HOW YOU CAN HELP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE LIVES OF ANIMALS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
Write to your local MP asking for strict guidelines in infection control to be implemented in Vet Hospitals throughout the country.
Write to the following contacts to ask what is being done to protect domestic animals from contracting MRSA
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Paul Gayford is up-to-date on the action DEFRA plans. Ask what DEFRA is doing about developing a plan to investigate veterinary premises. Ask what sanctions might be imposed on vets who fail to allow inspection and if they fail to meet required standards.
www.defra.gov.uk
British Vet Association (BVA)
President Tim Greet
7 Mansfield Street London W1G 9NQ 0207 636 6541
www.bva.co.uk
Ask how the BVA is responding to the threat of MRSA and what recommendations it is making to its members.
British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA)
BSAVA Practice Support Group Secretary
www.bsava.com 01452 726707
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 62-64 Horsefery Road, London SW1P 2AF www.rcvs.org.uk
Lynne Hill is the person to contact regarding the Practice Standards Guidelines at the RCVS. Contact her and ask how these guidelines are implemented and monitored in veterinary practices.
