AI Receptionist for Veterinary Practices
Every Call Answered, Urgent Cases Straight to Your Team

DeskCaller's AI answers your practice line on the first ring, day or night. It books consultations, boosters and nurse clinics, takes repeat prescription requests and answers admin questions, then routes any urgent or clinical call straight to your team or on-call vet. It never gives clinical advice. Bookings sync with ezyVet, Cornerstone and Shepherd. Live the same day.

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Why Veterinary Practices Lose Appointments

Busy practice teams can't answer every call while running consulting rooms, calming waiting areas and looking after patients at the desk.

Consultation bookings lost to the busy line

Mornings at the front desk mean checking patients in, taking payments and calming waiting rooms all at once. When every line is engaged, the owner ringing to book a booster or a poorly cat gives up and calls the practice down the road. That appointment is gone, and you never even knew they called.

Hours lost to routine admin questions

Opening hours, directions, car parking, whether you can see a new puppy, the status of a repeat prescription. Your nurses and receptionists field the same admin calls all day while trying to run the surgery, and the queue at the desk keeps growing.

Worried owners ringing out of hours

After the practice closes, an anxious owner still needs to reach someone. If the phone just rings out or drops to an old voicemail, they are left panicking with no idea whether to wait until morning or head to the emergency vet. Every one of those calls needs a clear, human answer, fast.

Veterinary-Specific Features

Built for UK Veterinary Practices

Every feature is built around how a practice actually runs, handling bookings, repeat prescriptions and admin while making sure urgent and clinical calls always reach your team.

24/7 Appointment Booking

Book routine consultations, vaccinations, boosters and nurse clinics around the clock, straight into your practice diary.

Direct Practice-Software Sync

Connects with ezyVet, Cornerstone, Shepherd and Covetrus so appointments and client records stay up to date in real time.

Urgent Calls Routed to the Team

Recognises when a caller is worried or the matter sounds urgent and hands the call straight to your practice team or on-call vet. It never assesses symptoms itself.

Repeat Prescription Requests

Takes repeat prescription and pet-food requests, logs them against the client record and passes them to a vet to review and authorise.

Admin Questions Answered

Handles opening hours, directions, car parking, registration and pricing you have provided, freeing the front desk to focus on the room.

Secure Deposits by SMS

Sends a secure payment link by text to take consultation deposits or booking fees, reducing no-shows.

New Client Registrations

Captures the details needed to register a new pet and owner, so their first appointment is ready when they arrive.

Booster & Recall Reminders

Rings or texts owners when a booster, dental check or flea and worming treatment is due, and books them straight in.

Post-Op Check-In Texts

Sends a follow-up text the day after a procedure so owners can flag any concerns back to the practice team.

Multi-Language Support

Speaks with owners in 50+ languages, so a first-language barrier never gets in the way of booking care.

Referral & Lab Call Routing

Spots calls from referral practices or diagnostic labs and routes them to the right member of the clinical team.

Returning Client Recognition

Recognises existing clients by caller ID and greets them by name, so bookings for known pets are quick and personal.

See It In Action

Real call transcript: an owner rings to order a repeat prescription, then mentions a worry. The AI logs the request and routes the urgent concern straight to the practice team, without giving any clinical advice.

AI Receptionist:
"Thank you for calling Meadow View Veterinary Practice. I am Ava, the practice's AI receptionist. How can I help you today?"
Pet Owner:
"Hi, I wanted to order a repeat prescription of Bella's arthritis tablets. She's the collie, registered under Sharma."
AI Receptionist:
"Of course. I have found Bella's record under Sharma. I will log the repeat prescription request for one of our vets to review and authorise, and the practice will let you know when it is ready to collect. Is there anything else I can help with?"
Pet Owner:
"Actually yes, I'm a bit worried. She's been really off her food since last night and seems quite lethargic today."
AI Receptionist:
"I'm sorry to hear Bella isn't herself. I'm not able to give any advice on her symptoms, so I'll pass you straight to a member of our practice team who can help. Let me put your call through now."
Pet Owner:
"Yes, please, thank you."
AI Receptionist:
"Connecting you to the team now. I've noted your concern about Bella on the record so they have it in front of them. Please hold."

