Charities working towards common goals Sean Wensley Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Communication & Education, PDSA Steve 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 Collaborative actions

Dog Breeding Stakeholder Group >3000 free dog microchips in April 2014 Collaborative actions

Where is PDSA?

What does PDSA do? Vision A healthy life for all our pets Mission Our 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 services Audit – 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 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?