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The RCVS has issued a press release below about agreement in principle given by RCVS Council to revise 24/7 emergency care guidance.
The press release refers to a snapshot of responses from 1,062 vets taking part in the Survey of the Professions; the report referred to taken from this survey is attached with the caveat that the data are pulled from an early stage in the Survey of the Professions and the final responses may differ.
There was also an online survey of 1,250 animal owners. There is a powerpoint presentation of these results available from the College; we should also include the caveat that we have asked for the results of this survey rather than just the powerpoint presentation and been told at the time of issuing the press release that these are unavailable so at the time of publishing the press release we know very little about the design of the study and how the animal owners were selected.
The report of the 'slice of the Survey of the Professions is here.'
Slice of Survey of the Professions on 24-7 IES.pdf
There is more on what pet owners said on a thread here.
DearAll
Pleasefind below news about agreement in principle given today by RCVS Council torevised 24/7 emergency care guidance.
Thepresentation made by Standards Committee Chair, Clare Tapsfield-Wright, can bedownloaded from:
https://www.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-events/news/council-agrees-new-emphasis-for-24-7-guidance/
Bestwishes
Lizzie
RCVS Council agrees newemphasis for 24/7 emergency care guidance
The Royal College ofVeterinary Surgeons (RCVS) will place a greater emphasis on owners’ legalresponsibilities for their animals, as well as an obligation on veterinarysurgeons to provide more information to clients about their out-of-hoursemergency service. It will also provide guidance to assist and empower vets todecline to attend an animal away from the practice when unnecessary or unsafe.
This follows RCVS Council’sagreement in principle on recommendations that flowed from the StandardsCommittee’s comprehensive review of 24/7 emergency care. The review wastriggered by a number of issues, including the profession’s response to theChikosi Disciplinary Hearing of June 2013.
The recommendations weredeveloped out of a detailed process of evidence gathering, which included 656pages of views submitted to the College, 2,801 signatures to a petition on homevisits, a three-day select-committee-style hearing where representatives from15 organisations and a further 10 individuals gave their views, a snapshot ofresponses from 1,062 vets taking part in the RCVS Survey of the Professions,and an online survey of 1,250 animal owners.
Council praised the work,which had been carried out under the guidance of Standards Committee ChairClare Tapsfield-Wright, and agreed that draft changes to the supportingguidance to the Code of Professional Conduct should be refined andagreed by the Standards Committee and published over the next couple of months.
Clare commented: “Thisprocess was not carried out as a typical consultation, with proposals beingissued for consideration: we really wanted to be open to the views of theprofession and the public from the start.
“We found that the professiondid not wish to remove the 24/7 requirement, but there was a lot of frustrationand concern, particularly around safety, home visits, who should be seen,outsourcing and contingency planning.
“The Standards Committeelooked in detail at all of these issues and I am delighted to have Council’ssupport for the general direction of our proposals. We will now review somechanges to the wording of the new guidance, to improve clarity, and publish itas soon as possible.”
President Neil Smith said:“I am delighted with the way this process has been carried out. No doubt theoutcome will not please everyone, but these changes are based on robustevidence.
“The approach taken by theStandards Committee forms a useful model that could be adapted to address othersuch issues that we may face in the future.”
Thepresentation given to Council on 5 June can be downloaded from the RCVS websiteat https://www.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-events/news/council-agrees-new-emphasis-for-24-7-guidance/.
ENDS
For more information,please contact:
Lizzie Lockett(020 7202 0725) l.lockett@rcvs.org.uk
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