Briar Dawn Veterinary Centre

We are an award winning veterinary practice set in the Pennine mill town of Shaw, near Oldham. Our mission is to provide a caring, friendly and highly professional approach where people and pets are treated with respect and consideration, and where owners are given the time that they need during an appointment to explain concerns and be involved in a discussion about options for treatment.

Briar Dawn Veterinary Centre, on Manchester Road, opened in October 2004 on the site of an older veterinary surgery. The buildings have undergone a program of extensive investment and refurbishment. Briar Dawn's modern facilities and well trained staff mean that most diagnostic testing and surgical procedures can be done on-site. Care is taken to ensure that stress is minimised for animals being treated by providing separate kennels and cattery, a quiet area for cats to wait for their appointments away from dogs, and calming pheromones in the waiting room and consulting rooms for cats and dogs.

We aim to keep waiting times to a minimum in order to reduce the stress of the waiting room. Our puppy and kitten clinics also help our young patients to learn that the vets is not a scary place. In this way many of our patients associate a trip to the vets with a pleasant rather than stressful or frightening experience.