HISTORY, Vet Surgery, London Vet, UK Vet, Emergency Vet Clinic

History Of The Practice

There has been a Veterinary Clinic at 55 Elizabeth Street since the early 1800s. History books show the Sewell Family who practiced here were praised for their care of both small and large animals including their assistance to the horses of the cavalry in the first world war. The vets were also involved with a plan to hire Blood Hounds in the 1880s, which were to be used to try and help solve the Jack-the-Ripper case!

In 1980 five central London vets, Mr Maurice, Mr Gordon, Mr Butt, Mr Carmichael and Dr Fogle took over the clinic with the intention of offering an emergency veterinary clinic to the central London region. Elizabeth Street became the first clinic in Europe to offer 24 hour staffed emergency care for animals. Elizabeth Street now operates as a first opinion day clinic and an emergency clinic for over 20 local Veterinary Practices, and has become a model for other emergency clinics which have since been set up over the country.