In the case of repeat medications e.g. arthritis or cardiac cases, then in a manner just like a G.P. we will require to check up on your pet every now and again. This is to ensure that everything is going well and that we do not  need to change or alter the medication. It is also a requirement of the Royal college of Veterinary surgeons that all animal we treat must be “under our care”. Most practices interpret this as a requirement to check up on patients every 3 months in order to give the best level of care and to comply with the rules that govern us.

Please note that for non-urgent medications it is possible to ask for a prescription should you wish, which may be filled elsewhere - we regret that there is a charge made for this to cover the costs involved. In most cases, however, we can dispense any required medications at the time of consultation for a more convenient and speedy commencement of therapy.

In order to ensure that we can offer medications and treatments to our patients in their time of need, we must insist that all invoices are paid at the time. This means that all consultations,  operations and medications must be paid for at the time. To this end we accept cash and all the major credit cards, but we are sorry that we no longer routinely accept cheques as they cannot be guaranteed to cover some of the sums involved.

We routinely charge three levels of consultation fees to cover the common situations - 1st Consultation Fee, 2nd Consultation Fee and a Repeat Medication Examination Fee. The level of these fees is available on enquiry but may change subject to unforeseen circumstances.

We do strive to maintain our fees at a reasonable and affordable level but the necessary expertise and equipment, together with providing a 24 hour service does cost money. Veterinary medicine can offer much more advanced treatments and investigations than before and these can be expensive - for this reason we would strongly recommend insurance as a means of covering some of these costs.