RCVS holding PSS Awards evening in November

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) will be holding a Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) awards evening next month to celebrate practices that have demonstrated their commitment to excellence by achieving PSS awards. 

The event will be held on the evening of Thursday 15 November from 5pm to 6.30pm at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Dockland West Suite, London, and is happening alongside the London Vet Show (LVS) which is being held nearby at Excel London. The Practice Standards Scheme awards event is free to attend, with drinks and nibbles provided. 

The Practice Standards Scheme is an initiative set up by the RCVS to provide accreditation to practices that have voluntarily entered the scheme and proven that they operate under high levels of professionalism and standards. The awards element of the Scheme was launched in 2015 to allow RCVS-accredited practices to better showcase where they excel, for example, in areas such as client service and consultation services.

The awards element of the Scheme was launched in 2015 to allow RCVS-accredited practices to better showcase where they excel, for example, in areas such as client service and consultation services.

Attendees to this event include some of the practices that have achieved awards since the previous awards evening in January 2018, and will be joined by RCVS President, Amanda Boag, the Practice Standards team at the RCVS, and some of the College’s PSS Assessors. Amanda will be officially presenting the PSS awards to all successful practices over the past few months.

During the evening, attendees will be able to find out how they can utilise their PSS awards in the future and will also be able to hear directly from previous award-winning practices, who will be sharing their experiences on how to achieve the various awards on offer.

During the evening, attendees will be able to find out how they can utilise their PSS awards in the future and will also be able to hear directly from previous award-winning practices, who will be sharing their experiences on how to achieve the various awards on offer.

The first awards recipient to speak at the event will be Victoria Johnston MRCVS, of St David’s Veterinary Group in Devon, who received ‘outstanding’ awards for ‘Small Animal In-patient Services’ and ‘Client Service’. The second speaker will be Dr Andrew Wallace MRCVS from Buckingham Equine Vets, who received an outstanding award for ‘Equine Client Service’. There will also be the opportunity to speak with the RCVS PSS team first hand, and ask them any questions regarding the scheme itself, or the process of applying for an award. There will also be handy insights and tips from RCVS Lead Assessor, Pam Mosedale.

Mandisa Greene, an RCVS Council member and the new Chair of the Practice Standards Group which coordinates the PSS, will be chairing the event for the first time. Mandisa took over from Jacqui Molyneux in July this year, following Jacqui’s retirement from Council. Mandisa has worked in specialist emergency clinics and currently works as a locum in a variety of practices across the West Midlands. She is a published author, having been the researcher on a paper about genomic variations in Mycobacterium published in BMC Microbiology.

Mandisa Greene, says: “I am really looking forward to chairing this event for the first time and I am excited to meet all of the past and potential winners. The Practice Standards Scheme awards are a fantastic opportunity to highlight and celebrate all of the brilliant work that is going on across the country to maintain high standards and provide the very best in animal health and welfare.” 

For further information on the PSS awards, click here, and for event enquiries, please contact [email protected]. If you would like to attend the event, click here for tickets.