Hird and Partners LLP - Cheshire Equine Clinic

Hird and Partners LLP – Cheshire Equine Clinic is an equine-focused veterinary clinic, and it’s also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility. The clinic’s website indicates it provides separate emergency-call arrangements for pets and for equine/farm animals (numbers are published on the site). In recent reviews, owners most often describe the practice as set up for thorough investigations, including lameness work-ups where answers were reached the same day, and for clear, no-nonsense problem diagnosis and explanation (“what they were doing and why”).

Services

• •Equine veterinary care (reviews repeatedly refer to horses, including a “veteran” horse being supported into older age).
• •Lameness investigation/work-up (one owner describes “a thorough and comprehensive investigation” after months of uncertainty, with answers provided the same day).
• •Emergency care access: the website states emergency call numbers are provided, with separate lines for pets and for equine/farm animals.
• •Veterinary Nurse Training facility (listed in the clinic data).

People

• •Mr Schofield: mentioned for a “straight forward” approach to diagnosing problems and explaining things in “common sense” terms.
• •Peter: credited (with “his team”) for “exceptional care” for an older (“veteran”) horse, with the owner saying it helped keep the horse going strong into old age.
• •Nursing team and wider staff: owners mention nurses specifically (“fantastic nurses”) and describe staff as explaining actions and reasons during care, and being willing to help (“nothing is too much trouble”).

Reviews

5.0 stars from 20 reviews. The written reviews available to us focus on equine cases and how clearly the team communicates during investigations and ongoing care. “”

• •Same-day clarity after long uncertainty: one owner reports months of lameness uncertainty, followed by a comprehensive investigation that produced answers the same day.
• •Direct, practical explanations: multiple mentions of straightforward diagnosis and “common sense” discussion, plus staff explaining what they’re doing and why.
• •Support for older horses: one review highlights ongoing care helping a veteran horse maintain quality of life.