Author: Kele Harris
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Pitfalls of pet insurance
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Nowadays, insurance is not the be all and end all. It is no longer the all-singing, all-dancing green light to work up a case to “gold standard” without financial restraints. So many companies are out there with so many variations in policies that it’s seemingly impossible to keep up. The question “is he insured?” is…
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Negative clients
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As a student, on day one of a new EMS placement, I walked in on a vet who was clearly already in a bad mood, first thing on a Monday morning. I had absolutely no idea of the context, but she finished ranting at somebody else before turning to me and saying: “Don’t ever let…
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Four-day working week
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As a private sector service, veterinary – despite many businesses being under corporate ownership – still varies widely from practice to practice. This includes, of course, the omnipotent “rota”. The hours a vet would be expected to work are completely dependent on the practice – and often the individual, too. With part-time work and job…
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Sustainable pet ownership
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Pet owning is carbon costly – not just in terms of veterinary care and treatment, but also due to their diet and the products we buy for them. But if we look at the bigger picture, we may find that pets could, in fact, reduce an individual’s carbon footprint due to the type of lifestyle…
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New Year’s resolutions
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According to a study conducted by the team behind fitness app Strava, the day people are most likely to give up on their New Year’s resolutions is 19 January. I’m not usually one for resolutions; I’m more inclined to give something up for lent, because that has a finite time period – unless, like last…
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Sustainable veterinary
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Having recently attended a talk from Davies Veterinary Specialists regarding its environmental initiatives, I felt that both I personally, and many veterinary practices out there, could be doing a lot more to be “greener”. In a recent BVA Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey, it was found 89% of members think vets should play a…
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The Twelve Days of (Vet) Christmas
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For those on call at Christmas time, you may feel like you’re playing out-of-hours bingo with the usual emergency scenarios, as well as the the additional festive dangers. Instead of bingo, I have revised a familiar Christmas song to reflect what we are likely to be seeing over the festive period… On the…
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Pet vs medical insurance
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Vets deal with insurance on an almost daily basis and are used to discussing pet insurance with owners. Whether it’s offering free insurance with a puppy package, asking whether an owner has insurance when deciding treatment plans, or filling out continuation insurance forms for on-going cases, we all understand both the value and the pitfalls of…
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Disillusionment
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“Have we had the suicide talk?” I was 16 or 17, seeing practice at my local vets’, as I did every Thursday evening. One of the vets would often fill gaps in consults by grilling me on the ins and outs of the profession, but this topic had not been covered before. When I blinked…
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Are you firework ready?
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The season of terror will soon be upon us, and by that I don’t mean Halloween – I refer, of course, to the dreaded Bonfire Night, and the influx of owners requesting a magical cure for their dogs’ noise phobia. We’re all guilty of losing track of time, but this time of year particularly seems…