Vets Now - Southampton Reviews 

209
TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.4

64 W End Rd, SO18 6TG Southampton, GB


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The night shift staff was able to sort my dog with no complications and both lady’s were amazing at keeping me and my partner up to date with news on how she was doing and best course of treatment c... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Vets Now Southampton provided a mixed experience. While the care my pet received was adequate and we were seen fairly quickly, there were serious administrative issues. They sent the wrong details to... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A godsend! After our year old cat choked and aspirated on Friday night, we rang up and rushed her into the Southampton Beech House surgery, who were fantastic. A friendly and helpful RVN on rec... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

From the first phone call to the happy collection of my poorly pet, Vets Now Southampton were absolutely amazing. The whole team were calm, reassuring and efficient, taking the stress out of a ver... See more

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  1. #1 of 1 best companies in Emergency veterinarian service
  2. #14 of 17 best companies in Veterinarian

About Vets Now - Southampton

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About Vets Now

Pet emergencies can happen at any time – including when your regular vet is closed.

That’s why our nationwide network of out-of-hours pet emergency clinics are open through the night, at weekends and on bank holidays, so we’re ready and waiting to provide expert pet emergency care when your regular vet is having some time off.

Our pet emergency clinics are the pet equivalent of A&E and our purpose is to give you and your pet the care and support you deserve, at the time you need it most, whether it’s four in the morning or in the middle of Sunday lunch.

Vets Now provides this trusted service to more than 1000 veterinary practices across the UK — from over 60 dedicated out-of-hours clinics and two 24/7 pet emergency hospitals. In total, we treat around 200,000 small animals every year — our highly-skilled team works hard throughout the night, weekends and Bank Holidays. So whether you’re in Aberdeen, Belfast or Portsmouth we’re there for you and your pet when you need us most.

We’ve also pioneered other ways to help pets, pet owners and the veterinary profession, such as our comprehensive referrals service and providing our staff with industry-leading training and development opportunities. We also support the pet blood transfusion charity, Pet Blood Bank UK. Meanwhile, our two hospitals — in Glasgow and Manchester — are home to some of the UK’s leading specialists in the field of emergency and critical care and provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week.


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Friendly and supportive

Staff are always friendly and supportive, which is very important when you have a pet emergency. Waiting times are not too long and the care is brilliant.

30 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi Ruth, we really appreciate your kind words. Have a lovely day.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

All they care about is money!

We call this vet as our pet Dog was very unwell, we got told to bring him up at the cost of £280 just to sit in the waiting room for 2 hours,We got told they would have to admit him, We got charged another £164 for them to take him in to hospital as he was very unwell so what was the £280 cover? I said to the vet we can’t afford that and she said well if you take him home he will die. We got charged a fee for Admission of £30 to apparently setting up and clean up the kennels, again-what is a £280 for and the £164, then we’ve been charged another £101 for hospitalisation for the next day, but I picked him up at 7:30 in the morning. we had to leave £500 deposit just leave him there. They don’t care about the animals they just money money money! They kicked him out at 7.30 in the morning told me to take him to my vets as he would have to be put down, got to my Vets they knew nothing even tho they was going to call them, bearing in mind, we’re in a state as we’ve been told he will have to be put to sleep! After paying £1,117.35 that has now put us in debt.
More vet bills at our vets, in the end we took him home! Thankfully he is recovering….. so he didn’t need to be put to sleep at all. Absolutely disgusting about the price.

29 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi there, I'm really sorry to hear about your experience with us. Should you wish to discuss any aspects of your visit further, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at enquiriesteam@vets-now.com. Please highlight your concerns to the team along with the Vets Now practice you attended, the date you visited and your first line of address, postcode and highlighting your concerns.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Awesome care

From the first point of contact, through to Charlies discharge, as his owners, we were treated with nothing but kindness and compassion from the team at Vets Now in Bitterne, Southampton.
We received more accurate information and guidance from the Vet, Gwen, than we have received from our own Vet.
I can't recommend the Team enough. They clearly really do care for the animals that they see.
Thank you for caring for Charlie.

30 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi Lynda, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We really appreciate it. It’s a pleasure to have helped you and Charlie. We’ll be sure to pass on your encouraging feedback to our team. Have a great day.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The staff are fantastic but the prices…

The staff are fantastic but the prices are high. I understand the costing but it would have been nice to of been offered a payment plan.

