SPVS welcomes RVC clincial data usage scheme

The Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS) is proud to announce their support for the Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) VetCompass project (VetCompass 2011) that shares primary practice clinical data for large scale epidemiological research. SPVS believes that primary practices across the UK hold vital data on disorders affecting the animals that they treat but which are not currently being used in a meaningful way to inform on national disease levels.

VetCompass collects and collates this de-identified clinical data from participating practices into a single secure research database that is analysed to identify risk factors for a range of conditions as well as disorder prevalence levels.