The VMD has 6 overarching company priorities:
Precedence 1 – Our individuals
Goal: Working to make sure that the VMD is a good place to work.
We are going to keep a well-trained, motivated and content material workforce that nurtures our variety.
Via offering a programme of workers engagement actions and a collection of platforms, we’ll constantly consider well-being, resilience, and efficiency all year long and can guarantee workers have the instruments, help, and amenities they should ship.
Precedence 2 – Coverage making and supply
Goal: Design and implement efficient coverage and laws in GB and NI encompassing veterinary medicines regulation, antimicrobial resistance and residues of veterinary medicines in meals.
We are going to be certain that the Veterinary Medicines Rules and the GB and NI regulatory frameworks, together with post-authorisation actions and surveillance, stay efficient and match for goal and mirror developments and technical advances in business to help the broader animal well being sector, and different stakeholders, with availability of secure and efficacious veterinary medicines, with resilience in provide strains and acceptable and secure use of medicines.
We are going to collaborate with different authorities departments, devolved administrations and stakeholders on design and implementation of coverage and surveillance that ensures individuals, animals, the setting, our meals and the provision of animal medicines within the UK is just not compromised.
We are going to lead on veterinary Antimicrobial and Anthelmintic Resistance coverage and actions and proceed to help initiatives which contribute to the One Well being agenda and Defra’s Animal Well being and Welfare Pathway aspirations.
Precedence 3 – Regulatory service
Goal: Supply of core regulatory companies, with general efficiency towards printed requirements to be at or above the efficient degree.
We are going to apply sturdy profit: threat methodology when assessing purposes for (and variations to) authorisations of veterinary medicines, to make sure the standard and security of these merchandise on the UK market.
Via risk-based inspections and enforcement, together with working with regulatory companions, we’ll guarantee solely appropriately authorised veterinary medicines are responsibly used, to help competitiveness, help client confidence, help with security and assist to take care of their effectiveness.
We are going to constantly monitor our efficiency towards our printed targets and requirements and, the place essential, take well timed motion to make sure these are met.
Precedence 4 – World affect and recognition
Goal: Collaborate internationally with different regulatory authorities to additional inform our science technique and coverage and affect world regulatory requirements.
We are going to have interaction internationally with different regulatory authorities and initiatives to enhance world requirements on regulation of veterinary medicines.
We are going to work to safe availability of medicines for our animal keepers by enhancing market alternatives by way of our collaboration with different nationwide regulators, constructing partnerships for joint assessments of selling authorisations and exchanging data and greatest observe on different points of regulation.
We are going to help the capability strengthening efforts of different worldwide regulatory authorities by way of provision of scientific and technical functionality, and coverage and regulatory experience referring to veterinary medicines and antimicrobial resistance.
Precedence 5 – Enterprise compliance
Goal: Function a enterprise that’s compliant with laws and requirements and search to repeatedly enhance our programs and companies.
We are going to uphold our rules to adjust to related laws and requirements, by way of sustaining worldwide recognition for high quality and knowledge safety requirements, defending and managing data responsibly, while advocating open data sharing.
We are going to spend money on the continual enchancment of programs and companies and ship our dedication to elevating consciousness of our work and enabling suggestions to drive enchancment.
We are going to keep full value restoration for regulatory companies, guaranteeing the enterprise delivers inside the allotted funds and we’ll exceed authorities requirements for immediate fee of undisputed invoices.
We are going to proactively have interaction with Defra Company Providers on HR and Estates provision, guaranteeing that the polices and help for colleagues are in place and getting used persistently.
We are going to guarantee our inner and exterior stakeholders have all the data they should perform their function, entry our companies and adjust to the Veterinary Medicines Rules. We are going to present alternative for our stakeholders to inform us what they should inform and enhance our companies and coverage and reply to suggestions.
Precedence 6 – Web zero, the setting, and sustainability
Goal: Contribute to assembly Defra’s goals on sustainability, carbon discount and defending the setting.
