Took a peek at the petition itself, apparently I signed it in March, but there's no comment. In light of recent experience, I would have commented. What a price! The VN/receptionist virtually emotionally blackmailed me to take Polly in that night rather than leave it till the morning. I paid £130 just to walk through the door, to see a vet who knew nothing about Polly or my nursing abilities and virtually wrote her off. Luckily, I didn't take his word, but saw my regular vet the following day.
I hate the way the message on my vet's answer machine gives the impression that the other number they're giving you is one of their on call vets, not a totally different service.
Bring back the days when vets took turns to be on call.
I used (years ago) to date a vet and would stay at his place when he was on call. He lived over the surgery. He was rarely called out or had to meet a client at the surgery; but when he did, it didn't exactly exhaust him. He loved his job.
