Dr Miteki DegawaCMA Remedies: Pete Orpin on What Will Impact Your Practice Most
Industry expert Pete Orpin breaks down which CMA remedies will have the biggest impact on independent veterinary practices.
Key points
- Medicines and prescriptions represent the biggest financial risk - potentially hundreds of thousands in lost revenue
- Every additional minute added to consultations has a compounding cost - losing 2 consults a day per vet costs ~£400 in direct revenue alone
- Pete's advice: engage now, optimise your website, nail your estimates, and turn these threats into opportunities
The CMA's final veterinary remedies are expected imminently, and every practice in the UK will need to comply. In this webinar, Lupa CVO Dr Nick Lloyd speaks with Pete Orpin, President of SPVS, who has been representing independent practices directly to the CMA throughout the process. Of 21 provisional remedies, 6 are generating the most concern - covering medicines, prescriptions, pricing transparency, estimates, consultation efficiency and health plans. Pete's message is straightforward: don't wait. The practices that plan now, streamline their processes and engage with what's coming will be in a far stronger position than those that don't.
Dr Miteki Degawa
Dr Miteki Degawa BVSc MRCVS is a veterinary surgeon and Head of Demand Generation at Lupa. Her articles draw on 10 years clinical experience in small animal practice and first-hand knowledge of how veterinary technology shapes day-to-day practice life.
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