22 Sept 2021
The pan-European IVC Evidensia Care Fund has now helped 600 animals since being set up in 2020 to help pets whose owners are facing serious financial challenges.
Joshua Silverwood
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IVC Evidensia deputy chief medical officer Alistair Cliff.
A fund set up to save the lives of animals who could recover from illness were it not for the cost, has helped its 600th animal.
The IVC Evidensia Care Fund, launched in October 2020, was created to give financial support to the owners of unwell animals as they go through their treatment.
The programme provides vets at IVC Evidensia-owned practices with £1,000 a year to use at their discretion to offset the costs of pricey procedures.
The financial support can be provided to all species including large animals, and has already saved the lives of dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, reptiles, horses and a cow.
Deputy chief medical officer for IVC Evidensia Alistair Cliff said: “We are absolutely thrilled to see the success of the care fund and the impact this is having on our patients, their owners and our clinic teams. Feedback has been overwhelming, with vets and nurses reporting a 90% uplift in their feeling of well-being, when dealing with these situations.
“Our teams freely report that the care fund has become one of the biggest benefits for working for IVC Evidensia with this level support, as far as we are aware, being unmatched by any other large employer.”
