Durham Vet Banned For 3 Months

First posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 By Charis

Silke Birgitt Lindridge of Consett Veterinary Centre, in County Durham has been found guilty of practicing after her name was removed from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for non-payment of fees.

The German born vet returned to Germany while on maternity leave in September 2006. However Mrs Lindridge returned to the UK on a number of occasions during 2007 and acted as a vet on a number of horses.

Mrs Lindridge claimed to be unaware that she was unregistered and that the fee notices and reminders as well as phone calls had not been passed onto her by her administration team.

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons committee decided that while this might have been the case, Mrs Lindridge should have known to renew her fees as this is a professional obligation.

Beverley Cottrell the chair woman for The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons said “The committee would like to make it clear that it is the personal responsibility of every practicing veterinary surgeon to ensure that the annual retention fee is paid and that their names are on the Register.”

The committee took into account the support of her clients and the fact that she might not have been passed the letters into account and decided that a 3 month ban from working as a vet was appropriate.

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