As investigation into veterinary pricing has launched amid concerns pet owners across the country could be overpaying for medicine or prescriptions.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it is looking into evidence that people could be paying too much for their pet’s treatment.
The watchdog received more than 56,000 responses to its initial review – including 11,000 from those working in the vet industry which includes around a fifth of UK vets and veterinary nurses.
Sarah Cardell, chief executive of the CMA, said the investigation was “critical” for the UK’s 16m pet owners.
“The unprecedented response we received from the public and veterinary professionals shows the strength of feeling on this issue is high and why we were right to look into this,” she said.
She added that there were concerns that pet owners found it difficult to access basic information like price lists and prescription costs.
The CMA said that 80% of the vet practices it checked had no pricing information online.
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