Head & Head – Vets in Helston
Clinic Overview
Head & Head is a long-established small-animal veterinary practice in Helston and part of VetPartners. The practice says it has provided care since the 1870s and is also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility. Recent feedback continues to highlight friendly, professional care, punctual appointments, and gentle handling of cats, dogs, kittens and nervous pets.
Services
- •Small-animal veterinary care, including routine appointments such as annual health checks, vaccinations and boosters. Recent reviews mention kitten vaccinations, cat check-ups and flu jabs, and routine dog visits.
- •Care for unwell pets, with one owner highlighting the team’s support when their dog developed acute pancreatitis while they were away from home.
- •Puppy socialising classes, with owners saying advice from the practice nurses remained useful long afterwards.
- •End-of-life care, including one owner’s account of their dog being put to sleep due to old age and receiving paw prints afterwards.
- •Emergency veterinary services are listed for the practice.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Jane and Nicky are specifically thanked on reception for being kind, reassuring and welcoming.
- •Vets (unnamed in the available information) are regularly praised for being friendly, polite, clear in their explanations and gentle with pets, including a nervous whippet, a Yorkshire terrier, a kitten, cats attending for check-ups, and a dog seen on time for an appointment.
- •Practice nurses (unnamed) are mentioned positively in connection with puppy socialising classes and advice owners continued using.
- •Reception team are repeatedly described as helpful, approachable and efficient.
Reviews
Head & Head has a 4.6-star Google rating from 230 reviews.
- •Recent feedback is very positive about the team’s friendliness, professionalism and warm welcome from reception through to the consulting room.
- •Owners often mention being seen on time, with smooth routine visits for vaccinations, annual checks and follow-up care.
- •Gentle handling is a clear theme, with reviewers highlighting calm care for a shaking whippet, a kitten attending for vaccinations, Ragdoll cats having flu jabs, and a cat being examined carefully and kindly.
- •Longer-term trust also stands out: one reviewer had been attending for over 25 years, and another mentioned straightforward registration and a helpful payment plan.

