September 2021

Survey, sent to clients at The Plymouth Veterinary Group, showed an ā€œoverwhelmingā€ positive response towards the role nurse consultations play in the overall health care of pets.

5 mins

TVM UKā€™s awareness week is dedicated to helping owners identify common symptoms of eye disease in their pets.

2 mins

RCVS Knowledgeā€™s National Audit for Small Animal Neutering relies on practices to submit their data to help establish nationā€™s neutering benchmark.

6 mins

Less than a week after alpaca euthanised for having bTB, protesters are marching on the offices of Defra calling for radical changes to Government policy on control of the disease.

7 mins

The charityā€™s award recognises the dedication of the countryā€™s vet nurses and their invaluable support to their veterinary teams, the nationā€™s pets and their owners.

4 mins

Mental health and well-being platform has been specifically created by veterinary community to provide tailored support.

5 mins

Fiona Knight joined Woodcroft Veterinary Group, Cheshire, as a 16-year-old in 1986, spent 15 years in veterinary nursing and is still with the practice as its HR manager.

4 mins

Association is staging professionā€™s first major return to face-to-face learning since start of pandemic, with its hybrid event continuing today in Birmingham.

6 mins

August 2021

Burgess Pet Care awards, held in conjunction with the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund, celebrate the work of veterinary professionals who work to improve the lives of the UKā€™s pet rabbits.Ā Ā 

7 mins

IVC Evidensia is increasing support for vets and VNs undertaking clinical research across its network.

6 mins

Team at VetPartners take part in a 5km challenge in July and August to raise thousands of pounds for Pets As Therapy.

6 mins

VetPartners is inviting anyone who wants to assist to complete a short questionnaire before 31 August.

4 mins

SQP regulator Vetpol says its veterinary pharmacy manager course has been a hit with its first graduates, who say it has helped them manage their pharmacies more effectively.

6 mins

ā€œI was lost for words, and I think the few members of staff that were clocking in for their shifts were also. It was like something from a horror movieā€ ā€“ VN Gemma Ross.

7 mins

To coincide with human health campaign, Ceva Animal Health is urging practices around the country to offer blood pressure checks to feline patients.

6 mins

Vet and MP Neil Hudson is latest voice to join growing calls for vet staff working with Nowzad and Mayhew charities to be given safe passage to, and employment in, the UK.

6 mins

This monthā€™s VN Happy Hour, sponsored by Bought By Many, is a behaviour special.

2 mins

Animal Courses Direct is the first learning provider to launch a degree-level qualification that allows trainee animal therapists to offer physiotherapy and hydrotherapy treatments for animals.

3 mins

Veterinary professionals can pre-register for the mental health and well-being app being produced by the RCVS Mind Matters Initiative ahead of autumn launch.

5 mins

RCVS, BVA and BVNA presidents have written to prime minister Boris Johnson urging vets and paraprofessionals working with UK charities and NGOs ā€“ plus their families ā€“ are added to emergency evacuation list.

7 mins