Professional Standards and Complaints about SQPs
Professional standards
All SQPs are required to abide by the current version of the Code of Practice, to abide by the Veterinary Medicines Regulations taking account of VMD's Veterinary Medicines Guidance Notes, and to act in a professional manner.
AMTRA will work with the Animal Medicines Inspectorate of the VMD to investigate complaints, in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Veterinary Medicines Directorate and AMTRA.
Complaints about SQPs
AMTRA's Professional Standards Committee and Board will consider written complaints about SQPs alleged to have breached the Code or alleged to have acted in some other way which might constitute a breach of professional standards.
Complaints should be made in writing to:
The Secretary
AMTRA
Unit 1c
Woolpit Business Park
Woolpit
Bury St Edmunds
IP30 9UPor email info@amtra.org.uk
Complaints will be considered by the Board and where appropriate by the Professional Standards Committee in accordance with the procedural document CF1: Registration and professional conduct of Suitably Qualified Persons.
Complaints about SQP businesses
If you are concerned about the activities of an SQP business but where the complaint can't be directed at a particular SQP, please contact the Animal Medicines Inspectorate of the VMD:
VMD Animal Medicines Inspectorate
Avenue A
Stoneleigh Park
Warwickshire CV8 2LGTel 024 7684 9260
Complaints about other professionals
If you feel you may have grounds to complain to the professional regulator of one of the other veterinary healthcare professionals, you can find more information on their websites:
- pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Great Britain: the General Pharmaceutical Council
- pharmacists in Northern Ireland: the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
- veterinary surgeons: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
This page last updated 31/03/2011
