On 19th June, the BestUKVet Awards ceremony took place in London. Powered by VetHelpDirect, the awards celebrate excellence in customer service – because all the awards are determined by the number of outstanding reviews each clinic received from its own clients. These aren’t voted on in secret by a shadowy committee, or bought and paid for by wealthy practices, or arranged in backroom deals: they represent the votes of animal owners across the UK who want to celebrate their own veterinary practice!
How the Best UK Vet Awards work
All the veterinary practices in the UK are listed on VetHelpDirect.com or our sister site, Any-UK-Vet.co.uk, and from that listing they can be reviewed. Of course, there are a wide range of checks in place to ensure that only genuine clients can give a review, and then in February each year, we add up the top reviews: those with a 4* or 5* rating for the practice concerned.
The practice with the most overall gets the Gold Award!
However, we’re very aware that different practices have different strengths and focuses, so we also have Category Awards – for example, Best Equine, Best Start-Up, or Best Small Practice. We also award Best in County, Best Scottish, Best Irish, and Best Welsh practice, among others.
Want to know more? Take a look at the BestUKVets Awards website!
We’d like to thank our sponsors
While the Awards are completely free for the practices and the reviewers, the Awards Event is sponsored. So many thanks to MWI Animal Health, Provet Cloud, the British Veterinary Association, The Vet Channel, Wisentic, and Digital Practice!
Who were the winners?
Starting with Best in Category…
Best Equine Vets
Best Referral Vets
Best Mobile Vets
Best Small Practice
Best Cat Clinic AND Best New Start-Up
Elite Practices
Those who have previously won and have again showed excellent commitment to maintaining customer service.
Well done to Cockburn Vets, Weeley Vets and Warren House Veterinary Centre – Small Animal Services
National Champions
Best English Practice
Best Northern Irish Practice
Best Scottish Practice
Best Welsh Practice
Grange Veterinary Hospital, Mold
Overall winners
Drum roll…!
Bronze
Briar House Veterinary Surgery
Silver
Willows Veterinary Centre & Referral Service 24/7 – last year’s Bronze winners, moving up a place…
Gold – the Best UK Vet 2025
Well done to all the staff at all the practices, you are showcasing the best of the UK veterinary practices!
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