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Pet Med Direct • Veterinary Oversight • UK-Wide Delivery
Looking for an Online Vet Pharmacy?
People searching for an online vet pharmacy are usually looking for a legitimate and convenient way to obtain veterinary medicines online. Pet Med Direct is an online pet medicine service provided by Farm Vet Services, with veterinary oversight and appropriate prescription checks where required.
Order eligible veterinary medicines and pet care products online, and where a medicine requires a prescription, supply the one issued by your own veterinary surgeon.
Farm Vet Services, the veterinary practice behind Pet Med Direct, is listed on the VMD Register of Online Retailers.
- Operated by Farm Vet Services
- RCVS Veterinary Oversight
- VMD Registered Online Retailer
- UK Delivery Including Northern Ireland
What People Usually Mean by “Online Vet Pharmacy”
“Online vet pharmacy” is the phrase pet owners reach for when they want three things at once: a supplier that is genuinely legitimate, an ordering process that is convenient, and confidence that the right medicine arrives.
Pet Med Direct is built around those three expectations. It is an online pet medicine service provided by Farm Vet Services, a veterinary practice, so the ordering happens online while the professional side — prescription checking and veterinary oversight — stays with people registered to do it. For the wider picture, see our main guide to ordering pet medicines online.
What the phrase does not mean is that your own vet steps out of the picture. Buying veterinary medicines online changes where the medicine is supplied from, not who examines, diagnoses and prescribes for your pet.
Buying Veterinary Medicines Online: The Basics
A few straightforward principles apply whenever pet medicine is bought online in the UK. Our dedicated guide to pet prescriptions and prescription medication online covers the detail; this is the short version.
Prescription medicines need a prescription
Some veterinary medicines can only be supplied against a valid prescription written by a veterinary surgeon for your animal. Where a product needs one, you will be asked to provide it as part of your order — you can upload your prescription during the ordering process.
The medicine has to match what was prescribed
Responsible supply means the medicine name, strength, pack and quantity sent to you correspond with what your vet authorised. If your order and your prescription do not line up, the order is queried rather than quietly substituted.
Not everything requires a prescription
Many pet care products and non-prescription items can simply be ordered and dispatched. Requirements depend on the individual product, not on a blanket rule for the whole basket.
Orders are checked before dispatch
Where a prescription is involved, the order is reviewed before the medicine is prepared for dispatch. More detail lives in our pet prescription help centre.
How to Recognise Legitimate Online Veterinary Medicine Supply
If you are comparing online sources of pet medicine, these are practical, general things worth checking — whoever you decide to buy from.
A named practice and named vets
You should be able to see which veterinary practice stands behind the website, and check the veterinary surgeons involved independently through the RCVS.
A real prescription-checking process
A legitimate supplier asks for a prescription where one is required, and actually checks it. Being asked for paperwork is a good sign, not an inconvenience.
A genuine UK contact route
There should be a working way to reach a person about your order. Pet Med Direct publishes its contact details and answers prescription questions directly.
You can also check whether a retailer appears on the VMD Register of Online Retailers, maintained by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate for online suppliers of veterinary medicines.
Farm Vet Services
The Practice Behind Pet Med Direct
Pet Med Direct is an online service provided by Farm Vet Services. When you order veterinary medicines online here you are dealing with a veterinary practice rather than an anonymous storefront, and the oversight of prescription orders sits with that practice.
Veterinary Oversight at Pet Med Direct
The veterinary surgeons below are members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and their registration details can be verified independently through the RCVS.
Patrick Finnegan, BVMS, MRCVS
Registered Veterinary Surgeon
- RCVS registration number: 7230753
- Registration category: UK Practising
- RCVS registration date: 30 June 2017
Patrick Finnegan is a founding partner of Pet Med Direct and a registered veterinary surgeon. His work with Pet Med Direct contributes to prescription compliance, responsible medicine supply and the professional standards applied to veterinary medicine ordering.
Stephen Hazelton, BVMS, MRCVS
Registered Veterinary Surgeon
- RCVS registration number: 7183305
- Registration category: UK Practising
- RCVS registration date: 1 July 2016
Stephen Hazelton is a founding partner of Pet Med Direct and a registered veterinary surgeon. At Pet Med Direct he contributes to clinical oversight, professional prescription review and responsible veterinary medicine supply.
Registered internet retailer of veterinary medicines
Farm Vet Services is listed on the official VMD Register of Online Retailers, the public register maintained by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate for businesses supplying veterinary medicines online in the UK.
The register does not publish registration numbers for any entry, so the listing itself is what you check.
Check the register
The full list of registered online retailers is published by the VMD and is free to search: VMD Register of Online Retailers.
Contact the VMD
Questions about veterinary medicines regulation in the UK can be raised directly with the regulator through the official VMD contact page.
Online Vet Pharmacy FAQs
Pet Med Direct is an online pet medicine service provided by Farm Vet Services, a veterinary practice. Veterinary medicines are supplied with veterinary oversight, and prescription orders are checked before the medicine is prepared for dispatch.
Look for a named veterinary practice behind the website, veterinary surgeons whose registration you can verify with the RCVS, a genuine prescription-checking step, and a real UK contact route. You can also check whether the retailer appears on the VMD Register of Online Retailers.
Pet Med Direct is operated by Farm Vet Services, which is listed on the VMD Register of Online Retailers. The register does not publish registration numbers for any entry, so the listing itself is what you check.
Yes. Your own veterinary surgeon examines your pet, reaches a diagnosis and prescribes. Pet Med Direct supplies eligible medicines against what has been prescribed, and does not replace that relationship.
No. Requirements depend on the individual product. Some veterinary medicines can only be supplied against a valid prescription, while many pet care products and non-prescription items can simply be ordered.
Prescription orders are reviewed as part of the veterinary oversight provided through Farm Vet Services, so that the medicine, strength and quantity supplied correspond with the prescription.
The order is queried rather than substituted. If the medicine, strength or quantity you have ordered does not correspond with your prescription, we will get in touch so it can be corrected.
Your Own Vet Still Leads Your Pet’s Care
Ordering pet medication online is a supply route, not a substitute for veterinary care. Only your veterinary surgeon can examine your animal, reach a diagnosis and decide what should be prescribed. Never change a dose, stop a course early or switch to a different medicine without speaking to your own vet first.
If your pet becomes unwell, or something about a medicine does not seem right, contact your veterinary practice.
Explore More Pet Medication Guides
Pet Medication Online
Our main guide to buying pet medicine online across the UK and Northern Ireland. Read the guide.
Pet Prescriptions Online
How prescription-only veterinary medicines are ordered, checked and supplied online. See the pet prescriptions guide.
Repeat Pet Prescriptions
Understand repeat prescriptions, authorised quantities and ordering ongoing medication that your veterinary surgeon has prescribed. Read the repeat prescriptions guide.
Order Veterinary Medicines Online With Veterinary Oversight
Browse eligible pet medicines and pet care products, or send us the prescription your vet has issued and we will take it from there.