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Sean Wensley, the BVA President, comments: I thank Kirsty Turrell or flagging up this very important issue and I want to assure her that it is one of our priority issues. As we outlined in the BVA 396 | Veterinary Record | October 17, 2015
News article, one of our 10 policy priorities for the year is ‘Veterinary workforce issues and career support’, and recruitment issues are included in that priority. In the interests of space in the article we couldn’t explain every priority area in great detail, but we know both from our own Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey and the additional findings from SPVS that recruitment is an enormous issue for practices. We are looking at how BVA and Vet Record Careers can work better together to advise both job seekers and recruiters, and we are using our member surveys and feedback to inform the support and advice that we give around careers, again to both employees and employers. A major theme of the Vet Futures project that the BVA and RCVS have been working on jointly for the past year is around ensuring we have rewarding and diverse career paths for veterinary surgeons in the future. We have explored some of the issues and questions that Ms Turrell raises through surveys of the profession and at
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Letters our roadshows across the UK, and I would recommend anyone with an interest to take a look at the Vet Futures website, www. vetfutures.org.uk, and to come along to the launch of the report at BVA Congress at London Vet Show on November 19 to 20. We can’t dictate market forces but we can provide tools and resources for members of the profession, and we can make the case for regulatory frameworks that encourage all types of veterinary business models to thrive. If anyone has specific ideas for what the BVA, RCVS and others can do to help mixed practices please let us know via Veterinary Record’s letters pages or the BVA community (www.bva.co.uk/community). Sean Wensley, President, BVA, 7 Mansfield Street, London W1G 9NQ e-mail: [email protected] doi: 10.1136/vr.h5483
October 17, 2015 | Veterinary Record | 397
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Shortage of experienced vets Sean Wensley Veterinary Record 2015 177: 396-397
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Sean Wensley, the BVA President, comments: I thank Kirsty Turrell or flagging up this very important issue and I want to assure her that it is one of our priority issues. As we outlined in the BVA 396 | Veterinary Record | October 17, 2015
News article, one of our 10 policy priorities for the year is ‘Veterinary workforce issues and career support’, and recruitment issues are included in that priority. In the interests of space in the article we couldn’t explain every priority area in great detail, but we know both from our own Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey and the additional findings from SPVS that recruitment is an enormous issue for practices. We are looking at how BVA and Vet Record Careers can work better together to advise both job seekers and recruiters, and we are using our member surveys and feedback to inform the support and advice that we give around careers, again to both employees and employers. A major theme of the Vet Futures project that the BVA and RCVS have been working on jointly for the past year is around ensuring we have rewarding and diverse career paths for veterinary surgeons in the future. We have explored some of the issues and questions that Ms Turrell raises through surveys of the profession and at
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Letters our roadshows across the UK, and I would recommend anyone with an interest to take a look at the Vet Futures website, www. vetfutures.org.uk, and to come along to the launch of the report at BVA Congress at London Vet Show on November 19 to 20. We can’t dictate market forces but we can provide tools and resources for members of the profession, and we can make the case for regulatory frameworks that encourage all types of veterinary business models to thrive. If anyone has specific ideas for what the BVA, RCVS and others can do to help mixed practices please let us know via Veterinary Record’s letters pages or the BVA community (www.bva.co.uk/community). Sean Wensley, President, BVA, 7 Mansfield Street, London W1G 9NQ e-mail: [email protected] doi: 10.1136/vr.h5483
October 17, 2015 | Veterinary Record | 397
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Shortage of experienced vets Sean Wensley Veterinary Record 2015 177: 396-397
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