Woodcroft Veterinary Hospital – Vets in Stockport
Clinic Overview
- Many recent reviewers describe strong urgent and emergency care, including Christmas Day treatment, weekend medication advice, surgery, and careful post-operative support. - Communication and reassurance are recurring strengths, with owners mentioning helpful callbacks, regular updates, calm handling and clear explanations. - Compassion during final illness and bereavement remains a common positive theme, with several owners saying pets and families were treated with dignity and kindness.
Services
- •Routine and preventive care: annual vaccinations, flea and worm treatment, and general health checks.
- •Emergency and urgent care: the hospital handles emergency cases, including late-night visits and critical presentations. Recent reviews mention Christmas Day care, Saturday medication advice that helped avoid a potentially serious problem, urgent treatment for a corneal ulcer, and support around operations and recovery.
- •Referral care: the practice offers referral services, with reviews mentioning referral assessment for a heart murmur and follow-up phone updates afterwards.
- •Hospital, diagnostics and surgery: six operating theatres, CT scanner, x-ray, ultrasound, in-house lab facilities, large wards with separate cat and dog areas, and a visiting MRI service. Owners also mention post-operative nursing support and clear discharge instructions.
- •Critical care and end-of-life support: owners describe CPR and injectable treatment during a resuscitation attempt, as well as compassionate support during pets’ final days and after bereavement.
- •Training: the hospital is also noted as a veterinary nurse training facility.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Alistair (surgeon): praised for treating a dog’s corneal ulcer.
- •Alex Wilson and Zuzi: both singled out for compassionate care, clear explanations and follow-up.
- •Nurse Eve: thanked for clear instructions after an operation.
- •Lois and Chelsea: mentioned warmly for reassuring phone support and keeping owners informed.
- •Helen and Chloe: highlighted for aftercare support, including regular calls, updates and help after an emergency loss. Reviews also praise the wider reception and nursing teams.
Reviews
Google shows 4.4 stars from 212 reviews.
- •Many recent reviewers describe strong urgent and emergency care, including Christmas Day treatment, weekend medication advice, surgery, and careful post-operative support.
- •Communication and reassurance are recurring strengths, with owners mentioning helpful callbacks, regular updates, calm handling and clear explanations.
- •Compassion during final illness and bereavement remains a common positive theme, with several owners saying pets and families were treated with dignity and kindness.
- •A smaller but notable group of recent reviews criticise high emergency charges and disagree strongly with clinical advice in specific cases, including complaints about euthanasia recommendations and the handling of a stray cat.

