{"id":137,"date":"2025-03-10T09:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boundaryvets.co.uk\/news\/?p=137"},"modified":"2025-03-10T12:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:21:10","slug":"accessing-our-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boundaryvets.co.uk\/news\/accessing-our-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Boundary Vets services update"},"content":{"rendered":"
PRESCRIPTION UPDATE<\/strong><\/div>\n
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On 1st September 2023 our regulatory body, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) introduced new guidance on prescribing prescription-only medicines. There was a grace period until 1st January 2024 for some classes of medication including parasiticides (flea, tick and worming treatments). The new guidance requires that a clinical assessment, which usually entails a physical examination of your pet, be performed every time antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals and parasiticides are prescribed.<\/p>\n

The guidance is an important step towards ensuring responsible antimicrobial use and reduces the veterinary impact on the wider issues of global antibiotic resistance and decline in insect populations.<\/p>\n

Your pet will need to have seen a Veterinary Surgeon for an in-person consultation to make an appropriate parasiticide treatment plan personalised to their lifestyle and risk. We will aim to do this at regular, routine vaccination and health check appointments to reduce the need for additional appointments. However, a separate ‘parasiticide check up’ consultation may be required.<\/p>\n

We will enter a prescription ‘authorisation’ of our recommendations onto your pet’s clinical notes, which can then be used to issue medication for the following 12-months. Once this authorisation is in place you can order parasiticide treatment as you previously have done so.<\/p>\n

A ‘parasiticide check up’ consultation is free for members of our Pet Health for Life (PH4L) plan.<\/p>\n

For long term prescription medication which\u00a0is not an antimicrobial\/antiparasitic, our usual policy of requiring a regular examination usually every 3-6\u00a0months continues to apply. The medication review consultations will be charged at our usual fees.<\/p>\n

You can\u00a0read the full guidance<\/a>\u00a0from the RCVS on their website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Whilst visiting us, we’re here to provide you and your pets with the best experience that we can give.<\/p>\n

Please see below to familiarise yourself with important updates regarding our clinics and availability of appointments.<\/p>\n

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Click here to book an appointment<\/a><\/strong> in minutes.<\/p>\n

For more information about our clinic, please visit our website here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We look forward to seeing you soon in Abingdon. Please contact us<\/a><\/strong> for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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