2011 Lecture Series for Veterinary Surgeons continues with Noel Fitzpatrick’s ‘Elbow Disease in Young Dogs: The Hidden Menace’ lecture on Wednesday 20 April. The lecture is part of a new CPD programme for veterinary surgeons with a series of free evening lectures taking...
02nd March 2011
Fitzpatrick Referrals has launched a new CPD programme for veterinary surgeons with a series of free evening lectures taking place once a month at the state of the art centre in Surrey. The series of lectures will be presented by Noel Fitzpatrick and Fitzpatrick Referrals’ Specialists, Mike Farrell...
20th January 2011
Mitzi Davis, the first dog in the world to have an ankle amputation prosthesis was today introduced to the media at Fitzpatrick Referrals in Surrey, as she was let off her lead for the first time since the procedure. Mitzi, a three and a half year old white German shepherd dog from Dorchester in...
25th June 2010
New BBC documentary series chronicles the work of a neuro-orthopaedic veterinary practice at the forefront of bioengineering technologies Cats have nine lives so they say, but few felines can have had a luckier escape from the jaws of death than Oscar, whose rear paws were chopped off by a combine...
10th June 2010
A world first prosthetic implant uses groundbreaking biotechnology techniques to put an American bulldog back on his feet Veterinary breakthrough also brings new hope for injured motorcycle victims The boundaries of veterinary science have taken another giant step forward in a groundbreaking...

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