I am a Tier 3 SA Hospital considering contracting out my out of hours service. Do different requirements apply to Tier 1 and Tier 2 practices?
Yes – For a practice to provide out of hours emergency cover to a Tier 3 Small Animal Hospital it must be either be another Tier 3 Hospital or an accredited ESC under the Practice Standards Scheme (i.e. it must fulfil all of the Tier 2 requirements as well as the additional requirements set out in Section 10 of the Manual). All Tier 3 hospitals must continue to care for their own inpatients. Accredited ESC status requires “at least one on-duty veterinary surgeon to “be on the clinic’s premises at all times during all of the hours of operation of the clinic.” This does not preclude a veterinary surgeon attending off-site on the rare circumstances that this may be necessary. Practices should therefore check carefully that their contract with an ESC establishes clearly who is responsible for out-of-hours home visits, on the rare occasions that such visits may be necessary on clinical or welfare grounds. (Please see the Annex to the Guide on 24-hour emergency cover, in particular paragraph
Yes – For a practice to provide out of hours emergency cover to a Tier 3 Small Animal Hospital it must be either be another Tier 3 Hospital or an accredited ESC under the Practice Standards Scheme (i.e. it must fulfil all of the Tier 2 requirements as well as the additional requirements set out in Section 10 of the Manual). All Tier 3 hospitals must continue to care for their own inpatients. Accredited ESC status requires “at least one on-duty veterinary surgeon to “be on the clinic’s premises at all times during all of the hours of operation of the clinic.” This does not preclude a veterinary surgeon attending off-site on the rare circumstances that this may be necessary. Practices should therefore check carefully that their contract with an ESC establishes clearly who is responsible for out-of-hours home visits, on the rare occasions that such visits may be necessary on clinical or welfare grounds. (Please see the Annex to the Guide on 24-hour emergency cover, in particular paragraph
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