Latest articles by David Harris
Law
The CMA report last week contained their proposed rule changes for vets around pricing – and overall, I think there are some really good ideas in there, especially around transparency of pricing and ownership. However,…
News and Comment
On Wednesday this week, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the long-awaited provisional decision around veterinary businesses and pricing. And actually, it’s much less radical than many had been e…
Best UK Vets
On 19th June, the BestUKVet Awards ceremony took place in London. Powered by VetHelpDirect, the awards celebrate excellence in customer service – because all the awards are determined by the number of outstanding reviews…
Animal
Have you had many Christmas cards this year? I’ve had a nice mixture of traditional paper cards and illustrated or even animated electronic ones (some of which are lovely!). And something that really jumped out at me was…
Life as vet - what its like
Earlier this month, a Coroner issued a Prevention of Future Deaths Report, following the death by suicide of John Ellis MRCVS, a veterinary surgeon. In it, Simon Burge, the Coroner for Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampt…
Life as vet - what its like
On Thursday 23rd May the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority announced that they were launching a “Market Investigation Reference”. In other words, an investigation into competitive practices and (indirectly) pricing…
