The Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick is back treating a new set of animals for the Channel 4 programme.
He isn’t alone, as he has a team of skilled vets who have been helping animals around the country for years.
Despite their work being covered as part of the TV show, they are all fully qualified vets who you can actually get a referral to.
However, it is not something you can directly apply for, as it requires the involvement of your current vet.
In tonight’s programme, Noel is working on three different pets, including a working police dog.
How do you get referred to Supervet?
Noel is considered a super-vet for a reason, as he is a point of call other vets turn to when an animal’s problems are beyond their expertise.
The only way to get referred to Noel and the team is through your current vet.
As stated on the Supervet’s website: “A referral can only be made by your primary care vet, who will provide us with all the medical information we require in order to treat your pet and discuss the possible solutions with you when an appointment has been made."
All the information on referrals can be found on the Fitzpatrick Referrals website.
When is the new series of Supervet?
The new series of Supervet kicks off at 8pm on Thursday July 21.
It will also be available on All4 after the initial broadcast if you miss the first episode.
During the first episode, Noel will be treating three different pets, one of which is a working police dog.
Brought in by his handler Rob who works for the Met Police, the poor little pooch is suffering from acute pain that makes it impossible for him to work.
Noel said: "Because Trigger is a working police dog, the demands on him are like those placed on an Olympic athlete as opposed to the demands of a dog that just walks round the park.
"He came into the surgery with severe pain and a scan showed he had lumbosacral degenerative stenosis, where a disc in his spine is drying out, there’s new bone being produced and it’s squishing into the sciatic nerve, which is causing him severe pain.
“My first aim was to provide him quality of life by getting him out of pain, the second was to hopefully return him to his vocation."
