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Pet Health Schemes
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Preventative healthcare
schemes are not pet insurance.
Instead, they are set up to
provide a range of benefits to
ensure you are doing everything
you can to keep your pet
healthy, whilst having the
minimum financial impact.
Since Wright and Morten
relaunched our Pet Health Club
in July 2015, it has proved very
popular with both clients and
staff. Below are some of the key
benefits which make pet health
schemes such good value.
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All of your pet’s routine
healthcare.
Pet health
schemes include regular
examinations and
vaccinations, plus flea and
worming treatments for
the year, amongst a range
of other benefits.
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Simple monthly Direct Debit
payment.
You can spread
the cost of vaccinations, flea
treatments and wormers over
the whole year, so it is easy
to budget for.
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Discounted goods and
services.
Aside from
spreading the cost of routine
healthcare, many schemes
offer discounts on further
items such as pet food, or
certain procedures such as
dental work. Some also
offer discounts on long
term medications.
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Getting the right products.
It is all too easy to end up
buying a flea treatment for
a pet in a supermarket. The
problem is they are often
not very effective. Pet health
schemes offer an easy way
to get lasting, effective
treatment for parasites, from
products that are usually not
available over the counter.
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Extra check-ups.
Many
schemes offer health checks
every 6 months - usually at
vaccination and 6 months
later. Regular health checks
are always sensible, but they
are frequently a necessity for
older pets that may be on
long term medication.
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Insurance Compliance.
Many pet insurance policies
now specify that routine
healthcare measures such as
vaccination must be carried
out. Being part of a scheme
offering comprehensive
preventative healthcare will
help you comply with these
requirements - whilst giving
your pet the best chance of
staying healthy.
Pet Health Schemes
- the benefits
Interested?
Ask your
practice today about
their pet health scheme
and how it might work
for you and your pet.
Many practices now run
preventative pet healthcare
schemes under a range of
different names - at Wright
and Morten we call ours the
Pet Health Club
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Pete Andrew
BVSc, MRCVS
Wright & Morten