Grove Veterinary Centre

Grove Veterinary Centre in Barrow-in-Furness is an IVC Evidensia practice that is listed as a veterinary nurse training facility and as offering emergency veterinary cover, including 24/7 or extended-hours arrangements. Recent feedback is largely very positive, with owners often highlighting friendly reception staff, attentive vets, supportive nurses, and a clean, welcoming clinic. Reviews mention prompt routine appointments and ongoing care for pets with recurring health issues, alongside one detailed complaint about follow-up after kidney treatment and the terms of cancelling a preventative plan.

Services

• •Routine veterinary care: owners mention prompt, efficient appointments for routine visits, with support from reception staff, nurses and vets.
• •Emergency and out-of-hours care: the practice is listed as providing emergency veterinary services, with 24/7 or extended-hours arrangements. One reviewer notes that the out-of-hours service is quite far away.
• •In-patient and ongoing medical care: reviews include a dog kept in for a 24-hour kidney flush, as well as ongoing treatment for a young cat with repeated health problems.
• •Preventative care: a preventative plan is mentioned in reviews, including flea and worming tablets.
• •Training role: the clinic is listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

• •Reception team: frequently praised for being friendly, helpful, efficient and welcoming.
• •Veterinary nurses: owners describe the nursing team as supportive and willing to help with questions and ongoing problems.
• •Vets: reviews highlight attentive, patient vets who take time to talk through pets’ care and reassure worried owners, though one reviewer reports dissatisfaction with follow-up after kidney treatment.

Reviews

Grove Veterinary Centre has a 4.6/5 Google rating from 389 reviews, giving a solid sense of scale alongside the written feedback.

• •Recent reviews are mostly very positive, with repeated praise for friendly, caring staff and a welcoming atmosphere.
• •Owners mention vets who are patient and attentive, including taking time with nervous or feisty dogs and talking through concerns clearly.
• •Routine appointments are often described as prompt, efficient and low-stress, and the clinic itself is noted as clean and “immaculate.”
• •A small number of drawbacks do appear in the recent feedback: one owner says the out-of-hours service is far away, and one detailed negative review raises concerns about follow-up after a dog’s kidney treatment and about preventative plan cancellation terms.