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Veterinary turn around/recovery

We’ll examine your practice and recommend an action plan to turn your business around.

Owning your own practice is certainly rewarding, but managing and growing a business requires a specific skill set that you may not have needed previously in your career. Onswitch has supported countless start-up practices, so wherever you are on the journey, we can help.

Why do I need help to turn around my business?

It’s very easy to do things the way they’ve always been done. Patients still get seen, the team seem happy enough and turnover is OK. Change is difficult, but complacency can be dangerous. Sometimes a fresh pair of eyes can critique your processes and recommend more efficient ways of working. Much of the feedback we receive when we carry out team surveys with practices is about the little things that don’t quite work – double-handling information, overbooking clinics, not communicating clearly.

When work feels like an effort, people can become demotivated and leave. When things run smoothly, morale is high, clients are happy and turnover improves. Our veterinary practice support will make your practice work better and achieve vet industry benchmarks.

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How does the process work?

Every turnaround project is different, and we bring a bespoke package of support to each one. Depending on what your objectives are, our veterinary marketing consultants will recommend a blended approach that brings together the right balance of research, training and business consultancy. Our veterinary business turnaround services typically comprise of some or all of the following:

Monthly support plan

Our veterinary business consultants can be retained on a monthly basis to measure progress against Key Performance Indicators and provide regular business advice and support.

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Business health check

Just as you recommend regular health checks for the patients in your care, your business benefits from a periodic review of people and processes in order to stay efficient and focused on delivering an excellent customer experience.

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Employee survey & analysis

A TeamTrack survey evidences how your team are feeling, allowing you to take action against any developing issues, measuring veterinary team wellbeing and keeping everyone motivated and engaged for the next stage of growth.

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You can find out much more about how these work by clicking through to the relevant pages above.

What do I get?

Onswitch is renowned for the breadth and depth of experience that our team bring to every project. We’ll allocate one of our experienced veterinary marketing consultants to you and they’ll be happy to answer every query you may have. Our service is professional, discreet and honest – we won’t sell you things you don’t need and our recommendations will always be evidenced with facts and data. We’ll be by your side every step of your practice turnaround.

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Just wanted to say a massive thank you for the course - eye opening and so interesting, it has changed the way I think and will handle calls forever

Camilla ChurchVet and Business Owner, Perth Equine Vets

Onswitch have been transformative for the structure and management of our practice. We have used them since about 6 months after we opened and we have gone from chaotic disorganised mayhem to chaotic organised mayhem. Exactly the way we like it! Always helpful, always there, they have allowed our business to grow and thrive in a vision that still remains 'us'

Carly DayVet and Business Owner, Bury St Edmunds Veterinary Centre

We requested a Business Health Check as we had experienced rather rapid growth at the practice and felt we were losing some direction. Having an outside view of the business have us an honest and real account of where we were, what needed to be done to achieve what we wanted and a framework to support this. We have made inroads into starting processes to improve our ways of working and are enjoying seeing the impact these ongoing developments are already having for our team and our patients.

Lucy ButlerAldgate Veterinary Practice

Onswitch's price checker provided us with some really valuable insights into our competitors and ensured that we were pricing our common procedures competitively. It was really good value and saved us a lot of leg work!

Ellie LeeBusiness Owner, Manchester Cat Clinic

We've used the Consult Coach program for a number of years, and find it particularly effective with our early career veterinarians. While filming consultations can be daunting, we find the feedback process is ultimately rewarding and drives positive change. The 7 Steps process gives a clear framework for effective consultations and the personalised feedback helps them improve and gain confidence as well as get better outcomes for clients, pets and their clinics.

Lindsay EvansGreencross Vets, Veterinary Learning and Development Manager

Alison's advice has been invaluable both before and after opening our independent small animal practice and helped the practice to thrive. Her wide ranging experience at a national and international level and pragmatic approach are brilliant to give an outside perspective.

Emily Knight, Business Owner, Wight Vets

The New Practice Viability Study offered by Onswitch was immensely helpful in starting our new business on solid foundation. Not only did it help me carefully choose our premises but it also opened my eyes to various factors that had never been brought to my attention before. Sophie C and Alison were incredible supportive throughout the entire premises journey and were always available to answer all my questions. I would highly recommend Onswitch's viability study!

Wojciech WoszczynskiBusiness Owner, Bluebell Veterinary Surgery