🐾 UPDATE ON OPEN HOURS FOR THE LARA CLINIC 🐾
At the moment the Lara Clinics hours are subject to change, this is due to covid related staff shortages unfortunately impacting our working capacity.
We apologise for the inconvenience.
Please watch this space as our open hours will be kept up to date on Facebook, the website and Instagram as we try to navigate this challenging time.
COVID-UPDATE - CHANGES TO THE CLINIC RULES:
As of Friday the 22th of April 2022 the clinic rules have changed.
We are back to allowing multiple clients into the consult room. We are also no longer checking vaccination status, and it is up to clients discretion whether or not they would like to wear a mask in the clinic.
We still ask that you please be respectful to our staff as our consultations are filling fast and there may not be appointments available on the day, but we are trying our best to get your pet in for treatment at our next availability.
Thanks from the whole team at the Corio and Lara vet clinics
Vet Shortage
A little explanation.....
You may have noticed that recently we've reduced our hours or in some circumstances closed one clinic on certain days. We would like to offer a short explanation for this and provide some insight into both our clinics and the veterinary industry as a whole as to why this has been necessary.
Currently, the veterinary industry is experiencing a nationwide veterinarian shortage. Our once thriving industry has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are facing a future with no relief yet in sight. This is an unprecedented event which has affected our clinics immensely and meant that some very tough decisions have needed to be made to ensure the continuation of our clinics into the future. In the past we have relied on both domestic and international veterinarians, but due to the pandemic we have not been able to fill many position vacancies meaning we have been running with far fewer staff than is needed. At the same time, demand for veterinary services has never been higher, so this has put immense pressure on all of our staff as we try to remain open and available to our clients and their pets whilst maintaining an excellent level of patient care.
We ask for your consideration and understanding that we are often going to be booked out days in advance for appointments, and weeks in advance for routine surgery appointments.
We appreciate that your animals don't choose when to become unwell or injured and will continue to do our best to accommodate for these emergency situations.
It is our hope that the industry can soon return to what it once was, and that we can be back to full capacity in the near future.
Corio & Lara Veterinary Clinics