a little moan

Re: a little moan

Hannah Wynne Richards — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:43:07 GMT

That's just the point James-it is the law, but what's the point of it being the law when nobody enforces it. I wish RCVS would-but they say they can only regulate veterinary surgeons-although the Farriers Registration Council are far more pro-active in detecting and prosecuting acts of illegal farriery. The police have other priorities, so are too overstretched to take it on

Best hope would be one of these illegal practitioners setting up in that village in Cardiganshire, where some years ago, there wasn't a single reported crime in a whole year-the local bobby might be so bored he would be glad to take it on-and prove to his superiors that he was actually doing SOMETHING

Wynne

Re: a little moan

Martin Jones — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:49:23 GMT

[quote user="Jonathan Wray"]

Dear Ms Chilton,

Don't write it down to experience. Look after yourself. Make a note of events.

JGW

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Funnily enough, I agree with Big J, Hannah. Make sure it's recorded. And then have some beer and watch some telly.

Re: a little moan

Tanya Fielding — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:46:57 GMT

We have a charge for referal if you have spent the time preparing the referal make a charge and send them the bill

Re: a little moan

James Laidlaw — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:01:05 GMT

[quote user="Hannah Wynne Richards"]

I wonder if the breeder is aware she could land up in the magistrates court-as she is definitely commiting a criminal offence if not on the register- diagnosing non-disease-when it is only VETERINARY SURGEONS who have been allowed to do so since 1948-and is acting unethically if qualified It makes me sickthat no-one is prepared to rigidly enforce the VSA

Wynne

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But who goes about taking these issues to court or wherever they need to go? Stuff like this happens ALL the time, and similar issues with illegal supply of POMV's, online pharmacies, friends giving friends drugs they had for their animal etc. etc. etc. Can we realistically take on the costs of taking them to court? I would if I could A) afford to b) knew where to go to and/or c) had the time to spare after working as a general practice vet. Makes me pretty grumpy too, but I don't know if we can really pursue any of these things to a level that would make a difference...

Re: a little moan

Hannah Wynne Richards — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:11:26 GMT

Wynne

Re: a little moan

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:08:38 GMT

They're happy, everything discussed and explained in a half hour consultation, it's all booked, we're all set up, some new bits of equipment bought and autoclaved....... and they don't turn up. We manage to make contact with them after several days... "Oh, well, we asked the breeder and she said she couldn't see anything wrong" (I wonder why not....)

[quote user="CatherineBoden"]hey then said they'd been to see their horse vet who said it was definately a prolapsed disc and had given him pain relief to see how he responded. They hadn't even bothered to tell me.[/quote]

Unspeakable!

Re: a little moan

CatherineThomas — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:21:14 GMT

yes!

I had one just last week. It was a dog who suddenly went off his legs and had neck pain. I spent at least 45mins talking to the couple about the options. stating that disc disease was the most likely cause but couldn't rule out other things. Offered the options of referral for full work up, xrays with us which may show the problem or may not, or trial treatment. The guy wanted to know exactly what it was and was favouring referral but the woman didn't want to put him thru anything. I phoned the referral practice, found out costs etc and tried to give them all the information about the different options. The dog wasn't insured but the owners seemed to think that they could afford the costs if necessary. In the end they decided they wanted to go home and think about for an hour and discuss between the 2 of them to make a decission. 2 hrs later I phoned them to ask if they'd decided. They then said they'd been to see their horse vet who said it was definately a prolapsed disc and had given him pain relief to see how he responded. They hadn't even bothered to tell me.

Re: a little moan

J G Wray — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:45:50 GMT

Dear Ms Chilton,

Don't write it down to experience. Look after yourself. Make a note of events.

JGW

Re: a little moan

emma o'connor — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:47:45 GMT

yes....and they will probably change their minds again when it's too late!!!

Re: a little moan

Bob Russell — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:26:31 GMT

Yup!