94% of vets say prescribing meds without a physical exam will harm animal welfare

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Ava Firth — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 22:10:55 GMT

Here are my thoughts…

RE: 94% of vets say prescribing meds without a physical exam will harm animal welfare

Ava Firth — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 22:10:02 GMT

Hello Arlo and all… sorry for the techie issues. I wrote this up in my RCVS 1CPD log, and hadn’t quite figured out to cross-post it. Thanks for helping, and @arlo thanks for working so hard to build a good community forum.

RE: 94% of vets say prescribing meds without a physical exam will harm animal welfare

Barbara Bennett — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:10:33 GMT

Prescribing without consultation in person is far too broad to be meaningful. There is quite a difference between treatments such as prescription wormers/ antiparasitics and antibiotics or cardiac treatments. Surely there should be some room for common sense.

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janine redman — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:56:51 GMT

I am actually thankful that the majority of the professionals who responded to this surgery are thinking along the same lines that I do . And amused by the percentage distribution of independent to [emoticon:33306c418930400bac28808410f8ac8b]rporate repondents being exactly the same [emoticon:33306c418930400bac28808410f8ac8b]

RE: 94% of vets say prescribing meds without a physical exam will harm animal welfare

Arlo Guthrie — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 12:25:35 GMT

[mention:93d634040bfc49b3a84518396f87f18e:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] Oh dear, did that sound like I was mansplaining / being patronising. Sorry if it read that way. I didn't mean ‘Silly you’! All I meant was that you’ve read something into it that I didn’t mean! It happens sometimes. Danger of the written word.

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Bob Russell — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:56:52 GMT

Profession completely stuffed by its governing body

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Bob Russell — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:55:32 GMT

A post=implementation review will be too late. The genie will be well and truly out of the box.

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Candice Buchanan — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:46:54 GMT

Ah, I just didn’t recognise it as humour. But thanks for letting me know I’m overthinking, silly me, you’ll know better

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Arlo Guthrie — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 07:33:15 GMT

[mention:93d634040bfc49b3a84518396f87f18e:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05], with respect, you’re overthinking this one. My own daughter has learning difficulties, so I am the last person on earth to be unkind about people with disabilities. Nor did I say that the fact that the vet profession selects highly intelligent people and then educates them highly, means you can be assumed to be right. Just ‘better qualified’. It was just a bit of humour, though with a serious underlying point. And like a lot of humour these days, some will find offensive.

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Candice Buchanan — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 00:15:36 GMT

Accidentally clicked send.. the bit I find offensive is ‘

MPs have to represent a wide cross-section of society, some groups of which might struggle to field one working brain cell between them.

By contrast, veterinary surgeons are a highly intelligent, highly educated subset of the population,’.

There will of course be sections of the general population that are unable to articulate their needs for various reasons, disability being one. Perhaps it’s intended to be humorous but inferring that our level of qualification means we should be assumed to be correct , without question seems arrogant

RE: 94% of vets say prescribing meds without a physical exam will harm animal welfare

Candice Buchanan — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 00:08:31 GMT

Interesting read..though I find one part offensive…