15/10/2025
There's lots in the news today about the CMA investigation into vet services, charging and practice ownership in the UK, and whilst this is mainly looking at pet services, as farm vets we're under the same scrutiny.
So, a bit about us.
Haywood Farm Vets was set up in 2020 and is owned and run by local vets Paula, Tom and Pete and we're supported by our brilliant farm vets Katie and Ollie.
Our goal is to provide a local, independent and experienced vet team and provide an exceptional service to our farms.
We pride ourselves in really knowing our farms and farmers, and working closely with them to make sure their stock, farms and teams are resilient and future proofed.
Our pricing structure is transparent - we value our time and expertise over meds sales, and work very hard with our farms to reduce the need for treatments by using data to monitor performance and highlight areas for us to focus on.
We build fantastic relationships with our farmers, but we're also a work in progress, and there's always an open door policy with feedback.
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But, a reminder to those of you who might be feeling cross about the CMA news today and are dealing with our friends and colleagues who are pet vets here in the UK.
The vast majority of pet vets in the UK have zero influence on pricing, costs, medicines and practice policies. So please make sure that you don't direct your frustration at those on the front line. They're already under immense pressure and doing their best.
