Friendly & Professional Veterinary Practice in Aberdeen

Our staff are here to help If your pet is sick or injured. Do not hesitate to call!

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About Swan Veterinary Practice

Established in 1993, Swan Veterinary Practice is a small independent practice with the health and welfare of all of our patients at the center of our business. We pride ourselves in being able to offer excellent veterinary treatment at an affordable cost. Our Main practice is at DYCE where appointments can be made and routine, major and minor surgical procedures are performed. This is also where all patients come for x-rays and scans. Holburn street is open for all appointments and minor surgical procedures.

Our friendly team can help with all your animals needs. Advice, Health Checks and a wide range of treatment is available within our opening hours.

All out of hours services are provided by our on call partners, Vets Now at their Hospital facility in Kingswells. There are also times when we refer patients to specialist vets either close to Aberdeen or further afield. This is suggested on an individual case basis.

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Meet Our Team

Vets

Our vets are all RCVS registered and have a wide range of specialties to ensure your pets are in the best hands.

Walter Swan MRCVS

BVMS - Owner & Senior Veterinary Surgeon

Qualified from Glasgow Vet School in 1980 he is the Practice owner. Wally (as he is known to his friends) is the soul of the practice. He works at our Dyce practice only. His years of experience and skills as a clinician and surgeon makes him an excellent mentor for our team. He has a particular interest in soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery.

Gemma Burchell MRCVS

BVMS – Registered in 2015

Registered in 2015, Gemma has been involved with the practice since she attended work placement whilst at school. She works part time between Dyce and Holburn street and is not only a great clinician but is an excellent soft tissue surgeon. Her particular interests lie in dermatology and pain management.

Adam Masri MRCVS

MVB; PgC (Small Animal Medicine)

Adam has worked in a range of Companion animal practices between the UK and Ireland since registering in 2010 and gained his Small Animal medicine certificate in 2016. He currently lectures for SRUC but is available to the practice for advice and supports the Saturday clinics at Dyce.
His area of expertise is internal medicine and he enjoys the challenge of a medical conundrum making excellent use of our in house laboratory and diagnostic imaging facilities.

Registered Veterinary Nurses

Our nurses are qualified and registered through the RCVS and have many years of experience between them. They regularly carry out routine procedures and provide excellent advice and support during a variety of Nurse Clinics.

Trish Swan RVN

BAPD (Education)

Qualified in 1989 Trish is our Head Nurse and Practice Manager. She worked for many years with the PDSA across the country and in her role as Lecturer and Head of Faculty with our local College she helped develop and deliver Animal Care and Veterinary Nursing courses. She and Wally set up the practice in 1993 and after retirement from lecturing has come back to her professional roots. Trish has a particular interest in Education and laboratory work and has helped build the excellent in- house facilities we now have, meaning results and diagnosis can be reported much more quickly to clients.

Matthew Swan RVN

Qualified in 2018 Matt worked for many years prior to qualifying at the family practice as an animal care assistant. He is now one of our more senior nurses and works at our Dyce Practice. His particular interests and expertise are in theatre nursing, including anaesthesia and diagnostic imaging, supporting the vets towards their final diagnosis.

Vicky Sweetingham RVN

Qualified in 2018, Vicky is our most recent addition to the Team. She is based at our Holburn branch and brings with her a wealth of experience. She is particularly interested in wound management and medicine. She works closely with the vets to ensure the most appropriate treatment plan is created for our patients and is often who you will see for follow up visits at Holburn .

Claire Walker RVN

Qualified in 2019, Claire has been with the practice for many years and works at our Holburn street branch. Since having her family Claire works 3 days. She has a particular interest in Animal Welfare and Nutrition and is one of or Hills Ambassadors, helping to educate and advise owners whose pets may need specialised diets.

