PetCare Atlas

Find UK vet practices, vet hospitals, specialists and accredited practitioners (physiotherapists, hydrotherapists, behaviourists and others) near a place, nearest first. An emergency search starts with a fixed safety line and lists RCVS-accredited emergency service clinics and the nearest vets. Returns each listing's name, id, type, town, postcode, distance, phone, accreditations and a link to its page. Listings come from public professional registers. Nobody pays to be listed or ranked. No clinical advice.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "place": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A UK postcode, postcode district or town, e.g. \"HP11 2LP\", \"BS1\" or \"Bristol\"."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "general_practice",
        "vet_hospital",
        "referral_hospital",
        "specialist_practice",
        "mobile_vet",
        "pet_ambulance",
        "physiotherapist",
        "hydrotherapist",
        "hydrotherapy_centre",
        "rehabilitation_centre",
        "osteopath",
        "chiropractor",
        "massage_therapist",
        "acupuncturist",
        "behaviourist",
        "trainer",
        "nutritionist",
        "end_of_life"
      ],
      "description": "Only this kind of provider."
    },
    "care": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "exotic-wildlife",
        "emergency-critical-care",
        "musculoskeletal",
        "neurology",
        "oncology",
        "cardiology",
        "dermatology",
        "ophthalmology",
        "dentistry",
        "internal-medicine",
        "diagnostic-imaging",
        "behaviour",
        "rehabilitation",
        "pain-management",
        "geriatrics",
        "nutrition",
        "reproduction",
        "anaesthesia",
        "performance",
        "livestock"
      ],
      "description": "Only providers that list services in this area of care. Many practices list none, so this can miss practices that offer it."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Part of the provider's name, e.g. \"Vets Now\"."
    },
    "emergency": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True for a search for urgent care. The result then starts with a fixed safety line and lists emergency service clinics and the nearest vets."
    },
    "radius_km": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 100,
      "description": "How far to look. Default 25."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 20,
      "description": "How many to return. Default 10, at most 20."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "place"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

One PetCare Atlas listing in full: address, phone, website, accreditations, services, who owns the practice when Companies House records show it, and the prices the practice publishes, each with its source and the date it was read. No clinical advice.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The id of a PetCare Atlas listing, as returned in search results, e.g. \"vets-now-high-wycombe\"."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

What UK vet practices publish for a common procedure, such as a consultation, vaccination, neutering, dental work, X-ray, blood test or euthanasia. Gives the middle half of published prices, how many practices publish one, and when they were read, or a researched guide range where too few publish. A guide to help an owner plan. It is not a quote.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "procedure": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The procedure in plain words, e.g. \"dog spay\", \"consultation\", \"booster vaccination\"."
    },
    "place": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional UK town or area, to link its local price comparison page if there is one."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "procedure"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

What UK online retailers accredited by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate charge for a named veterinary medicine, pack by pack, with a link to each retailer and the date the price was read. Search by the medicine's name, e.g. "Bravecto" or "Apoquel 16 mg". Within a pack, retailers are listed by what the owner pays. Says when a medicine needs a vet's prescription. Does not suggest medicines or doses.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The medicine's name as it appears on the pack or prescription."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}