Cancer Care for Pets
Cancer Care for Pets is an independent veterinary oncology referral service.
Who we are
We are based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, within Donaldson’s Vets’ Somerset Road facility.
Cancer Care for Pets is owned and operated by Neil Palmer BVSc, MSc(Clin Onc), MRCVS and Kirsty Chippendale Dip AVN RVN. Together we bring more than 45 years in the profession to the new referral service. We have a unique approach, where our team’s clinical skills and experience are combined with the knowledge each family has of what is best for their pet.
Referrals
We accept referrals either by your primary care vet, or self-referrals. Either way we will need your pet’s full clinical history and lab reports, which will require you to give consent to your primary care practice to share these with us.
Once we have received a referral request, a member of our team will contact you directly to arrange an initial referral appointment with one of our oncologists. We will arrange a time to suit you and where possible, look to arrange procedures or treatments on the same day if that is your preference.
We aim to contact all new referrals within 24 working hours and us receiving a referral request.
We aim to offer an appointment within a maximum of 2 weeks from first contact however most referrals are seen within 1 week.
If we are experiencing busy periods, we will inform our referring practices in order to keep you informed.
Why Cancer Care for Pets?
Cancer Care for Pets has access to all the facilities that you would expect at a modern veterinary hospital, including state-of-the-art advanced imaging equipment and chemotherapy suite, and its own, private, more reflective, consultation area. Your pet’s plan may include diagnostic investigations, specialised imaging, surgery, chemotherapy and palliative care.