Watchdog calls for cap on vet fees

VETS in the UK could be forced to publish price lists and put a cap on the cost of providing prescriptions, under sweeping changes proposed by the UK's competition watchdog.

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Pet owners may be overpaying for medicines and are not being given enough information about their vet and the prices of treatments, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found.

The regulator has been investigating the £6.3 billion veterinary services market over concerns about how it is run.

It found market-wide issues which mean consumers are not benefiting from strong competition between vet businesses.