It shouldn’t happen…but if it does, be well insured! For Discount

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It shouldn’t happen…but if it does, be well insured!

What is the VDS:
• A mutual insurance company
• Run by vets, for vets
• Founded in 1865
• All 15 VDS Claims Consultants and 15 Claims Advisors are highly experienced vets
• Three equine claims consultants

What do we do:
• Cover for civil (financial) claims of negligence
• Representation for criminal and RCVS/VCI (Disciplinary) enquiries/hearings
• Arising from normal veterinary work
• Advice
• 22,000 Advice Calls last year
• Support with complaints
• Training
The regularly recurring negligence claims presented to VDS include:
• Pre Purchase Examinations
• Reproductive cases
• Delayed diagnosis (typically sepsis/joint infection)
• Human injury
• Anaesthetic recovery accidents
• Castrations
• infection
• herniation
• incomplete
• Adverse drug reaction: most commonly laminitis and steroids
• Perivascular Injections
• Wound management

Professional Indemnity Insurance is for when life doesn’t go quite to plan.
Things will go wrong. You will be criticised. Patients will die

Equine

Presented by Tim Brazil, Claims Consultant – Veterinary Defence Society

Presented at London Vet Show 2023
RVC Equine Theatre 1
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 10:20-11:10

Please note this session is not RACE-approved but you can still earn a CPD certificate