30 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi Rochelle, thanks for your feedback on the cost of our service. As you may be aware, it’s a lot more expensive to run an after-hours emergency vet service. The greater running costs we incur are reflected in our prices. If you’d like to read more about our running costs, prices and where our profits go, please visit: https://www.vets-now.com/2018/01/emergency-vet-costs-prices-fees/
If you’d like to discuss your bill with a member of our team, please email us on enquiriesteam@vets-now.com, indicating which clinic you attended, your pet’s name and the first line of your home address, postcode and highlighting your concerns.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing staff

Amazing staff, really helpful and consolidating. Made me, my partner and my dog feel comfortable and safe.

16 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi, thanks for your 5 star review. We really appreciate your feedback and hope you have a great day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very happy

Friendly, helpful, my puppy was very relaxed

17 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi, thanks for your 5 star review. We hope you have a great day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great efficient staff

Great efficient staff, very empathetic and kind. Kept up to date. Excellent service

17 July 2023
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Hi, thanks for your 5 star review. We hope you have a lovely day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Quickly and efficiently dealt with an…

Quickly and efficiently dealt with an inhaled grass seed out of hours. Anyone with a precious furbaby would appreciate how worrying it is when something isn't right - I felt my baby was in safest hands at all times and yes it cost around £600 but to be honest I'm not sure how much cheaper my normal vets would have been if I had waited until morning and wasn't prepared to risk it. All in all feel reassured that this service was there for me and wouldn't hesitate to use again if I felt my pets welfare was at all at risk.

11 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi Ainslie, thanks so much for your positive feedback. We really appreciate it. It’s a pleasure to have helped you and your pet. Have a great day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The vet was absolutely fantastic

The staff was absolutely fantastic, especially the vet herself, she was very patient with Rocky and took her time to explain everything to us. Especially staying after her shift. So thank you for that.

8 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi Nikki, we really appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. Our team are all passionate about pets and their welfare. They’ll be thrilled to hear you were so happy with their service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great staff

We were seen out of hours really quickly and the staff were really caring and attentive.

4 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi Lucy, we really appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. Our team are all passionate about pets and their welfare. They’ll be thrilled to hear you were so happy with their service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Following a dog attack

We were seen very quickly following my dog being attacked. All the nurses, vet and staff were so caring and friendly. The process was explained throughly which was very reassuring. Couldn’t have asked for a better experience during such a traumatic time.

5 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi there, we really appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. Our team are all passionate about pets and their welfare. They’ll be thrilled to hear you were so happy with their service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Grass-seed experience

The friendliness and helpfulness of a the staff, putting you more at ease during a traumatic time.

2 July 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi , we really appreciate your kind words. We work hard to ensure every client’s experience is second-to-none and we’re glad to hear you found this to be the case.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Hi Jennie, we really appreciate your kind words. We’re glad you were happy with the service provided by our team. Have a lovely day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tortoise emergency

I visited as an emergency out of hours with my tortoise.
Despite not having experience in exotics the vet sought advice and undoubtedly saved her life.
Follow up bandage changes out of hours have been friendly and professional.
The vet also started the different bandage designs too.

12 June 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi there, many thanks for your kind review. I'm glad we could be there for you both.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Efficient

Efficient, friendly service when we needed an urgent issue to be sorted out. Smooth experience right from phoning to arriving and then being treated.

29 June 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We really appreciate it. We’re glad you were happy with the service provided by our team. Have a lovely day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very happy with the care we received…

Very happy with the care we received from all the staff. Our Vet was amazing!!!

25 June 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi Dimitrios, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. Our team are all passionate about pets and their welfare. They’ll be thrilled to hear you were so happy with their service.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Expensive, poor service and made to feel a bad owner

Before even being seen, my dog was given a morphine injection which he didn't need. Our appointment lasted less than 8 minutes and we were charged £286. The unnecessary injection cost a further £77. You charged me £25 to print out a form for my insurance and a further £90 for 1 weeks worth of steroid cream. No human would be given morphine without an examination, so why was my dog? Very poor.

10 June 2023
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Reply from Vets Now - Southampton

Hi Steve, I'm really sorry to hear about your experience with us. Should you wish to discuss any aspects of your visit further, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at enquiriesteam@vets-now.com. Please highlight your concerns to the team along with the Vets Now practice you attended, the date you visited and your first line of address, postcode and highlighting your concerns.

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