Integrates With Your Practice Software

Seamless integration with ezyVet, Cornerstone, Shepherd, and Covetrus. Calendars and pet profiles sync automatically in real-time.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does the AI receptionist ever give veterinary or clinical advice?

No. This is a firm boundary. The AI never diagnoses, triages symptoms or offers any clinical advice. It books appointments, answers admin questions such as opening hours, directions and pricing you have provided, and takes repeat prescription requests for a vet to authorise. The moment a call sounds urgent or clinical, it routes the caller straight to your practice team or on-call vet without attempting to assess the animal.

How does the AI handle urgent or worried-owner calls?

It listens for signs that a call is urgent or that an owner is anxious about their pet, and it passes the call straight through to your practice team or on-call vet. It does not ask the owner to describe symptoms for assessment and it does not decide how serious a case is. Its job is to get a worried owner to a human quickly and to note the concern on the record.

Does the AI receptionist integrate with ezyVet, Cornerstone and Shepherd?

Yes. DeskCaller connects directly via API with major veterinary practice-management systems including ezyVet, Cornerstone, Shepherd and Covetrus. Your diary, client records and pet profiles stay up to date in real time.

Can the AI take repeat prescription requests?

Yes. The AI finds the client and pet on your practice software, logs the repeat prescription or pet-food request against the record, and passes it to a vet to review and authorise. It never approves or dispenses medication itself, and it never advises on dosage or suitability.

Is the AI receptionist GDPR compliant for owner and pet records?

Yes. DeskCaller is fully GDPR compliant. Call recordings, transcripts and client records are encrypted both in transit and at rest, stored on secure UK-based servers with strict role-based access controls. You stay in control of your practice's data at all times.

How quickly can we get the AI receptionist live for our practice?

You can be live the same day. Set it up yourself in a couple of hours through self-serve onboarding, or we do it for you: connect your practice-management software, set your brand-voice greeting, load your opening hours and out-of-hours routing, and confirm any pricing you want the AI to quote. No hardware needed.

Can the AI send booster and recall reminders?

Yes. The AI can ring or text owners when a booster, dental check or flea and worming treatment is due, and book the appointment directly into your diary. This helps keep vaccinations up to date and reduces no-shows.

What happens with calls outside opening hours?

You decide how out-of-hours calls are handled. The AI can answer admin questions and take non-urgent bookings and prescription requests around the clock, and route anything urgent to your on-call vet or the emergency practice you nominate, following your rota so owners always reach the right place.

Ready to Answer Every Practice Call?

Let DeskCaller book your appointments, take repeat prescription requests and answer admin calls around the clock, while making sure every urgent or clinical call reaches your team. See it handle your practice's calls with a free demo.

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Pricing

Simple pricing, no surprises

Choose a plan, or just pay for what you use. One flat price, never a surprise charge.

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Starter
For solo owner-operators answering their own phone.
£48/mo
billed monthly
 
120 mins/mo · ~40 calls
£0.40 per included minute
Grace: up to 12 extra minutes
Run over and you keep going. Borrowed minutes come off next month's allowance, never a charge.
One flat price
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Growth
For small teams that never want to miss a job.
£105/mo
billed monthly
 
300 mins/mo · ~100 calls
£0.35 per included minute
Grace: up to 45 extra minutes
Run over and you keep going. Borrowed minutes come off next month's allowance, never a charge.
One flat price
Pro
For multi-crew operators with high call volume.
£225/mo
billed monthly
 
750 mins/mo · ~250 calls
£0.30 per included minute
Grace: up to 150 extra minutes
Run over and you keep going. Borrowed minutes come off next month's allowance, never a charge.
One flat price
No setup fee·No contract·30-day money-back·Usage alerts at 60 / 80 / 90%

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