Kingfisher Veterinary Practice Chard

- Appointments and access are a consistent strength, with owners describing good availability, being seen on time, and fast help for urgent problems. - Staff manner is frequently praised, with reviews describing the team as friendly, professional, helpful, and reassuring. - Communication in consults comes up regularly, with owners saying vets explained things clearly and gave useful advice.

Kingfisher Veterinary Practice Chard offers routine appointments alongside out-of-hours emergency care. Its website also promotes a Pet Health Club® Plus plan, with consultations included, as well as offers such as a free health check and a £60 wellness screening. Recent feedback most often highlights quick access to appointments, clear explanations in consults, and calm, compassionate support during difficult end-of-life decisions.

Services

•Routine, urgent, and emergency care: The practice offers routine appointments and out-of-hours emergency care. Recent examples include a dog seen within about 20 minutes for an eye problem and an immediate appointment for a seriously unwell cat that was not registered with the practice.
•Preventive care: Reviews mention vaccinations, including for rabbits, as well as health checks. Owners also mention reminders for vaccinations and flea and worm treatments.
•Consultations and ongoing treatment: Reviews describe clear advice during appointments and support for longer-term conditions, including medication for a dog's mobility problems and prescriptions for ongoing treatment.
•Minor procedures during visits: One owner mentions rabbit claw clipping being done alongside vaccination and a health check.
•End-of-life support: Several reviews describe gentle handling, clear discussion of options, and compassionate euthanasia support, with owners able to stay with their pets in their final moments.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

•Mr Andrew Carpenter (vet): Named in reviews and praised for making owners feel informed and reassured, and for treating cats very well.
•Wider team: Recent feedback also speaks positively about the broader team, including reception staff, a vet nurse, and out-of-hours staff, describing them as friendly, professional, kind, and compassionate.

Reviews

Google reviews show 4.5 stars from 230 reviews. Recent feedback is mostly very positive.

•Appointments and access are a consistent strength, with owners describing good availability, being seen on time, and fast help for urgent problems.
•Staff manner is frequently praised, with reviews describing the team as friendly, professional, helpful, and reassuring.
•Communication in consults comes up regularly, with owners saying vets explained things clearly and gave useful advice.
•End-of-life care is a recurring positive theme, with several owners describing calm, compassionate support during euthanasia. Pricing comments are more mixed: some owners appreciated being helped to find cheaper medication options, while one recent reviewer felt an eye infection visit and medication were unexpectedly expensive and wanted a clearer breakdown.

Reviews for Kingfisher Veterinary Practice Chard

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 230 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Claire Merchant

2 months ago

Good availability of appointments, really helpful and friendly staff, clean and spacious waiting room.

Lesley Proctor

All the staff are very professional and friendly. I have regular reminders for when vaccination, and flea and worm treatments are due. Appointments are readily available. The vet prescribed medication for my dog which she'll need for the rest of her life to help her mobility. He explained that it was very expensive to buy from them. So he prescribed a 6 day course to make sure she didn't experience side effects. Afterwards, I was given a 6 month prescription, which cost £31, that I can use online saving me a considerable sum of money. Given that veterinary care is notoriously expensive this has helped considerably and I am extremely grateful.

Ian Bryant

4 months ago

Friendly helpful staff, i was seen on time and given helpful advice.

nicola stoodley

I would just like to thank all of the staff at Crewkerne,that helped my partner Mark and myself last night 17/11/2025 in poor old Sasha's final moments, all of the staff were so kind and compassionate, you certainly helped make her final moments calm and happy, what would we do without caring people like yourselves 💔 Thank you 😊

Jon Wells

5 months ago

sarah barker

We found our semi feral farm cat in the house Sunday night. It appeared that both back legs were paralysed. It did not appear to be in any pain but just could not walk. Monday morning we rang Kingfisher and they gave us an immediate appointment, I would add that we are not registered with them. Brought the cat in and and after a shortish wait saw the vet. She gently examined KC and realised that the cat had a blood clot . And no blood was going to her legs. [I think we already knew this]. The vet gently told us that there was nothing that could be done as KC was at least 15 yrs old, but left the final decision to us. We agreed, of course that it was best for KC to be "put to sleep". We stayed with her until the end. The vet was kind, gentle and absolutely brilliant. The staff at reception, the vet nurse were all very kind. Would definitely recommend the vet practice.

Carly Board

6 months ago

R&B Everard

9 months ago

This was our first visit. I found the Practice at Chard to be professional, clean and efficient. We saw the vet Mr Andrew Carpenter who was brilliant. We felt informed, and reassured and he treated our cats wonderfully. I would recommend this Veterinary Practice 100% Thankyou very much.

Lucy Stickley

10 months ago

Recently took both of my bunnies for their vaccinations, lovely vet gave them a health check & clipped claws for me. No surprises with the bill either. Overall very pleased although my bunnies haven’t forgiven me yet !!

Donny Boo

11 months ago

Took my dog to this practice for an eye infection appt which was given to me within 20mins of me calling. Saw the vet who was very thorough but took no more than 10/12 mins in total. Then was given a bill of £106 pounds for the check up and a small bottle of eye drops. No break down of costs, I was completely shocked at the price. Over £100 which to me was crazy. Then just after that a week later listened to the BBC documentary about Vets practises UK wide and understood that this is just getting more and more of an extortion business. This Vets is owned by on of the Big Six ‘independent Vets’.