Palmer and Duncan Veterinary Surgeons – Vets in Wakefield
Clinic Overview
- Recent feedback is strongly positive overall, with owners frequently praising the team as friendly, caring, professional, and helpful. - Several reviews highlight good access to appointments, including quick booking, emergency help, and a same-day Saturday visit. - Owners describe clear advice and successful treatment, including improvement in a cat’s stress overgrooming, cruciate ligament surgery with a reported full recovery, and investigation that led to treatment for pyometra.
Services
- •General veterinary care for dogs and cats – recent examples include treatment for an infected anal gland, medication for ongoing symptoms, and care for a cat with stress-related overgrooming.
- •Preventive and routine care – reviews mention pets returning for boosters, alongside positive comments about calm, friendly handling during routine visits.
- •Surgical care – one owner describes Christopher operating to repair both cruciate ligaments, with a full recovery reported.
- •Diagnostic investigation and treatment planning – reviews mention scans being recommended when needed, medication started at a first appointment, and clear next-step plans being set out; one owner also describes a suggested scan leading to treatment for pyometra.
- •Emergency veterinary services – listed in clinic information, with reviews also describing quick access to appointments, including a same-day Saturday appointment and prompt help in emergencies.
- •Ongoing and senior pet care – owners of elderly pets say their animals are treated with compassion and remain relaxed about visits.
- •Veterinary nurse training facility – listed in clinic information.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review comments on cost are mixed: many focus on the quality of care, while one recent reviewer felt appointments and medication from the practice had become expensive and said pricing was not clearly explained.
People
- •Joe (vet) – praised for being easy to talk to, informative, knowledgeable, and helpful with treatment decisions.
- •Eleanor – named by one owner as treating a cat’s stress-related overgrooming, with good results.
- •Christopher – named by one owner as carrying out cruciate ligament surgery.
- •Nurses and reception team – regularly mentioned positively for friendliness, helpfulness, professionalism, and helping owners feel at ease.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.8 stars from 264 reviews.
- •Recent feedback is strongly positive overall, with owners frequently praising the team as friendly, caring, professional, and helpful.
- •Several reviews highlight good access to appointments, including quick booking, emergency help, and a same-day Saturday visit.
- •Owners describe clear advice and successful treatment, including improvement in a cat’s stress overgrooming, cruciate ligament surgery with a reported full recovery, and investigation that led to treatment for pyometra.
- •There is also continued appreciation for the team’s compassion with elderly pets and difficult situations, although one recent review raised concerns about rising costs and a rushed appointment.
