Argyll Veterinary Centre – Vets in Barnstaple
Clinic Overview
- Recent feedback often mentions a friendly welcome, helpful reception staff, and knowledgeable vets. - Several reviewers say the practice was able to fit in urgent cases, including pets taken ill or injured while their owners were away from home. - Named praise goes to Dr Pamela Newman, Nicola, and Fiona for calm handling, thorough examinations, practical advice, and compassionate support through both treatment and end-of-life care.
Services
- •Routine and preventive care: consultations, vaccinations, parasite control, microchipping, neutering, and nurse clinics including blood pressure checks and six-month health checks.
- •Diagnostics and treatment: dentistry, diagnostic tests and imaging, plus added therapies such as acupuncture and therapeutic laser therapy. Recent reviews also mention thorough work-ups for older dogs, pain management, diabetic monitoring, fluids, and supportive care for very unwell pets.
- •Everyday support services: grooming and nail clipping, anal sac expression, puppy parties, home visits, and GB pet travel documentation.
- •Species seen: dogs, cats, rabbits, gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets, reptiles, tortoises, small cage birds, and aquarium fish. Review examples include urgent help for sick or injured dogs, including holidaymakers, and older feedback mentions help with a lizard nail clip and shedding advice.
- •Emergency arrangements: during normal opening hours, clients are advised to contact the practice; out-of-hours emergencies are handled by MiNightVet Barnstaple.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Review comments on cost are mixed: one recent reviewer felt it was rather expensive, while most recent feedback focuses more on care, communication, and access than on fees.
People
- •Dr Pamela Newman: praised for overseeing complex care for an elderly diabetic dog, with reviewers highlighting her care, attention, compassion, and sensitive support at end of life.
- •Nicola: thanked in a recent review for handling a difficult terrier calmly, carrying out a thorough examination, and identifying joint pain that responded quickly to treatment.
- •Fiona (vet): described as lovely and caring during a Saturday urgent appointment for a sick dog.
- •Dani: a long-term client described her as thorough and compassionate, and said even a very particular greyhound took to her straight away.
- •Matt, Nicky, and Rita: Matt and Nicky are mentioned positively as part of the wider team in a recent review; Rita is remembered in older feedback for researching care for a lizard and helping with a nail clip.
Reviews
Google reviews show 4.6/5 from 149 reviews.
- •Recent feedback often mentions a friendly welcome, helpful reception staff, and knowledgeable vets.
- •Several reviewers say the practice was able to fit in urgent cases, including pets taken ill or injured while their owners were away from home.
- •Named praise goes to Dr Pamela Newman, Nicola, and Fiona for calm handling, thorough examinations, practical advice, and compassionate support through both treatment and end-of-life care.
- •Less positive comments include one recent view that the clinic is expensive and one serious dispute over a puppy heart murmur assessment, but the overall pattern of recent feedback is more positive than negative.
