Family Friends Veterinary Centre – Vets in Slough
Clinic Overview
- Recent feedback is mostly very positive, with several owners describing the service as consistently friendly, professional, and worth returning to even when they could choose a closer clinic. - Owners mention a clean environment, a pleasant feel in the practice, and efficient appointments with little waiting and being seen on time. - More detailed reviews praise both routine care and complex case management, including annual booster visits handled with extra care and persistent work on a cat’s urinary problem that led to successful surgery.
Services
- •Routine veterinary care: The practice is used for general appointments, annual boosters, and ongoing care for cats and dogs, including long-term clients with multiple pets.
- •Diagnostics and more complex case work: Owners describe the team continuing to investigate a cat’s urinary problems until specialist imaging identified a missed stone, leading to further treatment.
- •Surgery and post-operative support: Review examples include PU surgery and surgery for cryptorchidism, with praise for follow-up calls explaining procedures and checking recovery.
- •Care for nervous or sensitive pets: Reviews mention kind handling for anxious pets, including specific praise for Steven’s approach with a nervous dog and comments about pets being relaxed and happy around the team.
- •End-of-life care: Owners have mentioned a home visit for euthanasia, describing the team as compassionate during a very difficult time.
- •Rescue/rehoming involvement: One reviewer said they got a rescue kitten through the clinic.
- •Veterinary Nurse Training facility: Listed in the clinic’s structured information.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review feedback on cost is mixed: one owner described the clinic’s prices and pet plan as very reasonable, while another criticised a £19.99 prescription charge per medication for medicines bought elsewhere.
People
- •Ash: Praised for advice on a cat’s cryptorchidism and for calling after surgery to explain what happened and confirm the cat was fine.
- •Steven: Specifically thanked for his handling of a nervous dog during an appointment.
- •Reception team: Often described as warm, friendly, and welcoming.
- •Wider clinical team: Reviews also praise the vets, nurses, and an unnamed locum vet for being knowledgeable, compassionate, and professional.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.6/5 from 302 reviews.
- •Recent feedback is mostly very positive, with several owners describing the service as consistently friendly, professional, and worth returning to even when they could choose a closer clinic.
- •Owners mention a clean environment, a pleasant feel in the practice, and efficient appointments with little waiting and being seen on time.
- •More detailed reviews praise both routine care and complex case management, including annual booster visits handled with extra care and persistent work on a cat’s urinary problem that led to successful surgery.
- •The main criticism in recent reviews is about the practice’s prescription charge policy for medication bought elsewhere.
