Western Counties Equine Hospital

Western Counties Equine Hospital Western Counties Equine Hospital is a purpose built specialist facility in the south west.

Our purpose-built hospital, opened in November 2002, nestles on the edge of the Blackdown Hills in a peaceful, tranquil environment yet is easily accessible from the M5. It is a facility second to none in the Westcountry and since opening, we have invested in a continued program of development and improvements. This culminated in October 2009 with the award of RCVS Equine hospital status, the hig

hest level of accreditation available, reflecting the high level of veterinary expertise, nursing care and facilities available. We act as both a first opinion practice for the surrounding area and also a referral centre boosting full surgical facilities, accepting emergency and elective cases.

✨ Western Counties Equine Vets Open Day – Showcasing BHS Devon ✨Join us for a fantastic day celebrating all things eques...
05/06/2026

✨ Western Counties Equine Vets Open Day – Showcasing BHS Devon ✨

Join us for a fantastic day celebrating all things equestrian 🐴💚 Supporting British Horse Society Devon and the Devon Air Ambulance, this is the perfect day out for horse lovers of all kinds.

🐎 Live jumping demos with Mandy Frost
🩺 Expert horse health & performance talks
🏥 Behind-the-scenes vet practice tours
🚦 BHS Ride Safe taster sessions
🤝 Meet equine professionals & get expert advice

Plus plenty of family-friendly fun with food, refreshments, children’s activities and a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere 🌞🍕🍦

Come along to learn something new, meet like-minded people, and celebrate our shared love of horses—all while supporting two amazing causes 💙✨

Book Here: 🔗👇
https://bookwhen.com/bhssouthwest/e/ev-spuzo-20260627100000

WHAT A WEEK AT BICTON INTERNATIONAL 💙 Our vet team have had a busy week as event vets at the Bicton International Horse ...
02/06/2026

WHAT A WEEK AT BICTON INTERNATIONAL 💙

Our vet team have had a busy week as event vets at the Bicton International Horse Trials; Chris and the vets work very closely with Helen West, Andrew Fell and their amazing team to provide gold standard veterinary care for all horses who attend the event. Helen very kindly took time out of her busy schedule on the 21st May to give us and our referring vets a course walk, which was a real insight into what is involved in designing a technical but still rideable course.

Western Counties have been working with Helen and Bicton Arena since 2016 and are proud to be associated with such an iconic venue.

It was an especially busy week for Chris Johannson, who was veterinary services manager all week, with Hazel, Simon, Dave & Claire joining him at the weekend as FEI treating vets.

Bicton Arena

✨Veterinary Nursing Awareness month✨May is the month for celebrating our nurses. We are super lucky to have a wonderful ...
29/05/2026

✨Veterinary Nursing Awareness month✨

May is the month for celebrating our nurses. We are super lucky to have a wonderful team of 6 qualified Veterinary Nurses and 2 student nurses here at Western Counties.

Unfortunately it is rather tricky to get all of them in a photo together at the same time, but here is one of 5/8s of the team holding the fort at the hospital.

Our nurses are involved within all areas of the practice and support our patients through every step of their journey through the hospital.

This may include:
🐴 Admitting and discharging patients from the hospital
🐴 Inpatient care (including clinical examinations, placing intravenous catheters, bandage changes and administration of medications and fluids, all alongside our two lovely veterinary interns!)
🐴 Assisting with various procedures
🐴 Being on call for any out of hours emergencies
🐴 Assisting with lameness investigations
🐴 Diagnostic imaging
🐴 Running of our in house laboratory
🐴 Obtaining images in our standing MRI unit
🐴 Theatre nursing
🐴 Assisting our vets out on the road with various cases
🐴 Providing support and coaching to our student nurses
🐴 & lots of cleaning!

