Iain McLachlan - CEO and Registrar - New Zealand Veterinary Council - pt 2 of 3

The second of three episodes with Iain McLachlan – CEO of the New Zealand Veterinary Council.

We talk about:

• the veterinary shortage, 
• the nursing shortage, 
• why the NZ VC doesn’t include two of the world’s top 10 veterinary science universities in its List of Recognised Institutions, 
• when it's going to update that list of Recognised Institutions, 
• what clinics can do if they absolutely cannot manage their after-hours obligations, and 
• what “limited registration” means.

Today Iain answers the questions about:

• why the Council won’t allow an overseas qualified vet with considerable years of expertise in their chosen field – for example as a dairy vet or equine vet – work in NZ without requiring them to sit additional exams covering species they have no intention of working as a veterinarian in.  
• What Iain would say to overseas qualified veterinarians who have to sit the AVE exams and answer questions about species they have no future intention of working in. 
• How and why the Australians are involved. 
• Why can’t the AVE exams be held in NZ to help allay the Covid-induced backlog of overseas qualified vets waiting to sit those exams in Brisbane. 
• What Iain would say to overseas qualified vets who’re seeing reports in the NZ media about the shortage we have here of veterinarians but they’re unable to help alleviate the situation because they cannot legally practise as a Veterinarian. 
• What the smaller vet clinics can do when they’re absolutely overloaded and cannot handle another night of being on call. 
• And we talked a bit about the business opportunity for a telehealth after hours service or overload service to be started and/or expanded in NZ.

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