Back in 2005 the house of lords lobbied for a limit on the price that a vet could charge for a prescription. This resulted in a 3 year moratorium where written prescriptions for animal medication was free.

Now, the price of a prescription varies massively from each vets practice and the location of where you are in the country.

My vets charge £18 for a prescription, which if I ask for a repeat, when I buy the medication on line, I can buy two bottles of medication for much less than one bottle prescribed by the vets.

Whilst I appreciate the overheads involved in running a vets practice, the majority are now owned by veterinary conglomerates that also own the majority of veterinary medicine companies.

The average pet owner is being fleeced on the cost of medication, especially if you have an animal on long term medication.

This is something that the competition and markets authority should be looking at as a matter of urgency, especially in the cost of living crisis where animals are being handed into rescue because their owners are unable to afford ongoing medication needs.

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