Week-long residential event starts next week (2 August) and is aimed at helping new graduates develop the core skills they need before entering the workplace.

Series looking at areas that affect many veterinary professionals being rolled out from August as part of the RCVS Mind Matters Initiative.

A 14-week-old kitten has been saved by a team at Dick White Referrals who performed an intricate operation to remove a swallowed needle that was threatening to puncture its eye.

RCVS Knowledge has launched the Canine Cruciate Registry as a free way for vets worldwide to access anonymised information.

Virbac and BattLab/Laboklin announce free canine mast cell tumour webinar series to launch in October.

Pilots include support such as monthly professional skills training, well-being support and a one-to-one mentoring framework as part of internship programmes. 

RCVS ViVet innovation initiative to host free-to-attend 90-minute sessions in September.

Vetfit – along with the WellVet team – will be hosting a unique one-day well-being event on 17 September designed to support practical personal and team development. 

Staff at the Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network are asking for vets to help them standardise when and how investigations into potential outbreaks should begin.

Level of complaints to profession’s mediation service highest since its launch – with announcement coming the same week BVA reveals extent of client abuse against veterinary teams.

Eleven-year-old Sparky had a “football-sized” growth of fat surgically removed from his abdomen after it had begun to displace some of his internal organs.

“Behavioural problems have rightly been a focus of perceived risk and concern among the veterinary profession and animal welfare organisations. And that is borne out in the report…” – PDSA senior vet Sean Wensley

North-east referral practice carries out second ankle replacement on a Labrador retriever using an innovative system – two years after first procedure with same system on another ankle.

Specialist at Essex practice operates on 17-year-old tortoise left with a prolapsed penis after trying to pass an extremely large bladder stone.

RCVS coronavirus survey will ask veterinary professionals to provide evidence of how COVID-19 has impacted experiences of working in profession.

Close to 6 in 10 vets in clinical practice felt intimidated by clients’ language or behaviour during the coronavirus pandemic – a rise of 10 percentage points on 2019.

RCVS is embarking on a six-week consultation on a proposed set of new standards and methodology for accrediting UK and international vet degrees.

Association commits to providing face-to-face event from 5 to 7 September, back at the ICC in Birmingham.