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<p>The changes to the veterinary surveillance system in England and Wales have been
delivered and communicated through the project called Surveillance 2014. There has
been a broad range of different communications provided by APHA to private veterinary
practices and farmers regarding changes to the veterinary surveillance network, including:</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) Public consultation on the development of a new surveillance
model, from December 2012 to February 2013, which gathered over 370 responses from
vets, farmers, the livestock industry and other stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p> </p><p>(b) Visits to a total of 57 private veterinary practices in
England and Wales from January 2014 to January 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
</p><p>(c) A series of 19 regional meetings for private veterinary practitioners in
different parts of England and Wales, running from December 2014 until March 2015.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(d) A total of 22 articles, letters or other forms of communication
to private veterinary practices or farmers from February 2014 to date.</p><p> </p><p>Details
of the surveillance model are being finalised. It will be designed to enable central
collation and sharing of surveillance information from Government bodies, private
veterinary practices, abattoirs, livestock industry bodies, academia and other collaborative
surveillance networks nationally and internationally.</p><p> </p>
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