Animal Medicine Improvement notice: Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre

This notice was served to Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire by a VMD Inspector during an unannounced inspection.

The following contravened the Veterinary Medicines Regulation (VMR) 2013:

• supply of out-of-date medicines
• possession of unauthorised veterinary medicines
• inadequate Records of administration and supply of veterinary medicines
• inadequate records of administration of veterinary medicines to food producing animals
• advertising cascade use of veterinary medicines both online and in publications for sale

The improvements required are:

• ensure that no veterinary medicines are supplied beyond their manufacturer’s use by date or in-use expiry and that out-of-date veterinary medicines are disposed of accordingly.
• ensure all veterinary medicines accepted into stock are obtained in line with the VMR. All veterinary medicines should be correctly sourced under the prescribing cascade or have a valid import certificate from the VMD.
• ensure that records of receipt, administration, supply and disposal of medicines are in accordance with Regulations 18, 19 and Regulation 23 of the VMR, which list the details to be recorded for both food producing and non-food producing species.
• ensure that records of products administered under the cascade, to species which may enter the food chain (i.e., deer, pigeons, rabbits, game birds) are in accordance with Regulation 24, which lists the details which must be recorded.
• remove reference to any veterinary medicines, which breach the VMR, including dosing charts in the online material highlighted by the inspector and remove from eBay and all online retail sites or pages as well as the Vale Wildlife shops, all publications which make reference to veterinary medicines, which breach the VMR, and dosing charts until these can be altered to ensure compliance with Regulation 10 and Regulation 11 of the VMR.