As former dairy farmers, we used to have fortnightly routine vets' visits for fertility and preventative stuff and it was great as you built up an amazing relationship with them. My vet trained as a homeopath too and when I had a cough for 17 weeks he was the only one interested enough to make me a preparation that seemed to do the trick. My own GP just said she'd had it 12 weeks and had no idea what it was.
One of the other vets at practice took herself to a and e after a dog bit her as she was sure she had a broken arm. They refused to X-ray her saying was just bruised so she got colleague to do one at work, then took the X-ray, clearly showing a break , back to the lot at a and e. You gets what you pay for and as much as I loathe private practice, the thought of not getting paid is a great motivator for adequate service.