Charities working towards common goals Sean Wensley Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Communication & Education, PDSA Steve Howard Head of Clinical Services,

www.pdsa.org.ukRegistered charity nos.208217 & SC037585

Charities working towards

common goalsSean Wensley

Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Communication & Education,

PDSASteve Howard

Head of Clinical Services, PDSA


Common goal

Companionship <-> Healthy & happy


• 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


Hospitals


Pet Health & Welfare Team


The PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW)

Report

11,124 respondents

• 5,317 cat owners

• 4,675 dog owners

• 1,132 rabbit owners



Ownership survey

PETS → 5WNs


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


Participation events

Reporting to improve breed health & welfare

Collaborative actions


Cat Population Control Group



Dog Breeding Stakeholder Group

>3000 free dog microchips in April 2014



Where is PDSA?


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.


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


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


What sort of service quality do we provide?

Range of products and servicesAudit – Post Operative Complications


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


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’


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


Any Questions?

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Charities working towards common goals Sean Wensley Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Communication & Education, PDSA Steve Howard Head of Clinical Services,