Post on 24-Dec-2015
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Charities working towards
common goalsSean Wensley
Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Communication & Education,
PDSASteve Howard
Head of Clinical Services, PDSA
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Common goal
Companionship <-> Healthy & happy
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• Freedom from hunger and thirst
• Freedom from discomfort
• Freedom from pain, injury and disease
• Freedom to express normal behaviour
• Freedom from fear and distress
Section 9: Duty of person responsible for animal to ensure welfare
• Its need for a suitable environment
• Its need for a suitable diet
• Its need to be able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns
• Any need it has to be housed with, or apart from, other animals
• Its need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease
The 5 Freedoms
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Hospitals
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Pet Health & Welfare Team
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The PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW)
Report
11,124 respondents
• 5,317 cat owners
• 4,675 dog owners
• 1,132 rabbit owners
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Ownership survey
PETS → 5WNs
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Ownership survey
• 26% - no research at all before taking on a pet
• 26% - would consider getting a dog from a puppy farm
• 33% - veterinary fees were more than they expected
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Participation events
Reporting to improve breed health & welfare
Collaborative actions
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Cat Population Control Group
Collaborative actions
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Dog Breeding Stakeholder Group
>3000 free dog microchips in April 2014
Collaborative actions
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Where is PDSA?
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What does PDSA do?
VisionA healthy life for all our petsMissionOur mission is to care for the pets of
people in need by providing free veterinary services to their sick and injured animals and promoting responsible pet ownership.
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What does PDSA
achieve?• PDSA helped around 430,000 pets at our 51
PetAid hospitals.• PDSA provided around 2.3 million free treatments
for pets.• PDSA provided over 440,000 preventive
treatments such as neutering and vaccinations in 2013
• It cost over £860,000 to run a PetAid hospital for a year
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How do we do it?
• Offer a first opinion service that would be affordable by an average fee paying client.
• Appropriate for a charity to provide• Defined Scope of Service• Standardised service range and level• Well developed clinical governance
framework– Treatment protocols– Audits
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What sort of service quality do we provide?
Range of products and servicesAudit – Post Operative Complications
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Why are we here?
• Discussions with Kennel Club• Major cost of veterinary charges• PDSA able to provide service to other
charities through trading subsidiary.• Provision of PDSA services to KCBRS • Major complexity - 310 societies
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How could it work?
• Kennel Club acts as central point of contact
• Liaison with PDSA Head office– Central billing– Standardised ‘proof of identity’
• Local relationships– Registration at PDSA– Accessing of services at ‘charitable
prices’
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Next Steps
• Continue to work on the details– Administrative– Operational– Financial
• Identify areas for a trial– 3-5 PDSA PetAid hospitals– Local breed rescue societies
• Evaluation and potential roll out
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Any Questions?