https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/26624/anybody-for-rural-scotland Interesting. We need to take note,surely. In the more remote areas nurses are replacing GPs. What do others think? Are we in the same boat? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nrmgj en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/191808?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:06:39 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:2e47099f-fc41-43c0-8af8-a67e3e04a8e5Michael Woodhouse<p>Possibly, to our benefit as vets, animals have a lot more protection than people. As I understand it you can let anyone do pretty much anything to you if you consent and invent some training. We need all sorts of variations to the VSA 1966 (eg VNs and schedule 3) that would preclude this sort of thing in vet medicine.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>