local paper article on OOH vets

Re: local paper article on OOH vets

J G Wray — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:26:04 GMT

[quote user="Hannah Wynne Richards"]BVA aren't interested in SA work, but to be fair it'sa 2-way thing SA veterinarians don't attend BVA[/quote]

Ummm who organised the clinical streams at BVA Congress this year?

JGW

Re: local paper article on OOH vets

Hannah Wynne Richards — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:07:31 GMT

BVA aren't interested in SA work, but to be fair it'sa 2-way thing SA veterinarians don't attend BVA only BSAVA regionalmeetings, and Congress

Wynne

Re: local paper article on OOH vets

Judith Joyce — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:02:46 GMT

[quote user="J G Wray"]Soooo, please give BVA a kicking in this direction.[/quote]

If it is a SA topic,

Kicking BVA = Flogging dead horse.

Re: local paper article on OOH vets

J G Wray — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:53:30 GMT

[quote user="Robin Grimmer"]

I used to work in this night clinic before it was Vets Now. It seems that whenever vets are mentioned in the media we are constantly under fire. Fees are the main gripe, but there seems to be a general dissatisfaction with vets from the public. Whether it's Medivetgate or Jeremy Vine on R2, there rarely seems to be anything positive about the veterinary profession these days.

[/quote]

Well, there is an opportunity, albeit fleeting, at the moment to get the "voice of the profession" the BVA to trumpet what vets do.

There is a thread on their rather cumbersome website which relates to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which is the formal jargon for the unacknowledged, unpaid, cooperative and generally reasonable approach so many take.

The only way BVA and I think it should be BVA will moveon this is if they get a kicking for not doing it. There is no prospect of advancing this through request and reason, because they are simply too dedicated to what LA vets get up to. Soooo, please give BVA a kicking in this direction.

JGW

Re: local paper article on OOH vets

Hannah Wynne Richards — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:39:38 GMT

A lot of it our own fault-not for over-charging,because we grossly under-charge, or for poor service, but because we're hopeless at publicising our merits

If everyone made a point of telling at least 1 client a day that all veterinary surgeons in general practice are £1.5 million philanthropists,and contrasted the ease with which veterinary appointments are made with those at GPs surgeries, and our waiting lists for surgery compared to those of the NHS and our rates of post-op wound infections compared totheirs-and made a point of saying veterinary surgeons, so they were left in no doubt how highly qualified we are, then they might be more grateful

Wynne

Re: local paper article on OOH vets

Simon Neuhoff — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:57:10 GMT

Agrred Robin but to be honest there is rarely anything positive about ANTHING in the papers these days. I think this is partly due to the general sense of doom and gloom re the economy, environment, population growth, political uncertainties but also becuase outrage and negativity sells papers!

Re: local paper article on OOH vets

Robin Grimmer — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:17:09 GMT

Re: local paper article on OOH vets

Clive Ansell — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:49:09 GMT

Yet another media article attacking our fees.

£1500 for weekend care - means nothing as we don't know what it is for; excessive for a nail clip, but reasonable for GDV surgery and 40 hours after care.

The woman with the dog, shouldn't own an animal if she can't find the funds to pay a perfectly reasonable £200 OOH fee, be that with cash or on a credit card. it has just cost me £70 to fill my car with diesel. maybe she should be prosecuted for failing to provide adequate care.

Again, 2 hours for an OOH home visit is not really newsworthy when one considers the logistics of find alternative cover etc. Many OOH clinics I have worked in would not have been able to visit at all. If the farmer had a vehicle he could have brought the dog to the surgery for the quickest treatment.