The VDS

It’s almost time to renew your VDS Policy! ⏰ Here’s what you need to know: • Each practice has a designated Super User to renew & manage payments online. • Online renewals open 4 Nov 2024. • Deadline to renew: 31 Dec 2024. Stay tuned for more updates on how to renew!

LAST CHANCE! Don’t miss out, book your spot at our Recent Graduate Event!⏳ Friday 20 September 2024The Wellbeing Farm, Lancashire What? An interactive CPD day, 9:30am – 5pm, packed with practical learnings to help make your career a success. Book now thevds.co.uk/RGE24

In addition to a full day of interactive CPD and networking in a beautiful location, our panel of experts across the VDS, BVA and Veterinary Ireland will answer your questions! Tickets cost £50 Book your spot now! thevds.co.uk/RGE24 @BritishVets

Recent vet grads! 🎓 Don't miss out on our CPD event to help build confidence, learn from real-life examples, workshops, Q&A and more! Register now for £50 🦙🍹. Make new connections and learn from industry experts. Hurry, register now! 🏃‍♀️💨 thevds.co.uk/RGE24 @BritishVets

Join us Friday 20 September 2024 at The Wellbeing Farm in Lancashire for an interactive day of CPD, jam-packed with tools, techniques and information to help equip you for successful years ahead in your career. Learn more and book here thevds.co.uk/RGE24

A reminder that our Annual General Meeting is taking place on Wednesday 31 July 2024 at 2.15pm. You can find everything you need on our AGM Hub at thevds.co.uk/agm-2024. For every Form of Proxy, we’ll donate £1 to Vetlife or approximately €1.10 to IVBF.

No one wants to make mistakes but we’re all human and it’s a natural part of the learning process when you first qualify. Russell will give the session ‘Turn mistakes into opportunities: Explore how to turn mistakes into positive learning experiences.’ thevds.co.uk/RGE24

Join us for our NEW Recent Graduate Event to boost confidence and connect with peers. Our interactive sessions, real-life cautionary tales, and Q&A discussions will help equip you with practical skills. Learn more and book now thevds.co.uk/RGE24 @BritishVets

We thoroughly enjoyed our time at Vets Trust in Sterling this week Emma Callaghan (Veterinary Risk Manager) & Susan Donaldson (Claims Consultant) manned the VDS stand ready to answer our member's questions & Ruth Serlin (Training Consultant) led a talk on 'Being complained about'

Final day of BVA! Last chance to pop over to the VDS stand to grab yourself an eco-friendly VDS bag, and discuss your Claims, Membership, Training and VetSafe queries! See you at D80! #BVA24 #BVALive2024 #BVALive24

Day 2 of BVA Live! We've had a great time meeting our members in person. If you're here, head over to stand D80 to be in for a chance to win some free CPD, learn more about your member benefits and pose your Claims, Training and VetSafe queries! #BVA24 #BVALive24 #BVALive2024

Are you attending BVA Live 2024? Pop by stand D80 to meet the VDS team and to pose your Claims, Membership or Training queries. We'll see you there! #BVA14 #BVALIVE24 #BVALIVE2024 #VeterinaryCPD

Hello from #TitanicVetShow! 👋 Emma Cathcart, VDS Veterinary Risk Analyst, is in person, ready to meet our members in person! Catch her talk tomorrow on Building Resilience through Team Learning. Learn more about our resilience and team-building courses vds-training.co.uk/courses/view-a…

VetSafe reports can be a great starting point for team-based discussions in which you build an understanding of what went on and learn together. Find out more about VetSafe how to get started and the resources and tools available to members here: vds-vetsafe.co.uk/vetsafe

Each incident report is an opportunity to learn and improve. The feedback system has been designed to help the team learn from errors by working through a review of each incident using a root cause analysis framework. Learn more and get started vds-vetsafe.co.uk/vetsafe

Team-wide reporting enhances a practice's safety culture and captures diverse perspectives for improvement. Nurses lead with almost 50% of VetSafe reports, vets contribute 40%, and the wider team adds over 10% since 2018. Learn more and get started vds-vetsafe.co.uk/vetsafe

VetSafe, by the Veterinary Defence Society, is your confidential ally in improving practice quality and managing risks. It's a system to help transform incidents and near misses into opportunities for learning, growth and building safer practice systems. vds-vetsafe.co.uk/vetsafe

Calling all recent veterinary graduates! If you qualified in the last 5 years and are a VDS member, working in any area of the Veterinary Industry, please join us on Monday 15 April at 7.30pm for an online focus group. If you are interested, contact us on: admin@thevds.co.uk

The Spring 2024 edition of our member newsletter will land with members soon! Keep an eye out for your copy so you don’t miss out on the latest VDS Cautionary Tales and other helpful articles. If you enjoy the newsletter, give this post a like! Contact us to switch to digital.

We’re half way through day two of #BSAVA24 and enjoying every minute! We have colleagues from claims, membership and training on hand to answer all of your VDS-related questions. Head over to stand A203 to say hello and grab yourself an eco friendly bag and bottle!