Medivet Partnership

Re: Medivet Partnership

Bob Russell — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:04:22 GMT

I was not going to reply as I have no idea what Medivet is like to be in partnership with.

I agree the comments above are unfair. The Panorama programme was horrendous but I am sure over several months of filming disturbing things (to the untrained eye) could be put together in almost any practice.

This comes from someone very far from keen about any chains, corporates and conglomerates!

Why not phone a few partners (unannounced) and ask?

Re: Medivet Partnership

Arlo Guthrie — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:24:05 GMT

[quote user="Hannah Wynne Richards"]

Unless they've altered significantly-you will be pressurised into allowing lay staff to break the law, by performing tasks which are the legal preserve of veterinary surgeons, or qualified VNs

Wynne

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Hi Hannah,

That's very unfair.

I understand that the RCVS investigated and found no evidence to support the idea that Medivet pressured vets in the way you suggest. With such a high profile case, I am sure you can imagine that the RCVS would not have come to that conclusion lightly.

Secondly, I'm told that Medivet has voluntarily committed to random unannounced independent quarterly checks to maintain the highest standards, so if there was anything like that going on, it would be picked up pretty sharpishly. It hasn't.

In many ways, I thought Medivet was unfairly shafted by Panorama. All the same, I think it has gone to impressive lengths to address the issues raised by the programme, some of which were pretty misleading in the first place.

Graham, I can't answer your original question, but I'm quite sure you have nothing to worry about when it comes to tasks performed by your lay staff.

Re: Medivet Partnership

Hannah Wynne Richards — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:31:18 GMT

Unless they've altered significantly-you will be pressurised into allowing lay staff to break the law, by performing tasks which are the legal preserve of veterinary surgeons, or qualified VNs

Wynne