Provide you with support and representation:
We will provide you with guidance, support and
representation, to address any employment-related
problems such as contracts, pay, working hours, annual
or maternity leave, redundancy, work-related stress,
illness and bullying. Unlike members of other non-union
organisations with arbitration and mediation services,
BVU members experiencing problems in the workplace will
have a legal right to union representation. Importantly,
we will also support and represent you in your dealings
with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) as
a statutory regulator, in disciplinary and fitness to
practice matters.
Improve your working terms and conditions:
We will strive to improve the working terms &
conditions for vets, nurses and all others working in
the veterinary profession. We will investigate, flag-up,
and campaign to address any issues affecting the working
lives of the members. We will aim at developing health
and safety structure and policies relevant to veterinary
practice. We will aim to organise programmes to enhance
the well-being of members, by facilitating wider
interaction amongst the membership.
Safeguard your professional privilege and interests:
We will investigate, flag-up and campaign to address
any issues affecting the delivery of your professional
responsibilities. We will work alongside veterinary
professionals and veterinary professional bodies to
create a better working environment for all our members,
to enable the best delivery of service to patients and
clients. We shall aim to respond to significant
consultations sought by the government, RCVS, or other
relevant bodies to safeguard your interests.
Support your further education:
In order to help members enhance professional
knowledge, we will aim to offer non-profit Continuing
Personal and Professional Development (CPD) programmes,
as well as educational programmes valuable to both
employees and employers, on subjects such as health,
safety and environment, equality and diversity. Members
will also have access to other union courses, further
and higher education, training needs analysis, technical
training, JIB further education fund.
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Medical Malpractice Cover (CMM)
(Formerly Professional Liability Insurance - PLI)
Cover that helps protect you professionally if a
claim is brought against you, by a client, due to an
[alleged] error they may have encountered whilst you
were carrying out your professional duties.
For details please
click here.
Organisational Support you can rely on:
Unite’s Health Sector, the home of BVU in Unite, has
a well established structure to support the members,
through the National Organising Professional Committee
(NOPC), lead and professional officers, research
officers, a network of well-trained representatives (to
include vets & nurses), and industrial regional
officers, to help with workplace issues. Unite’s
regional facilities across the UK are accessible to
members of BVU in Unite. Besides BVU’s existing website
forum, members can access those provided by Unite, to
raise and deal with issues collectively.
Furthermore, we are in a position to influence
politicians on policy matters, since we have the
opportunity to brief the parliamentary group of MPs who
are Unite members.
Publications, Conference & Websites:
Publications on subjects pertinent to the veterinary
profession, for example health and safety, data
protection etc, will be made available. We aim to
produce a periodical for members, and to organise an
annual conference. Besides the BVU‘s existing website,
members have access to a designated area for BVU on the
Unite website, with links to other veterinary websites.
Click here
for PDF version!
Please note that the provision of Professional
Liability Insurance provision is currently under review.
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