We are registered as a Veterinary Practice Premises with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). Our premises reference number is: 7120568. You can verify our registration on the RCVS’s website (http://findavet.rcvs.org.uk/home/) or by contacting the RCVS directly.
Buying authorised veterinary medicines.
As a pet owner/horse owner/farmer, you’ll want to be sure that the medicines you’re giving your pet/horse/livestock are safe, effective and legal. Buying your veterinary medicines from us, a VMD-accredited internet retailer ( Application pending ), you can be sure that: – we are a UK-based retailer and authorised to sell veterinary medicines – we only supply veterinary medicines that are authorised in the UK, meaning they’re proven to be safe and effective when used as directed.
Below are further detailsOur registered qualified person with responsibility for the supply of veterinary medicines classified as POM-V/ POM-VPS/ NFA-VPS is Name / qualification. You can verify that Mr Ricky Farr & Mrs Nicola Pursey is a veterinary surgeon/pharmacist/SQP by checking the RCVS’s register
(http://findavet.rcvs.org.uk/home/) (http://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/registers/sqpregister.aspx)
For more details about SQPs, click here: http://www.amtra.org.uk/sqp.html
The owner of the business is Mr Ricky Farr & Mrs Nicola Pursey: The Old Tack Room, Church Farm, Station Road, Aldbury, Herts, HP23 5RS
Tel: 01442 851921
Email: store@farrandpursey.com
Company No. 9332169
VAT No. 203 2543 57
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD):
The VMD is the UK government agency responsible for the controls on veterinary medicines in the UK, including their authorisation, manufacture and supply.
In 2012 the VMD set up the Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS) in response to the public’s concerns about buying veterinary medicines online. We are accredited under the Scheme.
You can learn more about the work of the VMD and AIRS by going to the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accredited-internet-retailer- scheme-airs
Authorisation and classification of veterinary medicines:
Any product in the UK that makes a veterinary medicinal claim must be authorised. You can tell if a veterinary medicine is authorised as it will include English language labelling that it’s important that you read and understand. The label will include a unique UK marketing authorisation number, which will appear in one of the following formats:
• Vm 04321/4001
• Vh 05467/4007
• EU/1/99/099/001-001
Alternatively, the product may include a statement “This veterinary medicine is marketed in accordance with Schedule 6 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations – Exemptions for small pet animals” or similar on the label and packaging.
There are four classifications of authorised veterinary medicines:
1. Prescription-only Medicine – Veterinarian (abbreviated to POM-V)
2. Prescription-only Medicine – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person (SQP) (abbreviated to POM-VPS)
3. Non-Food Animal – Veterinarian, Pharmacist, Suitably Qualified Person (SQP) (abbreviated to NFA-VPS)
4. Authorised Veterinary Medicine – General Sales List (abbreviated to AVM-GSL)
You can use the VMD’s Product Information Database to check if a product is authorised and its classification, or to search for a UK- authorised veterinary medicine. The search facility allows you to search by trade name, active substance, species, legal classification and many other options. Each product has a Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) that tells you all about the medicine.
For more information visit the VMD’s Product Information Database here:
It is an offence to:
1. Alter a prescription issued by a vet, pharmacist or SQP e.g.
- change the date the prescription was signed
- change the quantity of the product
- include additional medicines
2. Fraudulently produce a prescription e.g.
- forge a prescription
- forge the signature of a vet, pharmacist or SQP
- send the same prescription to multiple retailers
Our RQP carefully checks all prescriptions and will report suspected prescription misuse to the VMD or the police.
No medicine is risk free and all medicines have the potential to cause adverse effects. Some of the adverse effects are known about and these are explained in the product’s SPC. Others that may only rarely occur or are specific for certain breeds or groups of animals may only be seen when the products are used more widely.
If you suspect that you or your animal has had an adverse reaction to a veterinary medicine, or you think the medicine hasn’t worked as it should have done, report it to the VMD using the form available via the link below: https://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/adversereactionreporting/
Complaints about veterinary medicines:
If you have a complaint about the quality of a veterinary medicine please contact us in the first instance. You can find our complaints policy in our Terms & Conditions. However, if you feel that we haven’t resolved your complaint satisfactorily, you can contact the VMD – https:// www.gov.uk/government/organisations/veterinary-medicines- directorate/about/complaints-procedure
Please note that the VMD will only consider complaints about veterinary medicines supplied, not about service, delivery, cost or non-medicinal products.
If you have a complaint about our website / service or online shop please contact the practice in writing on: admin@farrandpursey.com or refer to our terms and conditions of business.
You can find our complaints policy in our Terms & Conditions. However, if you feel that we haven’t resolved your complaint satisfactorily, you can contact the VMD – https:// www.gov.uk/government/organisations/veterinary-medicines- directorate/about/complaints-procedure
Please note that the VMD will only consider complaints about veterinary medicines supplied, not about service, delivery, cost or non-medicinal products.