BVA President Justine Shotton told the organisationâs Annual Welsh Dinner that the pressures of Brexit, COVID-19 and the rise in pet ownership were taking an âunsustainableâ toll on the profession.
âOur amazing people are core to our success and investing in them⊠is vital to make sure we attract and retain talented vets, vet nurses and support teamsâ â Duncan Phillips, UK and Ireland chief executive.
More than 250 vets are already registered to provide data to Medicine Hub, an industry-wide initiative to collect data on the amount of antibiotics being used in cattle and sheep.
As the profession grapples with a growing recruitment and retention crisis, and vet teams are increasingly stretched, neutering appointments are proving more difficult for owners to book.
VMG president Rich Casey has urged practitioners to be transparent and face the challenges head on as families and businesses continue to feel the squeeze.
Warwick John Seymour-Hamilton, who was first struck off in 1994, has failed in his latest successive attempt to be restored to the RCVS register of practising veterinary surgeons.
Since 2020 the number of clinics has increased ten-fold as the demand for breeds such as pugs and French bulldogs has soared â despite the wealth of evidence highlighting the many health problems suffered by these breeds.
Independent family owned The Pet Vet acquires eight surgeries in deal, which has come about after CVS agreed to unwind its earlier ÂŁ20.4 million acquisition of Quality Pet Care.
Sharp increase in imports of both dogs with cropped ears and declawed cats, fall in rescue centre adoptions and big rise in owners with no experience all noted in PDSAâs 2022 report. Â
BVA is concerned loopholes in the Scottish Governmentâs Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill could potentially mean firework displays could still cause stress or do harm to animals.
Vet Sustain and VetSalus are teaming up for an inaugural online training course launching on 4 July to empower farm animal vets and paraprofessionals around the world.
The RVC is among dozens of institutions to offer support to the war-torn countryâs higher education sector in a scheme officials hope will lead to longer-term collaboration.
A vet who applied her experience to supporting her husband following his diagnosis with motor neurone disease is now preparing to tackle a major new challenge to raise funds and awareness.