vet referral no longer needed for physio etc for "healthy" horses

[milliepops]

spotted this on H&H but it's H&H plus so couldn't read the article. however, RCVS website has a news item

https://www.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-vi...ew-guidance-on-delegating-veterinary-work-to/

from the guidance

19.24 Musculoskeletal maintenance care for a healthy animal, for instance massage, does not require delegation by a veterinary surgeon. However, the animal must still be registered with a veterinary surgeon. Maintenance should cease and the owner of the animal should be asked to take their animal to a veterinary surgeon for clinical examination at the first sign that there may be any underlying injury, disease or pathology. Alternatively, the musculoskeletal therapist may ask the client for formal consent to disclose any concerns to the veterinary surgeon that has their animal under their care.

 

[Roxylola]

That's good, I've never really experienced it being enforced as needing a referral, the one time I did the correct thing and rang my vets they were most confused why I was bothering them with this ?

 

[PapaverFollis]

On the whole that is probably good but I did use it to sort the wheat from the chaff of bodywork professionals... if they didn't ask for vet referral I decided the weren't 'proper'. Rightly or wrongly.

 

[hopscotch bandit]

That's good, I've never really experienced it being enforced as needing a referral, the one time I did the correct thing and rang my vets they were most confused why I was bothering them with this ?

Me too! ?

 

[milliepops]

On the whole that is probably good but I did use it to sort the wheat from the chaff of bodywork professionals... if they didn't ask for vet referral I decided the weren't 'proper'. Rightly or wrongly.

yeah was a bit of a broad benchmark for me too. mine didn't ask for anything formal, but the ones I have used in the past have all asked who my vet is and contacted them to just OK it beforehand.

 

[PapaverFollis]

I've also had conversations with confused vets about it though!

 

[milliepops]

i suspect any calls may have been fielded by the receptionists at my practice

 

[oldie48]

Sensible approach. I've never asked my vets but just let them know which practitioner I use. She is known to my vet's and I would involve my vet if there was any injury or concern. I'm also confident that she would tell me to involve my vert if she thought it was required.