Shires Veterinary Practice – Vets in Stafford
Clinic Overview
Shires Veterinary Practice is a long-established Staffordshire practice and part of Linnaeus, with the practice website saying it has provided veterinary care for more than 70 years. It offers routine and preventative care, dental work-ups, and help with urgent problems when owners call in. Recent feedback is strongly positive about prompt appointments, caring vets, and especially helpful reception staff, with a small minority of reviews raising concerns about cost or consistency between clinicians.
Services
- •Routine and preventative care: Vaccinations, health checks, inoculation reminders, and preventative health plans are part of the practice’s regular offering. Reviews also mention NexGard Spectra being supplied through a health plan.
- •Urgent and emergency appointments: Emergency care is listed, and reviewers describe being fitted in at short notice and having unwell pets seen quickly after phoning.
- •Dentistry: The practice handles dental work-ups for cats, including scale and polish, dental X-rays, and possible tooth extractions where needed. An older review also refers to treatment decisions around severe stomatitis.
- •Medical treatment and investigations: Reviews mention an older dog improving after an injection and ongoing tablets, and a heart scan being discussed when a heart murmur was noted during consultation.
- •Small pet and other animal care: Rabbit first vaccinations are specifically mentioned, with praise for calm handling and time taken to answer questions. One recent owner was also able to get a chicken seen the next day when other practices would not.
- •Training: The practice is listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits above average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. One cat dental estimate mentioned £350–£800 for a scale and polish including X-rays, with extractions possible if problems were found. Review comments on cost are mixed: one owner felt dental recommendations were expensive, while another described a poultry visit as very well priced.
People
- •Amanda: A former vet mentioned in an older review in relation to a rescue cat with severe stomatitis; the reviewer said she no longer works at the practice.
- •Vets and reception team: Reviews regularly praise the team as professional, helpful, polite, patient, and reassuring. Recent comments especially highlight a kind vet with rabbits, a patient vet during a first visit, and reception staff who were described as friendly and as going above and beyond.
Reviews
Shires Veterinary Practice has a 4.5/5 Google rating from 137 reviews.
- •Prompt help when pets are unwell: Several owners mention being seen quickly, including emergency appointments at short notice and fast treatment after a phone call.
- •Friendly, caring manner: Recent reviews repeatedly praise the welcome at reception and describe the vets as patient, kind, down to earth, and genuinely caring.
- •Good experience across different animals: Reviews mention care for cats, dogs, rabbits, and even a chicken, with owners appreciating calm handling and clear support.
- •A small number of concerns about cost and consistency: One detailed negative review questioned dental recommendations and pricing, and felt experiences had varied between different vets over time.
