The third revised edition of Veterinary Practice Management gives straightforward guidance to veterinary surgeons setting up in practice for the first time as well as being invaluable to established practitioners and staff keen to improve the efficiency of their business.

This edition includes new chapters on:

• veterinary nurse clinics
• pharmacy management
• management accounts
• staff appraisals

There is also new material providing information and advice on partnership contracts, business marketing and health and safety.

Contents

1. Starting up in practice; General tips
2. The practice premises
3. The pet care centre
4. Client meetings
5. Involvement in the local community
6. The receptionist and the nurse
7. Veterinary nurse clinics
8. The veterinary surgeon
9. Staff motivation
10. Staff training
11. Staff appraisal
12. Interview techniques
13. Partners' responsibilities
14. Retirement
15. The practice manager
16. The practice manual
17. Business marketing
18. Record keeping
19. Stock control
20. Computers in practice
21. The business plan
22. Understanding practice accounts
23. Capital budgeting
24. The ins and outs of cash flow
25. Management accounts
26. Construction of a fee
27. Securing income
28. Buying a property
29. A tax on income
30. Value added tax
31. PAYE and national insurance
32. Insurance and pensions
33. Pharmacy
34. Health and safety and COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health)
35. Employment Law
36. Limited Companies
37. Buying and selling a partnership
38. Payment by the income partner; Valuation of goodwill; Partnership contracts; Partnership contracts

Index

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