Vets Could Be Forced to Publish Prices and Cap Prescription Costs in Major Shake-up - Gloucestershire Live

Vets could be forced to publish prices and cap prescription costs in major shake-up - Gloucestershire Live

The Competition and Markets Authority has been investigating the £6.3 billion veterinary services market over concerns about how it is run and has proposed a number of changes

Vets should publish prices and cap prescription costs, watchdog says

The regulator has been investigating the £6.3 billion veterinary services market over concerns about how it is run. Vets in the UK could be forced to publish price lists and put a cap on the cost of providing prescriptions, under sweeping changes proposed by the UK’s competition watchdog. Pet owners may be overpaying for medicines and are not being given enough information about their vet and the prices of treatments, the Competition and Markets…

Calls for price cap on vet prescriptions as warning issued to pet owners

The CMA said pet owners pay 16.6% more on average at large vet groups than at independent vets

Full list of 21 new vet rules in UK including £16 price cap for pet owners - Birmingham Live

Pet owners are often left in the dark

Price cap should be placed on vet prescriptions, watchdog says

The Competition and Markets Authority said price caps should be placed on prescriptions provided by vets to stop pet owners from being ripped off.

All UK dog and cat owners get massive vet prescription update from government

The Competition and Markets Authority has been investigating the sector and has now published its findings with major changes proposed