About
Before Brexit and Covid-19 the veterinary profession was already facing a retention crisis, fuelled by stress and burnout. To help plug the leaky bucket BVA undertook research into why vets were leaving the profession and what motivated them to stay. The answer was simple: their day to day experiences in the workplace. Improving those experiences is less straightforward so BVA developed the position and code on what makes a good veterinary workplace. In this interactive session, you’ll hear the ideas that underpin the code and hear from one JVP who has already started to implement it in her practice to find out what really works.
Presenters
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Daniella Dos Santos, BSc (hons) BVetMed MRCVS
BVA Senior Vice President, British Veterinary Association
Daniella is currently BVA Senior Vice President and works in first opinion small animal and exotics practice. Daniella is a former chair of the BVA Ethics and Welfare Advisory Panel and is a trustee of the Animal Welfare Foundation. In 2019 Daniella become the youngest BVA President and chose vet diversity as her presidential theme.
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James Russell
BVA President
James is a 2002 Royal Veterinary College graduate and a post-graduate diploma holder in production animal and livestock medicine. He has over 17 years’ experience working in mixed practice. In September 2018, he stepped down as director of a large veterinary practice in Ashbourne to become an independent veterinary consultant. James has been associated with BVA since 2008 when he joined the Veterinary Policy Group. He went on to become the inaugural East Midlands representative on BVA Council from 2010-2012 and has been Chair of the CPD committee since 2016.
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Sally Burnell
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Tanya Crawley
Vet
Tanya graduated from Liverpool in 2001 and is a fulltime small animal vet and owner of two Vets4Pets clinics in Swindon. In 2017 Tanya was a Petplan Vet of the Year finalist.
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Gudrun Ravetz