Charlotte Cookson RVN

Qualified in 2021 Charlotte came to Swan vets as a student nurse and has been with us since. She is our main Hills Ambassador at Dyce and helps clients with the best choice of prescription diet linked to condition. She has a special interest and expertise in laboratory work. Theatre is a large part of her day and as well as monitoring anaesthetics and preparing patients for theatre she often ‘scrubs in’ as part of the surgical team.

Our Support Team

Our reception staff are the heart of the practice. They are the first point of contact and know our clients and their pets well and are the communication link between owners and our Vets and Nurses. On top of their expertise in all aspects of reception they are either qualified Veterinary Care Assistants or have an HNC in Animal Care. Our Holburn Team work at Dyce on a Saturday so you may see them there as well.

Holburn Street - Aberdeen

Anne Napier (HND Animal care)

Anne is the longest serving member of the team and is a very familiar face at our Holburn branch. Anne knows our clients and their pets well and on top of all the main reception duties she will help with the surgical procedures undertaken at Holburn street. She helps with consults, tends to inpatients and will admit and discharge those needing to come in for the day.

Michelle Hubbard ( Receptionist)

Michelle joined the practice in October 2024 as receptionist and is based at Holburn Street. Known as 'Shell' she has quickly become an integral part of the practice, busy with the phones, making appointments, dispensing medication and generally creating that vital link between our clients and the Veterinary Team.

As well as her experience as a veterinary receptionist Shell has a Certificate in Animal Studies from Australia - in case folk were wondering where the accent comes from!

Shell works part time and is also seen at Dyce on some Saturdays. She loves the variety that working at a busy practice can bring and is always happy to help the ever growing number of clients that we have at the Practice.

Victoria Street, Dyce

Emma Tennant (VCA)

There is not much that goes on in the practice that Emma does not know about! She has an incredible memory for owners and their pets helping them with appointments, repeat medications and communicating advice to them from the veterinary team. Emma is our practice expert on the Pet Health Plan and helps our Dyce Clients with their insurance claims. As part of her role, Emma can also be seen helping during consults and will run bloods and care for our inpatients needs.

Wendy Carle (Receptionist)

Wendy first joined the practice in 1994 and was in fact our very first member of staff to be recruited. She has had a long time away where she has worked in veterinary practice and other local businesses carrying out reception and admin duties. It is great to have Wendy back as part of the team. She works mainly at reception and will answer your calls, speaking to the veterinary team as required in order to help you and your pets in the best way she can. Wendy also prepares flea, tick and worm treatment and other medication for collection. Helping with orders and providing information around practice policy for neutering and vaccination is a key part of her role. When Wendy is not behind reception she will be preparing lab samples or helping with inpatient monitoring.

Shannon Russell ( VCA / Receptionist)

Shannon came to the Practice as a new VCA in April 2024. She had completed her studies at SRUC and through a year's placement as she studied.

Shannon works at Holburn Street on a Tuesday but she is mainly seen at Dyce.

As well as answering the phone, making appointments, dispensing medication she also helps during consults, holding animals for examination or sample taking. Her duties also include patient monitoring and assisting in preparation and recovery of our surgical and medical inpatients.

Shannon loves the outdoors, especially sharing it with her labrador Harley and also loves going to the gym.

Jane Ronie

Absolutely brilliant vets, been using them for years.

Ruth Fowler

Went for first time today after having a nightmare with usual vet. Absolutely lovely people and I will definitely be going there from now on 😀

Jackie Patricia Gordon

Brilliant service max was bit nervous but he’s fine.

Ryan Douglas

Really impressed with the quality of care and how well we were treated with Swan. Very professional and couldn’t be happier with the service at an extremely reasonable price, highly recommend!

Marshia Peel

Amazing service from Swan Veterinary Practice, Trish, Wally and their team stayed open to help out our friends cat who was injured and had a nasty abscess. Very last minute call and an exceptionally quick, professional and friendly service. Thank you so much Team Swan.

Callum Pirie

Amazing people always put the animals first and don't try to rip you off and their expertise is 2nd to none. Dexter has been there since day one and would go else were.