Robert Jones Vet Surgery – Vets in Blackpool
Clinic Overview
- Many recent reviewers describe the team as friendly, helpful and reassuring, with praise for quick appointment help, warm welcomes and clear support during visits. - Compassion around pet loss and euthanasia remains a strong positive theme, with several owners thanking staff for making difficult situations easier. - Owners also mention successful help with urgent and routine cases, including a dog that swallowed a toy, ongoing care for cats and dogs, and confidence in the vet’s diagnosis.
Services
- •General and preventive care: consultations, nurse consultations, vaccinations, parasite control, blood pressure checks and six-month health checks.
- •Routine procedures: neutering, microchipping, anal sac expression, grooming and nail clipping.
- •Diagnostics and treatment: diagnostics, dentistry and surgery for small animals.
- •Home visits and emergencies: home visits are listed. For urgent cases during opening hours, clients are advised to contact the surgery; out of hours, the practice directs clients to The Emergency Veterinary Service for free telephone advice and emergency consultations if needed.
- •Examples mentioned by owners: cat vaccinations, care for cats and dogs, urgent help for a dog that had swallowed a squeaky ball, and repeated praise for compassionate end-of-life care and support after a pet’s death.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits below average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review comments on cost are limited but mixed, with one owner disputing a £63 consultation fee and feeling that no meaningful consultation took place.
People
- •Katie (reception): praised for arranging appointments quickly and for supportive, practical help during visits.
- •Tina (vet): repeatedly thanked for compassionate, professional care, especially during end-of-life appointments.
- •Rachel (reception): mentioned positively for going above and beyond during visits and for support after a pet loss, though also named in complaints about attitude and a fee dispute.
- •Lilly: thanked for support when a dog died; role not stated.
- •Louise: described as friendly and helpful; role not stated.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.3/5 from 330 reviews.
- •Many recent reviewers describe the team as friendly, helpful and reassuring, with praise for quick appointment help, warm welcomes and clear support during visits.
- •Compassion around pet loss and euthanasia remains a strong positive theme, with several owners thanking staff for making difficult situations easier.
- •Owners also mention successful help with urgent and routine cases, including a dog that swallowed a toy, ongoing care for cats and dogs, and confidence in the vet’s diagnosis.
- •Negative feedback centres on reception and communication in a smaller number of reviews, including a disputed £63 consultation fee, complaints about attitude, and one very unhappy account of how a euthanasia appointment was handled.

