The Grove Veterinary Hospital & Clinics - Fakenham / MiNightVet Fakenham – Vets in Fakenham
Clinic Overview
- Recent reviewers often describe compassionate, caring treatment, especially around sudden illness, serious diagnoses, and end-of-life support. - Urgent and out-of-hours care is a strong theme, with examples including being seen within an hour, Sunday treatment for a grass seed in the ear, and prompt help for an injured dog needing staples. - Owners frequently praise communication and professionalism, including clear explanation of treatment choices and costs, and calm handling of difficult or distressed dogs.
Services
- •Emergency and urgent care: 24-hour on-site emergency cover through MiNightVet with dedicated night staff. Reviews describe pets being seen within an hour out of hours, Sunday-morning treatment for a painful grass seed trapped deep in an ear canal, and injury care including wound stapling.
- •Hospital and referral facilities: veterinary hospital services with on-site referral capability, including MRI and CT scanning.
- •Diagnostics and monitoring: diagnostic testing and imaging, with website information also mentioning echocardiology and blood pressure checks.
- •Surgery and procedures: soft tissue surgery, orthopaedic surgery, laparoscopy, endoscopy, neutering, and other routine procedures. Recent reviews also mention sedation for ear treatment and routine injections.
- •Dentistry: general dentistry, including referral dentistry.
- •Routine and preventive care: consultations, vaccinations, parasite control, microchipping, six-month health checks, and nurse clinics.
- •Additional support services: grooming and nail clipping, anal sac expression, pet travel documentation, home visits, and an animal ambulance collection and delivery service.
- •Species treated: dogs, cats, rabbits, small mammals such as guinea pigs, hamsters and ferrets, tortoises, and birds including backyard poultry and birds of prey.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits above average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Reviews give a mixed picture: some owners praise clear explanations of options with costs set out clearly, while a smaller number describe the clinic as expensive or question whether some investigations were necessary.
People
Recent reviews name vets Simon, Carolina, Honor, Ivo, Honor-May, and Alex, with repeated praise for clear explanations, persistence in difficult cases, and compassionate support. Reception team members mentioned by name include Dee and Victoria, and front-of-house staff are often described as welcoming, kind, and helpful.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.7/5 from 334 reviews.
- •Recent reviewers often describe compassionate, caring treatment, especially around sudden illness, serious diagnoses, and end-of-life support.
- •Urgent and out-of-hours care is a strong theme, with examples including being seen within an hour, Sunday treatment for a grass seed in the ear, and prompt help for an injured dog needing staples.
- •Owners frequently praise communication and professionalism, including clear explanation of treatment choices and costs, and calm handling of difficult or distressed dogs.
- •Less positive feedback is present but appears less common, mainly around higher pricing and one reviewer who felt investigations were unnecessary.
