August 2021

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 – plus their families – are added to emergency evacuation list.

7 mins

So far 2021 has been the worst year on record for EU-qualified vets registering in the UK, with emergency care group Vets Now urging pet owners to avoid coming into clinics in non-emergency situations.

12 mins

Academy is looking for up to 18 students to take part in its inaugural intermediate apprenticeship – starting in September – to gain a VetSkill Level 2 Certificate in Veterinary Care Support.

6 mins

Ben Gilbert-Pocock has been elected as the new president of the Cornwall Veterinary Association.

5 mins

Almost 6,000 people have signed the Change.org petition, started by Yorkshire RVN Tate Boat, which is calling for improved pay and benefits to tackle a nationwide shortage of nurses.

10 mins

Programme will be hosted virtually by the BSAVA Regions for the first time in the form of seven half-day programmes from September 2021 until March 2022.

5 mins

Veterinary nurse Donna Brotherton and her husband Mark are offering a £10,000 reward for the return of their dog after brazen thieves pushed their son to the ground and stole border terrier Melchett.

3 mins

The winner of the annual scholarship is gifted a place on Improve International’s Nurses Certificate in Emergency and Critical Care Nursing programme.

7 mins

July 2021

Independent practices and larger groups have all struggled to fill multiple vacancies covering all areas of the industry, with some even stooping to “unprofessional” headhunting practices to fill their rosters.

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

6 mins

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

3 mins

The association is looking forward to welcoming vet nurses in person and online to its 2021 event in October.

8 mins

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. 

4 mins

RVN and alpaca breeder Helen Macdonald has been campaigning since 2017 to prevent the Government from euthanising Geronimo, suspected to be infected with Mycobacterium bovis.

13 mins

RCVS reveals details of webinars it is planning as part of the 60th year of the founding of the accredited Animal Nursing Auxiliary training scheme.

6 mins

RCVS standards detail professional values, knowledge, skills and behaviours that need to be met by any body responsible for training SVNs.

4 mins

This month’s VN Happy Hour, sponsored by Bought by Many, is a dentistry special.

1 mins

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

6 mins