Foxhall Veterinary Clinic – Vets in Sleaford
Clinic Overview
Foxhall Veterinary Clinic is an independently owned small-animal practice in Sleaford, established in 2007 and owned by practice manager Tracy Healy. It offers routine pet care alongside urgent appointments, with reviews often highlighting friendly communication, calm handling, and supportive care during difficult end-of-life visits. Recent feedback remains largely positive overall, with one repeated serious complaint about euthanasia and follow-up communication.
Services
- •Small-animal veterinary care: Foxhall describes itself as a small-animal practice.
- •Routine care and vaccinations: reviews specifically mention dogs being seen for vaccination appointments.
- •Urgent or same-day appointments: several owners report being offered appointments within a few hours, including for pets with new problems such as limping.
- •Consultations, examinations and treatment: reviewers describe pets being assessed, diagnosed, given medication, and having findings explained clearly during the visit.
- •End-of-life care and euthanasia: long-term clients describe sensitive support during final visits, including thoughtful follow-up touches such as a sympathy card and flower seeds.
- •Handling of nervous or reactive pets: one detailed review describes a vet and veterinary nurse safely completing a vaccination for an anxious Labrador using calm handling and a muzzle when needed.
- •Pet insurance support: insurance paperwork and claims are mentioned by reviewers, although one owner felt the clinic was not helpful with this process.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits below average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Recent reviewers often describe the clinic as decently priced, very good, and not overpriced for the service provided, although an older negative review also mentioned a billing dispute and debt recovery letter.
People
- •Rachel (vet): praised by a long-term client of more than 10 years, who describes her as experienced, kind and genuinely caring.
- •Tracy Healy (practice manager and owner): named as the clinic owner.
- •Wider team: reviewers regularly praise the receptionists, veterinary nurses and vets for being friendly, welcoming, caring and professional.
Reviews
Google reviews show 4.6/5 from 211 reviews.
- •Many recent reviewers describe the team as friendly, helpful and caring, with praise spread across reception, nurses and vets.
- •Clear explanations are a recurring positive theme, including owners saying the vet took time to talk things through and explain treatment.
- •Fast access for urgent problems stands out in several reviews, including pets being seen within a few hours and leaving with medication after examination.
- •Reviews also include praise for sensitive end-of-life support, but there is one repeated serious complaint from a reviewer about euthanasia and lack of response to follow-up concerns.