From left to right: Phoebe, Charly, Libby, Beth.W, Natalie
(Missing from the photo: Vikki, Beth.P & Ellie)

Awesome comeback from Tag Eventing 🥇
29/05/2026

Awesome comeback from Tag Eventing 🥇

David Seymour 👊🏼A couple of weeks ago, David presented for the second year running at the European Veterinary Dental For...
24/05/2026

David Seymour 👊🏼

A couple of weeks ago, David presented for the second year running at the European Veterinary Dental Forum, this year held in the beautiful city of Porto.

His case report on a minimally invasive surgical approach to the nasal cavity using computed tomography was awarded ‘The Paddy Dixon Award’, for best presentation by an equine resident. 🏆

David is nearing his fifth and final year as a resident of the European Veterinary Dental College, working towards sitting his European board exams and achieving the highest qualification in the field of equine dentistry.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the office is not open this morning. Please contact us via the emergency line on 01884 ...
23/05/2026

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the office is not open this morning. Please contact us via the emergency line on 01884 841100 or WhatsApp us on 07897 017083 ☎️

Thank you for your understanding!

🌟 MEET HANNAH 🌟Hannah Martin BVM BVS MRCVSHannah graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2019 and started work as...
20/05/2026

🌟 MEET HANNAH 🌟

Hannah Martin BVM BVS MRCVS

Hannah graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2019 and started work as a large animal vet in Oxfordshire before moving down to Somerset in 2021.

She has spent the last 5 years working between Exmoor and Australia and has recently returned to the UK after spending 4 months travelling around New Zealand. 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇳🇿

Her main interests are racehorse/sports horse work, poor performance cases and gastroscopy. Outside of work, Hannah enjoys playing rugby, pub gardens and anything with an adrenaline rush!

MEET LILY, She presented to us for a routine dental where as part of our exam we assessed her facial symmetry, at this p...
16/05/2026

MEET LILY,
She presented to us for a routine dental where as part of our exam we assessed her facial symmetry, at this point we could see that one of her third eyelids looked a little bit irregular.

Once sedated for her dental gentle pressure was applied to expose the third eyelid revealing it to be abnormal, a squamous cell carcinoma was suspected which can be quite aggressive.

As a result a plan was made to remove her third eyelid at home under local anaesthetic and standing sedation. Lily coped with her procedure very well and recovered quickly in the comfort of her yard.

Histology confirmed the suspected diagnosis of a squamous cell carcinoma, fortunately the mass was fully excised and Lily is doing very well.

Thank you to Lily’s carers for letting us share her story. ✨🫶🏼

HAPPY WORLD RECEPTIONIST DAY TO THE AMAZING WCEH TEAM!!! They do a great job at organising all of the vets visits and ke...
13/05/2026

HAPPY WORLD RECEPTIONIST DAY TO THE AMAZING WCEH TEAM!!!

They do a great job at organising all of the vets visits and keeping the wheels of WCEH turning. 🫶🏽

PONY CLUB 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼 CVS (WCEH) We’re delighted to announce that The Pony Club UK has officially confirmed CVS Equine Vets as...
10/05/2026

PONY CLUB 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼 CVS (WCEH)

We’re delighted to announce that The Pony Club UK has officially confirmed CVS Equine Vets as its new Veterinary Partner.

At Western Counties Equine Hospital, we’re incredibly proud to be part of CVS Equine and are particularly excited about the opportunities this partnership creates for us to help support education, training and best practice across the Pony Club community.

The Pony Club is the world’s largest equestrian youth organisation, with a long‑standing commitment to education, training, and horse welfare. Through this collaboration, CVS Equine vets will support The Pony Club’s Training Team, providing trusted, evidence‑based veterinary content and expertise. This will help ensure that Members, Volunteers, Branches and Centres have access to up‑to‑date, practical veterinary knowledge.

Many of us have experienced first‑hand the positive impact The Pony Club has on young riders, and we’re incredibly proud to be part of a partnership that supports its vital work. We look forward to working together to make a meaningful difference for horses, riders, and the wider equestrian community.

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Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
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Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 8:30am - 1pm

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