British Horse Vets Vote Against Corporatization

Seventy-two percent of vets polled disagreed that “corporatization is inevitable and will benefit vets and clients.”
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It seems that horse veterinarians in the U.K. are not keen for their industry to be corporatized given the results of a hotly contested debate at 2017 British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Congress, which took place Sept. 14-16 in Liverpool, U.K.

Just 28% of voters agreed with the motion that “corporatization is inevitable and will benefit vets and their clients,” with 72% disagreeing.

Veterinary practice corporatization is a growing trend; the U.K.’s biggest veterinary group, CVS, has acquired 32 equine practices over the past two years alone, the latest including two of the country’s most prestigious: B&W Equine Group, which has several clinics in and around Gloustershire, England, and Bell Equine, in Kent, England. However, it remains a controversial process with strong views from both sides about the potential advantages or drawbacks to veterinarians, their clients and their patients.

Madeleine Campbell, BVetMed (Hons), MA, PhD, Dipl. ECAR, CAWBM (AWSEL), MRCVS, moderated the robust, good-humored debate. Keith Chandler, BVMS, CertEP, MRCVS, former BEVA president and member of the acquisitions team at Independent Vet Care, and Karl Holliman, BVM&S, Cert. EP, MRCVS, partner and director at Cliffe Equine Vets, in East Sussex, England, and past chairman of XL Equine, argued for corporatization. Their supporting witnesses were Lesley Barwise Munro, BSc, BVM&S, CertEP, MRCVS, of AlNorthumbria Vets, in Northumberland, England, and which was sold to CVS in 2015, and Julian Samuelson, MA, VetMB, MBA, MRCVS, a former managing partner of Bell Equine, which was sold to CVS earlier this year

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