Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital (Goddard) – Vets in Wandsworth
Clinic Overview
Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital is an RCVS-accredited Goddard Veterinary Group hospital within VetPartners, offering hospital-level care in Wandsworth. It is set up for emergency treatment, inpatient stays and round-the-clock monitoring, with owners describing overnight admissions, holiday-night care and regular updates while pets are hospitalised. Recent feedback remains largely positive about clinical care, kindness and communication, though a minority of owners report problems with appointment handling, callbacks, medication collection and costs.
Services
- •Emergency and urgent care, including late-evening and holiday-period treatment for sudden illness or injury. Recent examples include an elderly cat seen on a Christmas Eve night shift, a dog treated after ingesting drugs, an injured kitten, and dogs seen for severe pain, vomiting and abdominal discomfort.
- •Hospitalisation and inpatient care, including overnight stays and round-the-clock treatment. Owners describe pets being admitted for monitoring, receiving regular updates, and in some cases being able to visit while their pet was in hospital.
- •Surgery and aftercare, with reviews mentioning eye removal surgery (enucleation) after a persistent eye infection, followed by sensitive aftercare.
- •Diagnostics and more complex case management, including blood tests during an overnight stay and access to a heart specialist for a dog with a heart murmur.
- •Routine preventive care from the clinic website, including annual vaccination with a full clinical examination, flea and worming treatment, microchip implantation, and a nurse health assessment after six months.
- •Routine procedure discounts are listed for neutering, dental procedures, kennel cough vaccination, and tick protection.
- •The clinic is also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.
Pricing
A very limited amount of published pricing suggests the clinic may sit below average, but this is based on very few comparable services. Review feedback on cost is mixed: some owners feel pricing has increased or is high, while pricing evidence overall remains too thin to draw a firm picture.
People
- •Laurence / Dr Laurence is repeatedly praised for calm, compassionate emergency care, including a Christmas Eve night shift, a late-evening cat visit, and an out-of-hours dog emergency.
- •Laura Ruiz Oliver is thanked for a thorough assessment, clear explanations, and prompt pain relief and treatment for a dog with a neck injury.
- •Dr Jess is mentioned positively for answering questions clearly, and Dr Francesca for careful explanations and written information to support understanding.
- •Adam is named as a heart specialist involved in a heart murmur case.
- •Alex, Lyndsey and Annette are also named positively by a long-term client.
- •Anita, Emily and Andrew were thanked for compassionate care in a life-threatening cat emergency.
- •Sergio, described as a locum nurse, is named negatively in one complaint about communication and attitude.
Reviews
Google reviews show 4.1/5 from 232 reviews.
- •Recent reviews are strongly positive about urgent and emergency care, with owners describing fast action, thorough investigation and good outcomes in serious cases.
- •Compassion and reassurance come up repeatedly, especially in stressful out-of-hours situations, with Laurence and the wider team singled out for calm handling and kindness.
- •Communication during hospital care is often praised, including clear explanations, keeping owners informed and allowing visits while pets were admitted.
- •Negative feedback is present but in the minority, mainly around appointment handling, delayed callbacks, medication collection issues and cost concerns rather than the clinic’s core clinical capabilities.
