Die Gebühren für Tierarztrezepte sollen auf 21 £ begrenzt werden

> The fee for these prescriptions will be capped at £21 for the first medicine, and at £12.50 for any additional medicines.

This is a good thing, though only a minor saving. I’ve found private prescriptions typically around the £25 mark. The additional lines one is a big thing though, as that was a really scummy practice.

> Vet practices must also publish a „comprehensive“ price list for standard services – including consultations, common procedures, and cremation options.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a vet website without a standard list of **base** treatment costs, however the CMA investigation says it’s only 40%. **The challenge** is that people don’t realise that prices can never be all encompassing, because needs change throughout treatment. What might start as something with a base cost of £500 can very quickly escalate to something that costs £2000. That’s not the Vets fault, that’s the nature of diagnosis, and no level of price transparency will ever change that.

> Vets will also have to reveal if they are part of a large group, following concerns that ownership of practices was unclear.

From experience, most corporate owned vets do have a „Part of the X family“ on the web page footer, though I don’t recall seeing it in person in the clinic. At least all the vets I’ve used over the years haven’t put too much effort into hiding it. I’ve also found ownership doesn’t correlate with care quality. I’ve seen and heard horror stories from indpedendent vets, and had amazing care from corporate owned vets. It’s the individual staff that determine quality, not ownership.

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Of course, once again this article and the CMA report ignores the fact the only reason online prescription costs are cheaper is because that’s the way the government regulation is set up. Vet clinics are constrained on who can supply those drugs. Those companies have a monopoly and act accordingly. That same regulation doesn’t apply to private individuals which is why we can get it cheaper online. This could be changed but is always ignored.

Is this for just England and Wales or the whole of the UK?

My babya prescription is £23 so I am sure looking forward to that £2 saving

The drugs themselves are still £50 a month (provided I don’t mess up the injection like last month).

The price will drop drastically if we kick all American investor out of the country