Farm & Large-Animal Vets near Chesterfield

## Summary Spire Vets Ltd. is an **independently owned** small-animal practice offering **first-opinion care**. The website describes routine care plus **surgery, hospitalisation, nurse clinics, and home visits**, and states a **24-hour on-site emergency service for registered clients**. Recent reviews include specific examples of **end-of-life support** (offering a paw print and a lock of hair) and **emergency treatment** (a vet spending time assessing a cat and dressing a tail wound). Reviews also show a split on value and clinical experience: some owners praise **efficient care without “unnecessary” treatments**, while a small number report concerns about **cost vs what was done** and dissatisfaction with outcomes and follow-up. ## Services - **Consultations** (website; also reflected in reviews describing diagnosis and prescriptions for an ear infection). - **Surgery** (website). - **Hospitalisation** (website). - **Nurse clinics** (website). - **Home visits** (website). - **Emergency care:** website states a **24-hour on-site emergency service for registered clients**; one review describes being seen as an emergency on a Sunday and receiving a **tail-wound dressing** that stayed in place into the next day. - **End-of-life care:** multiple reviews describe support around euthanasia and saying goodbye, including keepsakes such as a **paw print** and **fur clipping**. ## Pricing - One reviewer reports **£48 for an appointment fee** and felt this was steep for a visit they experienced as “diagnosis and prescription” rather than care administered. - Another reviewer said the **price for euthanasia** “wasn’t bad at all” (no amount given). ## People - **A.J. (vet):** named in an emergency visit review; the owner describes her as friendly, helpful, and spending “a long time” assessing their cat and **dressing an awkward tail-end wound**. - Other reviews mention “the vet” being **lovely** in an ear-infection appointment, but the owner was unhappy with what they felt was limited hands-on treatment during the visit. ## Reviews **4.6 stars from 918 reviews.** “Themes below are drawn from the latest written reviews available to us.” - **Emergency support and practical treatment:** examples include prompt emergency access and careful wound dressing that held well. - **End-of-life care:** owners describe staff comforting them and offering keepsakes (paw print, fur clipping) during euthanasia appointments. - **Efficiency and not upselling:** some owners praise being dealt with “no fuss” and not being given “unnecessary” treatments or medication. - **Cost and perceived thoroughness:** one owner objects to a **£48 appointment fee** and felt the visit focused on prescribing rather than administering care (specifically, not cleaning ears before drops). - **Serious dissatisfaction in a minority of reviews:** one reviewer alleges misdiagnosis and lack of response when trying to raise concerns in writing; this conflicts with other reviews describing long-term positive experiences.