OOH vet Georgina Marshall
Wear Referrals Star In BBC One TV Show Night Force
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One of the North’s top animal hospitals has featured in a new BBC television programme called Night Force, which focuses on the nation’s night workers.
Wear Referrals in Bradbury, County Durham, is a state-of-the-art veterinary centre with a 24-hour emergency service which operates seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.
A TV crew joined Wear’s out-of-hours (OOH) team to film them through the night dealing with incoming cases and emergency calls for the series, including an urgent operation on Ruby the Airedale Terrier and emergency care for Shadow, a dog suffering internal bleeding after being hit by a car.
OOH vet Georgina Marshall (pictured above) was on duty during the visit and featured prominently in the programme, which aired on BBC 1 at 11.45am on Monday (April 13).
Georgina said: “I love working my night shifts at Wear and I am very passionate about the work we do through the night, so I was excited – and a bit nervous – about showing the amazing stuff we do here.
“The producers were keen to showcase not only the work we do helping pets and their owners, but how we all cope in and out of work with being on the night shift.
“They were interested in how important our service is to local pet owners but also how important it is to us as team, too.
“We had a great time and it was an eye-opener to see how producers and film-makers like this work, and the logistics of filming and producing such programmes.
“It was also very interesting to learn the North East is the night worker capital of the UK, which is clearly why they had come to the area for filming."
Wear hospital manager Darren Stubbs added: “We were delighted to be asked to appear in this programme celebrating night workers and have the opportunity to share with the public the professionalism and care our team show with every patient, every day and night.”
Night Force programme makers Matchlight explained the idea behind the series, saying: “While Britain sleeps, the Night Force works to give us what we need and want when we wake in the morning.”
They also paid tribute to Wear Referrals, adding: “We were delighted to be able to film with the wonderful staff at Wear and are grateful to them for giving their time to the programme.”
Wear Referrals is part of Linnaeus, which is owned by Mars Petcare. The highly-respected veterinary centre offers a wide range of clinical services including neurology, orthopaedics, soft tissue, internal medicine, cardiology, intensive care and diagnostic imaging.
For more information about Wear, visit http://wear-referrals.co.uk or search for Wear Referrals on Facebook. To watch Night Force, tune into BBC 1 at 11.45am weekdays.
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