About Us And What We Do

Welcome to 365vet.co.uk, the dedicated veterinary prescription medicine site.

We source all our prescription and non-prescription veterinary medicines, either directly from the manufacturer or from well established UK veterinary wholesalers to ensure you receive genuine products at competitive prices.

We are registered as a Veterinary Practice Premises with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). Our premises reference number is: 7085541. You can verify our registration on the RCVS’s website or by contacting the RCVS directly.

Our registered suitably qualified persons (SQP) with responsibility for the supply of veterinary medicines classified as POM-VPS/NFA-VPS are:

Karen Thompson                 QR10594
Angela Walker                      QR13773
Deborah Martin                   QE9008
Jayne Hockenhull                           QR13884
Diane Spencer                     QE7142
Rebecca White                     QE8632
Samantha Wilkinson           QE9145
Holly Nelson                         QR18075

You can verify that the above persons are a registered SQP by checking AMTRA’s list of SQP’s here.

Our registered qualified person with responsibility for the supply of veterinary medicines classified as POM-V is Mark Proctor BVSc MRCVS (RCVS 1605581). You can verify that Mark Proctor is a veterinary surgeon by checking the RCVS’s register here.

Our trading business address is:

Beeston Animal Health 
Whitchurch Road
Beeston Castle
Tarporley
Cheshire
CW6 9NJ

Our postal address is:

Unit 12
Portal Business Park
Eaton Lane
Tarporley 
Cheshire
CW6 9DL

Our registered office address is:

VetPartners
Spitfire House
Aviator Court
York
YO30 4UZ

Buying authorised veterinary medicines

As a pet owner/horse owner/farmer, you’ll want to be sure that the medicines you’re giving your pet/horse/livestock are safe, effective and legal. Buying your veterinary medicines from us, a VMD-accredited internet retailer, you can be sure that:

-       we are a UK-based retailer and authorised to sell veterinary medicines

-       we only supply veterinary medicines that are authorised in the UK, meaning they’re proven to be safe and effective when used as directed.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)

The VMD is the UK government agency responsible for the controls on veterinary medicines in the UK, including their authorisation, manufacture and supply.

The Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS)

In 2012 the VMD set up the Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS) in response to the public’s concerns about buying veterinary medicines online. We are accredited under the Scheme.

You can learn more about the work of the VMD and AIRS by going to the following link: http://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/giao/public.aspx

Authorisation and classification of veterinary medicines

Any product in the UK that makes a veterinary medicinal claim must be authorised. You can tell if a veterinary medicine is authorised as it will include English language labelling that it’s important that you read and understand. The label will include a unique UK marketing authorisation number, which will appear in one of the following formats:

• Vm 04321/4001
• Vh 05467/4007
• EU/1/99/099/001-001

Alternatively, the product may include a statement "This veterinary medicine is marketed in accordance with Schedule 6 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations - Exemptions for small pet animals" or similar on the label and packaging.

There are four classifications of authorised veterinary medicines:

1. Prescription-only Medicine – Veterinarian (abbreviated to POM-V)
2. Prescription-only Medicine – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person (SQP) (abbreviated to POM-VPS)
3. Non-Food Animal – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person (SQP) (abbreviated to NFA-VPS)
4. Authorised Veterinary Medicine – General Sales List (abbreviated to AVM-GSL)

You can use the VMD’s Product Information Database to check if a product is authorised and its classification, or to search for a UK-authorised veterinary medicine. The search facility allows you to search by trade name, active substance, species, legal classification and many other options.  Each product has a Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) that tells you all about the medicine.

For more information visit the VMD’s Product Information Database here: http://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/ProductInformationDatabase/

Prescription misuse

It is an offence to:

• Alter a prescription issued by a vet, pharmacist or SQP e.g.

1. change the date the prescription was signed
2. change the quantity of the product
3. include additional medicines

• Fraudulently produce a prescription e.g.

1. forge a prescription
2. forge the signature of a vet, pharmacist or SQP
3. send the same prescription to multiple retailers

Our SQP carefully checks all prescriptions and will report suspected prescription misuse to the VMD or the police.

What to do if your pet suffers an adverse reaction

No medicine is risk free and all medicines have the potential to cause adverse effects. Some of the adverse effects are known about and these are explained in the product’s SPC. Others that may only rarely occur or are specific for certain breeds or groups of animals may only be seen when the products are used more widely.

If you suspect that you or your animal has had an adverse reaction to a veterinary medicine, or you think the medicine hasn’t worked as it should have done, report it to the VMD using the form available via the link below:

https://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/adversereactionreporting/

Complaints about veterinary medicines

If you have a complaint about the quality of veterinary medicine please contact us in the first instance. However, if you feel that we haven’t resolved your complaint satisfactorily, you can contact the VMD – http://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/business/contact.aspx#complaint

Please note that the VMD will only consider complaints about veterinary medicines provided, not about service, delivery or cost and not about general non-medicinal products.