My (currently) 3 year old cat had a UTI last year, all the typical symptoms, blood in wee etc. Saw a brilliant vet who confirmed it was an infection, she had an antibiotic injection and was back to normal almost instantly.
A week ago I noticed she’d come down with another UTI, saw a different vet at the same practise and just felt totally fobbed off. He was eager to talk about stress, stress related cystitis - didn’t listen to me regarding her home life and personality, no stress factors etc. I did speak up that I don’t believe it’s stress related at all but was just shut down really with suggestions to get Feliway diffusers etc.
His treatment was an anti inflammatory injection followed by Metacam at home. I said last time we came the antibiotic helped, she bounced back straight away with no further problems. He was abrupt in telling me that antibiotics are an outdated treatment, the previous vet absolutely shouldn’t have administered an antibiotic injection but he’s old fashioned. OK, but how do you treat infection? 
The way he said it felt like a dig at the previous vets training too, which was in Eastern Europe. Previous vet is only late 20s so not an age comment.
I spent £120 on this appointment and treatment. She came home and there wasn’t obvious distress but just seemed a bit quiet and didn’t bounce back like last time and then I noticed more blood and the usual symptoms. I booked her in again and requested a different vet. This vet was thorough, listened to me and took a urine sample… tested and confirmed it’s an infection and needs to be treated with antibiotics. They knocked the price down a bit but still £80…
The more I think about this… why am I paying more money when the vet made a mistake? Why was a urine sample not taken to check for infection? I’m sad my cat has been poorly for longer than necessary due to him missing an infection that needed treatment. Would you complain about this? I don’t want him sacked or anything - I think I should get some money back though?!