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for PDSA

Rating Summary based on 15 reviews

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  • 28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mobabs

    5 Stars For love not money! 17/12/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A dedicated team of first class vets

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None whatsoever!

    The PDSA - Britain's leading veterinary charity. This is a long review but I think that if you read it you will have a very clear picture of the PDSA and who is taking care of your pet. Having had pets most of our lives we had incurred many veterinary bills over the years, and had found it difficult to find a vet that we trusted completely. Each time we found one that we liked they had moved on to pastures greener, or at least that's how it seemed to us. For reasons that I won't bore you with, there came a time when we found ourselves having to rely on Income Support for our financial needs ... more
  • 100 of 100 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 wiggglypufff

    Member since 15/11/2000

    Reviews written: 293

    5 Stars In Memory of Fudge. Rest In Peace xxx Review with images 25/03/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Helping animals, kind and compassionate service, free treatment

    Disadvantages Disadvantages -

    The PDSA (People's Dispensary for Sick Animals) is a veterinary charity; its aim is to provide free treatment to sick and injured domestic pets whose owners can't afford private vet's fees. It's now in its 88th year of charitable animal welfare. The criteria for eligibility of PDSA care is to live in the defined catchment area of a PDSA PetAid service (hospital or practice), and be in receipt of housing or council tax benefit. There are 46 PetAid hospitals across towns and cities in Britain, and one planned to open in Belfast (N.I.) by the end of 2005. The PetAid hospitals are run by the PDSA ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    MissSpaceGirl

    5 Stars Maria Dickin's Legacy Lives On..... 19/12/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Provide free pet care of an outstanding quality.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Only available to people in receipt of the qualifying Govenment Benefits.

    The PDSA is a charity established to provide free health care for pets with owners whom cannot afford to pay for private treatment. This was the vision of it's founder. The PDSA was first established in 1917, by a women named Maria Dickin's, who was shocked and appalled by the animal suffering and squallor she had witnessed upon a visit to London. The PDSA very quickly became successful mainly due to the huge demand for a service like this, but also to the millions of people who donate money, whether by gift aid or in their will, or by simply shopping in one of there many charity shops. I was ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    xion63

    4 Stars peoples dispensary for sick animals 20/11/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages reduced vet care

    Disadvantages Disadvantages not very local, sometimes not that cheap, can give wrong diagnosis

    I have received good and bad treatment from the PDSA in the past. the PDSA are an animal charity to help people on low incomes with pet care and operations, if your in receipt of housing/council tax benefit then you can use them, But the hospitals are very few and far between and if you live in a village like i do, and are reliant on public transport it can be a nightmare. Some people are under the impression the PDSA offer FREE care, this is not the case, And since they introduced the new donations scheme, its just another form of emotional blackmail, they no longer use the private envelopes ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    potster

    3 Stars PDSA - too strict or uncaring? 17/05/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages They treat sick pets of poor owners

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Strict rules mean many pets are still dying

    Hmmm where do I start?? The PDSA (People's Dispensary for Sick Animals) is a registered charity who aim to provide free treatment to pets whose owners can't afford treatment otherwise. The criteria is you live in a catchment area and are recieving housing or council tax benefit. I myself have all my adult life given as generously as I can to this charity believing that their aim is a very worthwhile one. My first encounter as a potential client was although not particularly nice an explainable misfortune. About a year ago our much loved Border Collie Zara was posioned. (Which at the time we ... more
  • 14 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 3 kat74_uk

    Member since 22/02/2003

    Reviews written: 47

    1 Star Nasty, rude and humiliating 27/06/2006
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Its free for some people

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Dirty, flea ridden, under qualified vets

    I am saddend to have to write this, but I feel I must be heard & my experiences shared. Most recently after 6 happy weeks with my new puppy Laddie, he sniffed somthing in the garden and had a sneezing fit- sneezing out blood. I was absolutley hysterical & useless- luckily my husband was here! I held it together to call the out of hours PDSA (as I am partly disabled, my husband is my carer & so we are both not working), I was still panic ridden- as I thought Laddie was going to die- the woman on the phone was totally abrupt and uncaring, asking for standard details rather than the possible ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    waggytail

    1 Star Rude, Aggressive, Quick To Euthanise, Slow To Treat 17/02/2011
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Very Few In My Experience

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Too Many To Put Here

    The PDSA Hospital In Cowplain, Hampshire. Due to a change in my own health and circumstances (I used to go to a private vet with my pets), I was able to register with the PDSA. My experiences with them have been just terrible. From the miserable receptionists who can't even raise a smile, to the vets who do as little as possible, and all the time you are made to feel guilty and like a bad pet owner. The new system of asking for money BEFORE any treatment is appalling, you are asked in front of a room full of pet owners, so if you literally have nothing to give you are made to feel like a leper ... more
  • 2 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 saddly

    Member since 29/01/2013

    Reviews written: 1

    1 Star pdsa, awful 29/01/2013

    Advantages Advantages none

    Disadvantages Disadvantages inhumane

    my kids dog had a massive seizure on a wed night, was left brain damaged, I took him into aston pdsa next day, who, because my proof of benefit was 2wks out of date, gave him a pain killer and antibiotic and sent him home, saying bring him back Monday with proof . i explained he was brain damaged and didn't know where he was, and that he couldn't stand and had gone blind and incontinent, and asked for him to be put out of his misery, she refused saying that shed got a 14 yr old dog at home with epilepsy and that i must bring him back on Monday! the next day our dog seized again 2 x, I felt I ... more
  • 13 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
    1 Star Quick review of PDSA by BobbieJ 12/08/2007
    I had a problem with my old dog she was a rescue i took her to the pdsa after several trements to her eye which i paid in full i was informed that it was my fault my husband, fustrated with the attitude, took me to a private vet it cost just a third of the price and one minor operation do you think its a lack of experience, ignorence, money, or negligence?
  • 7 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    magicalangel

    1 Star pdsa including their pet insurance quote 03/09/2007
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages none than i can think of

    Disadvantages Disadvantages miles apart, vets abusive, over the top donations

    I had to pay a visit to the PDSA on friday, i dont have a car so it took us 2 hours to get there, the bus was in roadworks, so i was 10 mins late for my appointment, im disabled and had to sit and wait 90 minutes before i was seen ( even though people were coming straight in and being seen) . it seems know they have a new policy, the old way was they gave you an envelope and asked for a minimum of a fiver, know it says on the envelope "your visit will cost more than £20", and on the back they right your name and the pets, i didnt like that cause its name and shame. when we finally got to see a ... more
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