Prescription rights and online medicine savings
The CMA final report package includes remedies intended to increase competition in veterinary medicines and improve owner awareness of possible online savings.
What this means
- Prescription fees should be tracked separately from procedure prices.
- CompareVetPricing will publish prescription-fee data only once the dataset has enough mapped, source-backed rows.
- Owners should ask their practice about written prescription fees and whether medicine can be purchased elsewhere.
Timing
Medicine-related requirements are part of the CMA remedies package and should be read against the final Orders when made.
This page was reviewed on 30 April 2026 by CompareVetPricing content operations. The precise legal obligations should be checked against the final Orders and CMA guidance when they are made.