Meridian Veterinary Practice Ltd – Vets in Peacehaven
Clinic Overview
Meridian Veterinary Practice Ltd in Peacehaven has been providing veterinary care since the 1980s and is a veterinary nurse training facility. The practice offers routine and urgent care for pets, including support for more complex illnesses, with recent reviews again highlighting quick help in emergencies, compassionate end-of-life care, and kind handling of nervous animals. Feedback remains largely positive about the team’s professionalism, friendliness, and long-standing relationships with local pet owners.
Services
- •General veterinary care for dogs and cats, including routine check-ups, ongoing care, and treatment planning for more serious or complicated conditions.
- •Urgent appointments and same-day support, with reviewers describing being seen quickly for emergencies, including a very unwell dog seen just before closing time and a cat whose treatment plan was coordinated when it became seriously ill.
- •Care for reptiles as well as common household pets, with one long-term client specifically mentioning treatment for a reptile ear infection.
- •Support for nervous pets and nail clipping, with reviewers saying staff help anxious dogs feel more comfortable during visits.
- •End-of-life care, including euthanasia, with especially warm feedback about the compassion shown during difficult appointments.
- •Pet plans and insurance-related admin, with clients mentioning monthly plans for vaccinations and flea/worm treatment, discounts on some other care, and direct payment arrangements with insurance companies.
- •Veterinary nurse training facility.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review comments on cost are mixed: some clients found the monthly pet plan useful for spreading the cost of vaccinations and parasite treatment, while others felt later changes made it less cost-effective. Prices mentioned by reviewers include pet plans at £16 per month in the past, a cat plan rising from £14.49 to nearly £20 per month, and a £25 missed nail-clipping appointment fee.
People
- •Larissa is mentioned very warmly by clients, particularly for her kindness and empathy during an elderly cat’s euthanasia.
- •Lorraine is named in one complaint relating to an undercharge and uncertainty over who manages the practice.
- •Reviews also speak positively about the wider vets, nurses, receptionists, and admin staff, describing them as caring, helpful, and professional.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.6/5 from 109 reviews. Recent feedback is mostly positive overall, with several reviewers describing many years of using the practice.
- •A recurring theme is kind, welcoming, professional staff, with reviewers saying both they and their pets feel at ease there.
- •Several reviews highlight prompt emergency help and thorough treatment, including urgent appointments for a very unwell dog and coordinated care for a cat that recovered well.
- •Clients also praise the practice for compassionate support at difficult times, especially around euthanasia, and for helping nervous dogs feel more comfortable.
- •A smaller number of reviews raise concerns about billing or administration, and some dissatisfaction with changes to the pet plan; there is also one brief negative review criticising clinical knowledge without detail.
