Dog & Cat Vets in Lancashire

- Recent reviews are overwhelmingly positive about the practice’s friendly, caring atmosphere, with repeated mentions of warm welcomes and polite, helpful staff. - Owners often highlight clear explanations and thorough clinical care,...

- Recent reviews are overwhelmingly positive about the practice’s friendly, caring atmosphere, with repeated mentions of warm welcomes and polite, helpful staff. - Owners often highlight clear explanations and thorough clinical care, including detailed advice for a puppy’s first visit and careful diagnosis with medication that helped over the following days. - Several reviews point to a good approach with anxious or uncomfortable pets, including a nervous dog handled calmly and sympathetically, and kittens receiving attentive care around neutering.

Medivet Chorley (Hillcrest Animal Hospital) is part of the Medivet group and provides routine veterinary care alongside urgent, out-of-hours, and overnight support through the wider Medivet network. Recent feedback remains largely very...

Medivet Chorley (Hillcrest Animal Hospital) is part of the Medivet group and provides routine veterinary care alongside urgent, out-of-hours, and overnight support through the wider Medivet network. Recent feedback remains largely very positive, with owners often praising the team’s kindness, clear support during stressful visits, and practical help in urgent situations. A small number of reviews still raise concerns around fees and one late-night experience involving a stray cat felt lacking in empathy.

Andrew Mellor Vets is a family-run veterinary practice in Thornton-Cleveleys, purchased by Andrew Mellor and his family after he joined in 1997 and became lead vet around 2005. The practice is RCVS approved and VetGDP approved, and offers...

Andrew Mellor Vets is a family-run veterinary practice in Thornton-Cleveleys, purchased by Andrew Mellor and his family after he joined in 1997 and became lead vet around 2005. The practice is RCVS approved and VetGDP approved, and offers surgical, medical and diagnostic care. Recent feedback continues to highlight clear explanations, compassionate handling, and newer premises that owners describe as bright, roomy, and set up with separate areas for cats and dogs.

- Several owners describe the staff as friendly, caring, kind, patient, and genuinely focused on animals’ welfare. - Urgent access stands out in one detailed review, where a cat was booked for the next morning after a late-evening call,...

- Several owners describe the staff as friendly, caring, kind, patient, and genuinely focused on animals’ welfare. - Urgent access stands out in one detailed review, where a cat was booked for the next morning after a late-evening call, with praise for the calm, helpful handling of the situation. - Clinical care is often described as thorough, including one account of a second vet being brought in for another opinion and another reporting that a serious eye infection was successfully treated.

- Recent feedback is very positive overall, with owners often describing the team as polite, efficient, helpful and welcoming. - Clear communication comes up repeatedly, with reviewers saying things are explained well and without pressure....

- Recent feedback is very positive overall, with owners often describing the team as polite, efficient, helpful and welcoming. - Clear communication comes up repeatedly, with reviewers saying things are explained well and without pressure. - Several reviews highlight a smooth, friendly experience from reception onward, including easy appointment booking and a warm welcome for pets.

Bay Vets Ltd is a multi-branch veterinary practice in Lancaster offering routine care, diagnostics, surgery and referral work from other vets. The practice says it provides 24/7 emergency care with its own staff handling out-of-hours...

Bay Vets Ltd is a multi-branch veterinary practice in Lancaster offering routine care, diagnostics, surgery and referral work from other vets. The practice says it provides 24/7 emergency care with its own staff handling out-of-hours cover, and it is part of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Practice Standards Scheme. Feedback is largely positive for compassionate care, helpful communication and support around urgent cases, though there are also a small number of serious complaints about clinical judgement and end-of-life handling.

- A consistent theme is gentle, low-stress handling, especially for nervous dogs, with owners highlighting back-door entry, outdoor vaccinations, and desensitisation support. - Reviews also speak warmly about compassionate care during...

- A consistent theme is gentle, low-stress handling, especially for nervous dogs, with owners highlighting back-door entry, outdoor vaccinations, and desensitisation support. - Reviews also speak warmly about compassionate care during serious illness and end-of-life decisions, with several owners describing calm, supportive treatment at difficult times. - Clients frequently mention a friendly and efficient team, including positive comments about helpful reception staff and individual staff members such as Holly and Andreea.

- Many owners describe the team as caring, professional, and reassuring, with especially warm feedback about the welcome at reception and the time staff take during appointments. - A recurring positive theme is how well the practice...

- Many owners describe the team as caring, professional, and reassuring, with especially warm feedback about the welcome at reception and the time staff take during appointments. - A recurring positive theme is how well the practice handles anxious dogs, with several owners saying their pets are comfortable there and sometimes even eager to visit. - Recent examples of good service include support through a dental procedure for an older dog, help with an insurance claim, and careful follow-up around illness or urgent problems.

- Puppy pack: £70, including a vet health check, first vaccinations, microchip, flea and worming treatment, and 4 weeks’ free insurance. - Kitten pack: £75, including a vet health check, first vaccinations, microchip, flea and worming...

- Puppy pack: £70, including a vet health check, first vaccinations, microchip, flea and worming treatment, and 4 weeks’ free insurance. - Kitten pack: £75, including a vet health check, first vaccinations, microchip, flea and worming treatment, and 4 weeks’ free insurance. - Reviews give a mixed picture on cost: several recent reviewers describe prices as fair, affordable or reasonable, while some poorer reviews raise concerns about higher-than-expected estimates and treatment costs.

- Owners regularly describe the vets and reception team as friendly, pleasant, helpful and professional. - Several reviews highlight calm, capable handling of cats, including nervous cats, and say vets explain things clearly and keep...

- Owners regularly describe the vets and reception team as friendly, pleasant, helpful and professional. - Several reviews highlight calm, capable handling of cats, including nervous cats, and say vets explain things clearly and keep appointments informative. - Compassion remains a strong theme, especially around elderly pets and end-of-life care, with owners appreciating kind and honest guidance.