‘Major reforms’ planned for small animal vets raise questions and concerns for equine sector

“Major reforms” proposed for small animal veterinary practice have raised questions for the equine sector .

On 15 October the Government’s competition and markets authority (CMA) released its provisional decision from an investigation into the UK’s veterinary services market. This was the result of a review into “how veterinary services are bought and sold amid concerns that pet owners may not be getting a good deal or receiving the information they need to make good choices”.

Among its findings, the CMA reported that pet owners are often unaware of the prices of common services and whether practices are part of a large national chain , have no effective way of comparing prices and may be paying twice as much for commonly prescribed medicines from practices than they could pay online