Female vet checking a cat in one of our animals hospital clinics

Veterinary

Our animal hospitals provide veterinary treatment to sick and injured pets when their owners can’t afford private veterinary fees.

What to do if your pet needs urgent treatment

Contact the nearest vet practice to your home if your pet needs urgent treatment. If your nearest vet practice is one of our hospitals, please contact the animal hospital.

Our team is currently receiving a lot of calls so please bear with us if you cannot get through and try again. We will answer your call as soon as possible.

Am I eligible?

You can register your pets for our low-cost vet care if you receive certain means-tested benefits and live within the catchment area of one of our animal hospitals. You will be charged for some treatments. Check our prices.

Check whether you’re in one of our catchment areas using the postcode checker below.

If you are, check below to find out what means-tested benefits you need to receive to access our vet care and any costs.

Band A vet support is available for anyone who lives within our catchment area and receives:

  • universal credit where there has not been a reduction in payment due to work or other income such as savings
  • income support
  • jobseeker’s allowance (income-based)
  • employment and support allowance (income-related)
  • pension credit

Band B vet support is available for anyone who lives within our catchment area and receives:

  • universal credit where there has been a reduction in payment due to work or other income such as savings
  • working tax credit
  • child tax credit
  • housing benefit with no other benefit
  • council tax reduction with no other benefit (not the 25 per cent single person discount)

If you don’t live in the catchment area for one of our animal hospitals, we may be able to help with veterinary costs if you are struggling through our Veterinary Care Fund.

Registration

If you're eligible for our vet care, you can register at one of our hospitals below.

Eligible for one of our London animal hospitals?

Register at an animal hospital

Order repeat prescriptions online

You can now order a prescription online and collect it from our animal hospital.

Prescriptions are only available for medication that has already been prescribed and dispensed recently by a Blue Cross vet.