Ashfield Veterinary Group - Halifax

Ashfield Veterinary Group – Halifax is a CVS-owned small-animal practice offering routine, preventive and surgical care alongside in-house diagnostics including lab work, X-ray and ultrasound. The clinic also offers nurse-led services and home visits, and treats a range of common pets as well as small furries and small cage birds. During normal hours emergencies go through the practice, while out-of-hours care is referred to MiNightVet.

Services

• •Routine and preventive care: consultations, six-month health checks, vaccinations, microchipping and parasite control. Reviews also mention regular checks, puppy health checks, vaccines and chipping.
• •Surgery and procedures: neutering, dentistry and general surgery. One owner specifically praised the team’s handling of a nervous cat during a pre-op check and neutering.
• •Diagnostics and monitoring: in-house lab testing, X-ray, ultrasound and blood pressure checks.
• •Nurse-led and general support services: nurse clinics, grooming and nail clipping, anal sac expression, home visits, and veterinary nurse training.
• •Species seen: dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters, ferrets and small cage birds.
• •Emergency care: emergency cases are handled by the practice in normal opening hours, with out-of-hours cover referred to MiNightVet.

Pricing

Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review comments on cost are mixed: some owners describe the practice as competitively priced, while others complain about higher-than-expected charges and medication costs.

People

No individual vets or nurses are named publicly here. Reviews describe the wider team as friendly, helpful and compassionate, with particular praise for the vet and nurses who supported one owner through an end-of-day emergency euthanasia; a smaller number of reviewers raise concerns about seeing different vets over time.

Reviews

Ashfield Veterinary Group – Halifax has a 4.4-star Google rating from 133 reviews.

• •Many positive reviews focus on the team’s kindness and compassion, including one account of staff staying open near closing time to see a cat in severe pain and supporting the owner through a euthanasia.
• •Routine care is often praised, with good feedback on handling nervous pets, pre-op checks, neutering, and ongoing care for dogs and cats over many years.
• •Some owners highlight practical positives such as same-day appointments and preventive care through the Healthy Pet scheme.
• •Negative feedback centres on pricing disputes, medication costs, changing vets from visit to visit, and dissatisfaction with the out-of-hours arrangement.