A VETERINARY practice will become a new addition to a Tameside shopping centre this summer.
Gourley Vets will be opening a large purpose-built surgery in Unit 1A at Crown Point North Shopping Park in Denton.
The company’s veterinary practices in Hyde, Stalybridge and Droylsden – as well as Newton Heath in Manchester – will be merged and relocated into the Denton practice.
A spokesperson for Gourley Vets says the “spacious and modern” site will “offer a wide range of services and a significant availability of appointments to clients and their pets”.
New facilities at the Denton surgery will include three consulting rooms; a fully equipped operating theatre; a dedicated dental suite; an ultrasound scanner; an in-house laboratory and digital x-ray facilities; and separate dog and cat hospital wards and waiting areas.
The precise opening date is still to be confirmed.
Amanda Smith, Clinical Director at Gourley Vets, said: “The limitations of our existing branch surgeries has made it difficult to offer the level of service we want to.
“The new site in Denton gives us the opportunity to develop a spacious new practice with additional facilities and services – meaning clients will be able to have their pet’s consultations, treatments and surgery all in one place.”
Up to four vets, four veterinary nurses, two patient care advisors and four receptionists will staff the new practice in Denton, which will be open for routine consultations from 8.30am to 7pm Monday to Friday.
Gourley Vets’ practice on Wellington Road in Ashton-under-Lyne – which has recently undergone a major £700,000 refurbishment – will continue to offer services every Saturday from 9am to 4pm.