Russell Roan | VetSafe Manager
The Veterinary Defence Society - VetSafe

Russell Roan, VetSafe Manager, The Veterinary Defence Society - VetSafe

Russell worked as a mainly small animal vet in the UK and Australia before many years in the Veterinary pharmaceutical industry, including senior roles in Practice support, Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacovigilance. He joined the Veterinary Defence Society (The VDS) in the UK in 2023 as VetSafe Manager. 

VetSafe, provided by VDS Support in the UK, is a service designed to help veterinary teams improve patient safety, learn from incidents in practice, and enhance the quality of care they provide every day. Created by vets for the veterinary profession, VetSafe offers tools and resources to:
•    Confidentially report incidents and reflect on what happened
•    Gain insights into patterns and trends to guide improvements
•    Build a culture of learning and continuous development with your team

Appearances:



Day 1 @ 12:00

Learning from those ‘oh no’ moments with VetSafe

  • Exploring error reporting with VetSafe
  • How VetSafe supports practice teams in learning from mistakes
  • How VetSafe supports patient safety and quality improvement activities 

Day 2 @ 11:30

It’s just human error, right?

 

  • In the challenging environment of the veterinary profession, ’mistakes’ are not uncommon – This is often put down to human error, but is this where our investigations into these situations stop? 
  • In this presentation we will look at why mistakes occur (introducing Human Factors and systems thinking), and how to learn from them
last published: 02/Jul/26 04:35 GMT

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