Ashfield Veterinary Group - Halifax

Ashfield Veterinary Group – Halifax is part of the Ashfield Veterinary Group and is set up as a small‑animal practice with in‑house diagnostics (lab work plus X‑ray and ultrasound) and a broad range of routine procedures. Based on the information available, it supports common preventive and surgical care such as pre‑op checks and neutering (specifically mentioned in a recent review), as well as nurse‑led clinics and home visits (listed on the clinic website summary). Review feedback is mixed: some owners describe friendly, helpful handling of nervous pets and good advice, while others raise concerns about changing charges/agreements, medication costs, and seeing different vets over time.

Services

From the website summary and clinic data, the clinic offers or supports:

• •Consultations and six‑month health checks
• •Vaccinations, microchipping, parasite control
• •Neutering (recent review references a pre‑op check and neutering operation)
• •Dentistry
• •Surgery (general)
• •Diagnostic tests & imaging, with in‑house lab, X‑ray, and ultrasound
• •Nurse clinics, and a Veterinary Nurse Training facility (listed in clinic data)
• •Blood pressure checks
• •Grooming & nail clipping
• •Anal sac expression
• •Home visits
• •Species listed as treated include dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters, ferrets, and small cage birds

Emergency / out-of-hours: the website summary states emergencies are handled during normal hours via the practice, and out‑of‑hours cases are referred to MiNightVet for dedicated emergency care. This sits alongside the structured clinic data indicating emergency veterinary services (24/7 or extended hours), so it’s worth clarifying directly which service provides the out‑of‑hours cover.

People

No individual vets or nurses are named in the information provided. In reviews, staff are described very differently depending on the reviewer:

• •One recent owner says the team handled a nervous cat well during a pre‑op check and neutering, and gave “great advice.”
• •Other reviewers report concerns about frequent changes in vets (described as “constant agency vets”) and difficulty retaining staff after a change in leadership.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.4 stars from 131 reviews.
Themes below are drawn from the latest written reviews available to us.

• •Good experiences with routine surgery and anxious pets: a recent review describes a smooth pre‑op check and neutering for a nervous cat, with friendly staff and helpful advice.
• •Pricing/charging concerns: one reviewer alleges agreements were changed to charge more and describes high costs for basic procedures and medications.
• •Continuity and staffing: one reviewer reports seeing different vets over time and links their dissatisfaction to staff turnover.
• •Out‑of‑hours experience: one review describes frustration with the out‑of‑hours arrangement and delays when trying to get help.