The British Veterinary Association is appealing to veterinary settings across the UK to commit to its vision for good veterinary workplaces to help ensure that all working environments are supportive and welcoming to everyone.
Launching today (September 21) to coincide with the start of 2020’s International Week of Happiness at Work, the Good Veterinary Workplaces Voluntary Code sets out criteria for what makes a good workplace, based on a new evidence-based BVA policy position. The code is accompanied by a workbook that veterinary teams can work through together to look at how they can meet a range of criteria.
“In creating the Voluntary Code and workbook, we’ve purposefully made this something that isn’t driven from the top down but is instead something that everyone in the team can feel empowered to feed into and sign up to. This is a golden opportunity for our profession to take ownership of our workplaces, improve conditions, and make sure that we have positive working environments in which we can all take pride.”
