THE British Veterinary Hospitals
Association Design Awards for 2009 are intended to recognise – and reward – outstanding design. If, within the last two years, you have opened new premises for a first opinion and/or referral practice, refurbished your existing premises or come up with
an innovative design solution for an area of the practice, these design awards are for you.
- Are you proud of what you have
achieved?
- Have you developed truly
outstanding premises?
- Is there a particular feature or room
with a remarkable design innovation that
has made a significant difference to you,
your staff, your clients and/or your
patients?
Any practice that has completed a
project on or after 1st April 2007 is
eligible to enter. All that’s required is that
you send the following:
1. Your practice name, address,
telephone number and e-mail address,
plus the name and position of the
person submitting the entry.
2. The numbers of veterinary surgeons,
veterinary nurses and
other support staff in
the practice.
3. What area of
veterinary practice you
are involved in,
whether referral or first
opinion, companion animal, equine,
farm animal or mixed practice.
4. A report, of not more than 500
words, about the project, emphasising its
outstanding design and innovative
features – listing clever solutions to
problems, explaining why things were
done in a particular way, plus an
assessment of whether what you have
done is living up to expectations.
5. Up to 12 photographs showing the
finished project – including preimprovement
shots if available.
6. A floor plan of the premises
7. An indication of the cost of the project.
There are three categories:
1. New first opinion premises
2. New referral practice premises (where at least 75% of patients seen are referrals)
3. Practice refurbishment or innovation in design of a specific area/feature. These Design Awards are open to any veterinary practice, whether within the
RCVS Practice Standards Scheme or not, and regardless of Tier.
Prizes
Prizes in each category will include both cash and vouchers for new equipment;in addition, all three category winners will receive a certificate to display in the practice and free registration to the BVHA Congress 2009 in October where the results will be announced.
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The closing date
for receipt of entries
is Tuesday 30th
June 2009.
Entries can be submitted by post to:
BVHA Practice Design Awards,
30 Diamond Ridge, Camberley, Surrey
GU15 4LD
or by e-mail to teamwork@ukonline.co.ukor by a
combination of the two (e.g. send entry
information by e-mail; photos and plan
by post).
Photos sent by e-mail should be in the form of jpegs with a maximum size per photo of 500kb. Photos and plans sent by post will be returned on request once judging is complete. Judging will be carried out during the summer by a panel representing the BVHA and Veterinary Practice. The judges will compile a shortlist from the entries and visit the practices concerned. The results will be announced during the BVHA Annual Congress in October.The judges’ decisions will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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