Ark Veterinary Clinics – Vets in Nottingham
Clinic Overview
- Positive experiences after procedures: owners describe good post-op follow-up after a spay, plus updates throughout the day and a wound recheck after a guinea pig abscess operation. - Communication and organisation concerns: some reviewers report cancelled appointments, prescription problems, medication errors and seeing different staff at different visits. - Pricing comes up regularly: feedback ranges from “very reasonable” to complaints about expensive bills and medication charges.
Ark Veterinary Clinics is a CVS-owned practice in Nottingham offering routine preventive care, surgery, diagnostics, grooming-related services, home visits and pet travel paperwork, with internal medicine referrals available. Emergencies during normal opening hours are handled by the practice, while out-of-hours emergencies are directed to MiNightVet Nottingham. Recent feedback is mixed: some owners praise follow-up care and updates during procedures, while others raise concerns about communication, organisation and costs.
Services
- •Routine and preventive care: consultations, nurse consultations, vaccinations, microchipping, parasite control and six-month health checks.
- •Surgery and procedures: neutering and other surgery. Reviews mention a spay with multiple follow-up appointments and advice, and abscess removal for a guinea pig with same-day progress updates and a later wound check.
- •Diagnostics and monitoring: diagnostic work and blood pressure checks.
- •Dental and minor care services: dentistry, grooming and nail clipping, plus anal sac expression.
- •Additional support: pet travel documentation, home visits and internal medicine referrals.
- •Emergency arrangements: daytime emergencies are handled through the practice; out-of-hours cases are referred to MiNightVet Nottingham.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits below average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review feedback on cost is mixed: one owner described spay pricing as very reasonable, while others felt consultation, medication and injury-related charges were high.
People
No individual clinicians are named here. Reviews mention friendly reception staff and complaints handlers, with mixed feedback on communication and continuity between staff members.
Reviews
Ark Veterinary Clinics has a Google rating of 4.6 stars from 262 reviews. Recent written feedback is mixed.
- •Positive experiences after procedures: owners describe good post-op follow-up after a spay, plus updates throughout the day and a wound recheck after a guinea pig abscess operation.
- •Communication and organisation concerns: some reviewers report cancelled appointments, prescription problems, medication errors and seeing different staff at different visits.
- •Pricing comes up regularly: feedback ranges from “very reasonable” to complaints about expensive bills and medication charges.
- •Team manner is viewed differently: some reviews describe the practice as caring and friendly, while one owner said their cat seemed unusually stressed during visits.
