Terms of Business

Payments Terms and Conditions

Payment in full will be expected at the time of consultation, on the discharge of your pet following surgery or hospitalisation, or on collection of drugs/diets.

Cash, cheques, credit or debit cards are all accepted.

We do not routinely offer settlement terms. If an account is not settled it will be subject to late payment surcharges and may be placed in the hands of our debt collection agency.

Pet Insurance

If your pet is insured we request payment in full at the time of treatment as stated in our payment terms and conditions. We will always submit insurance policy claims promptly to ensure you are reimbursed as quickly as possible. Many insurance companies allow us to submit claims on line which speeds the process further. There is a £20.00 administration fee for all insurance claims processed. 

Direct claims

It may be possible, subject to certain conditions, for us to make a direct claim on your behalf for payment of any insured sum to come directly to the Practice from your insurers. Please advise a member of reception as early as possible if this is something you would require, as a significant amount of administration work and policy checks are involved. This can delay the start of treatment. They result in a delay in receipt of our payment and for this reason we charge a non-refundable administration fee of £35 + VAT. Follow-up on-going direct claims are charged at £10 + VAT. If the follow up claims are not direct claims there will be no administration fees for these. Direct claims can only be submitted with the following provisos:

1. Direct claims must be requested and organised in advance of treatment being carried out and prior to payment being due. It is not possible to request an initial direct claim when you come to collect your pet after a period of hospitalisation and treatment.
2. Any excess and non-insured items on the policy should be paid at the time of collection, together with any anticipated shortfall in payment. If your policy involves additional payment which is a percentage of the bill, this needs to be paid directly to us. Any additional shortfall which is owing after the claim has been settled will be payable by you to us at that time.
3. A signed insurance claim form is required at the time of collection and for every subsequent visit, clearly indicating to the insurance company that payment is to be made to the Practice.
4. As our client, you remain liable for all outstanding fees in the following circumstances: 

• The insurance company declines to accept the claim in part or in full
• The insurance company does not make a settlement within 60 days of submission of the claim.

It is important to appreciate that if, having carried out careful checks with you and your insurers, we decide that we are prepared to undertake a Direct Claim for the treatment for your pet, this is not a guarantee that your insurers will settle your claim, and if they fail to do so, this will result in a shortfall for which you will be liable to pay us in full.

Information we require prior to authorising a direct claim.

You must first get agreement from a Director that the practice is prepared to consider undertaking a direct claim.

You must telephone your insurance company to give us permission for us to telephone them and ask relevant questions about your policy. You must then inform us when this is done.

 

Once permission has been granted we ask the insurance company the following:

Is the policy active, are there any exclusions, what is the limit of the policy, what is the excess amount, are there any related claims, if so what and when and total amount claimed, will cover continue for the duration of the condition if it goes over renewal date.

1. We inform the insurance company when treatment is due to take place and estimated costs.
2. With this information we can make an educated assumption that the pet is likely to be covered for this condition. Please note, despite these pre-checks we cannot guarantee that the insurance company will pay the claim unless they carry out pre-authorisation checks. This can take up to a week and delay treatment. Most companies do not do this any faster for emergency cases.

 

PAYMENT FOR YOUR PETS TREATMENT ULTIMATELY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

We reserve the right to decline a request to undertake a direct claim if circumstances suggest that the insurance company will not settle the claim.

INABILITY TO PAY

If, for any reason, you are unable to settle your account as specified, we ask you to discuss the matter immediately with the veterinary surgeon looking after your pet. They will need to discuss this further with one of the Directors. Please note that instalments or part payments of any account may ONLY be sanctioned with the express permission of a Director.

Privacy Policy

We do not store any personal data on our website.

The following information shows you how we use your data for clinical  veterinary use.

 

How information is collected

When registering at Chaseview Veterinary Clinic Ltd (by phone, in person, or using our website registration form)

·         Personal Information you give to us, or an authorised person on your behalf will be kept on a secure server system on our practice management system.

What information is collected

-       Your personal data such as your name, address, contact details including email, home phone, work phone and mobile phone.

-       If applicable your previous veterinary surgery or your referring veterinary surgery

-       Your pet’s insurance company

How information collected is used

In order for us to carry out our responsibilities as your veterinary surgeon it is necessary for us to hold your personal data.

Your personal data is used via SMS, email, phone or post to allow us to communicate with you about your animal’s health.

 We may need to contact you in connection with your pet’s health such as veterinary advice, patients reports whilst in hospital, results of tests, giving consent for treatment and or operations, emergency contact.

We will contact you to remind you that your pet’s vaccine is due, to remind you that your pet requires a routine treatment such as worming and flea treatment. Also if we need to carry out routine repeat tests.

If your pet is insured we may need to contact you in connection with your claim.

Should any queries arise in connection with your account at any time we will contact you.

We have CCTV at Chaseview which helps to ensure that the clinic is protected.

 

Disclosure of your information

Chaseview will never share your personal data with a third parties for the purpose of marketing

The only circumstances under which your information might be shared would be in connection with your pet’s welfare.

These are listed below;

Veterinary practices which your pet is referred to.

Pet insurance companies should you have to make a claim for your pet.

Messages from Chaseview which ensure that we can keep you up to date with your pet’s routine treatments.

When the Police or other government agencies request information which we are bound to supply.

 

We have a list of companies which we do have to share and we have written confirmation that these are all GDPR compliant

These companies provide the following services to Chaseview Veteriany Clinic Ltd

Insurance Companies

External Laboratories

Identity chip registration

Debt collection services

VDS Professional insurance

Loan application Company

Information Security

At Chaseview Veterinary Clinic we have policies in place to make your information as secure as possible. Our practice management server is secure and all our computers linked to the practice management system are password protected.

 Right of access to your personal data

You have the right to access details held by Chaseview Veterinary Clinic Ltd about you and ensure that our data is accurate and up to date. You also have the right to request that the data that we hold on you be deleted.

 Changes during time to our Privacy Notice

Please check on our website as over time we may have to update our notice.

 For any privacy enquiries please contact Chaseview Veterinary Clinic Ltd

 

Chaseview Veterinary Clinic environmental policy for sustainability

Chaseview Veterinary Clinic Ltd acknowledge that the veterinary industry has an impact on the environment and we are committed to improving our environmental performance in relation to our services and operations.

The following have been identified as key environmental impacts associated with the provision of veterinary care:

 

 

 

 

 

Our environmental commitment can be demonstrated in our established objectives and goals below:

 

 

Chaseview Veterinary Clinic Ltd is committed to reducing these and other impacts, and to the continual improvement of our environmental performance.

The introduction and implementation of this policy is a commitment of Chaseview Veterinary Clinics’ management and a shared responsibility with our employees.

The policy will be reviewed every year as part of the organisations overall environment management plan.