vetinary

[roizee2009]

if a vet is struck off for an unrelated issue to vetinary, could he administer surgery in a accident to a animal if no other vet was present.
Thanks gto all in advance

[wildwood]

I wasn't sure aware it could be illegal for anyone to perform surgery on an animal, as long as that animal was not in undue pain or stress. Interesting.

[lcg]

no!

[lcg]

he is struck off - therefore, cannot do anything for animals that a vet would do.

[Nibble]

even so, if it were a real emergency, and he was administering first aid in the street to my pet, I'd rather have him do it than someone who didn't know about animals.
what sort of unrelated issue would lead to him being struck off.

[magsmay]

That's a weird question. Firstly what incident unrelated to his professional occupation would a Veterinarian be 'struck off'. Secondly if he were 'struck off' I would think he could perform surgery on his own animal or someones animal to save its life -who would prosecute in this instance? Farmers regularly perform minor surgery on animals (castration) without licence. Is this Hypothetical?

[boxtops]

I'm wondering if it's due to financial mismanagement etc that he's been struck off, since roizee says it's nothing to do with vet activities.

[lcg]

yes...he can provide first aid , but not things like surgery, or any medical interventions for pets (e.g. vaccinations). it's the same as a doctor being struck off. they can act like any other member of the public would, but obviously he would have much more knowledge to apply to an emergency situation. but....that doesn't mean he can carry on in his own sweet, merry way and treat pets: he'll be hauled before a court and done for something (but i don't know what!).

[lcg]

if you are struck off, you are finished. you cannot do that job or all it entails any more.

[chrissa1]

Are we talking "Emmerdale" here?

[woofgang]

I think that possibly you can provided that you don't represent yourself as a vet or do something that only vets are allowed to do.

[Jules001]

I think this maybe connected to the Emmerdale storyline at the moment, for those of you who don't watch, this is the story so far: The vet had a fight with someone and accidently struck a Police Officer whilst fighting, he has been suspended by the RCVS, but in tonight's episode, his friend's dog was run over, there was no other vet available and the dog wouldn't have survived a journey to another vet, so the vet in question operated on the dog. I was talking about this earlier to my daughter and said that given the circumstances, and the fact that vets should always put the animal's welfare first, I think or would hope that the RCVS would take a lenient view if they found out about it.

[phleb]

No, as he is struck off, he is not a vet anymore.

[Prudie]

As he's already suspended or struck off by the RCVS what more could they do? If the animal's owner gave permission I don't see who could actually prosecute him.

[wildwood]

^^ exactly, prudie.

[Jules001]

if he is only suspended for a period of 6 months though, the RCVS could decide to make it a permanent decision, couldn't they?

[roizee2009]

Thanks to everybody who answered my question,Yes it was the emmerdale storyline i was refering to ,i realise that this is a fictious situation but what if it were for real and it was your animal, a very 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other.
Thanks all

[wildwood]

That's not the point jules. Afaik anybody can operate on a pet providing they do not cause the animal undue pain, so if you know what your doing you could do it on your own or neighbour's pet. You don't need to be a qualified vet.

It is illegal for an unqualified person to operate on a human but not on an animal.