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What is the Veterinary Surgeons Act?

The Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 manages the veterinary profession, registration, regulation and professional conduct such as dealing with complaints, cancelling or suspending registration.

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What is the RCVS COPC?

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Code of Professional Conduct sets out professional responsibilities to animals, clients, the profession, the veterinary team, the RCVS and the public.

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What is CPD?

Continual Professional Development is required to keep your place on the register, it proves that your keeping up with developments in knowledge and the profession. The yearly requirement is 15 hours per year.

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What are the principles of practice?

Laid out by the RCVS. They are qualities and principles SVNs, RVNs and VS should follow.
They are 1. Professional Competence, 2. Honesty & Integrity, 3. Independence & Impartiality, 4. Client Confidentiality & Trust, 5. Professional Accountability.

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What are day one competences?

Essential competences the RCVS expect of all SVNs to have met when they register (RCVS WEBSITE WORDING)

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What is RIDDOR?

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. Legislation relating to reporting fatal, major accidents, gas explosions or incidents. As well as accidents that result in more than 3 days off work.

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What is Schedule 3?

Part of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 that explains what treatment can be carried out by SVNs, RVNs and unqualified persons.

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Name 3 examples of schedule 3?

1. RVNs can carry out minor surgery NOT into a body cavity under direction of the VS.
2. A POM-V first vaccine required a VS health check before the delegated RVN can administer the medication after VS delegation.
3. RVNs must NOT extract teeth with instr

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What would you do if a client complained?

I would follow practice policy and get the patient account up, record the issue on the account and email the customer care manager who will take it from there. I would offer the client to email us the complaint to be forwarded onto the customer care manag

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What is COSHH?

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health which ensures risk assessments are done for products that may cause harm to clients or staff.

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Explain the act that covers slips, trips and falls?

The Health & Safety at Work Act 1999 sets out responsibility of employers and employees to each other.

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What act details duty of care to animals?

The Animal Welfare Act 2006 lays out 5 welfare needs for animals. These include 1. Suitable Environment, 2. Suitable Diet, 3. Freedom to exhibit normal behaviour, 4. To be housed with or apart from other animals, 5. To be protected from pain, injury, suff

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What is a example of a notifiable disease?

Rabies, Anthrax, Tuberculosis,Avian Influenza

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How would you report a notifiable disease?

Notify the department of environment, food and rural affairs who will investigate.

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What covers clients personal data and how is it protected?

General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018. These state clients have access to their personal data, to know how it used and stored. Data is protected through secure logins, backups, permission to use data or send it elsewhere.

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Give a example of a ethical problem?

Ear cropping, declawing and debarking. Ethical problems may also be things like neglect and euthanasia of a healthy animal.

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