June 2023

Those behind NAVC HiVE say focused events are “designed to be nimble and get ahead of issues impacting veterinary professionals”.

5 mins

In her new position, Kathryn Lunn will be responsible for the leadership of the 50-strong nursing team at the Linnaeus-owned referral centre.

5 mins

Sheli Dobbie will be cycling 360km (224 miles) across Rajasthan in India in memory of Laura Turnbull, who died in February.

8 mins

In celebration of today’s (14 June) World Blood Donor Day, it has announced the winners of its best donor awards for cats and dogs.

5 mins

Rabbit Awareness Week will take place from 26 to 30 June and the theme of this year’s event will be ‘Neutering: Protect and Prevent’.  

5 mins

Veterinary professionals urged to focus on “cost-effective” care solutions as more than 200,000 cats and dogs are currently unregistered because of a lack of practice capacity for new clients.

13 mins

Leading consultant in human aeromedical retrieval medicine confirmed as keynote speaker for the event, which will be held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds from 9 to 10 November.

5 mins

Charity’s data follows launch of online support materials for anxiety, and suggests the service may now be seeing levels of annual demand beyond even the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

11 mins

With polling open until 17 July, full and student members of the association are able to choose from RVN and student candidates for the five seats available on council.

3 mins

Movement Referrals: Independent Veterinary Specialists opens at Preston Brook, Cheshire, to provide orthopaedics and neurology referral services.

5 mins

May 2023

Donation points have been set up at Dunedin Vets’ clinics after one of its staff put her best foot forward.

3 mins

An online questionnaire – funded by Defra – has been opened as part of the study, but time is running out for veterinary professionals to have their say.

12 mins

Guidelines on professional wellness, reproduction and direct zoonoses, as well as an updated set of its vaccination guidelines, will be unveiled at WSAVA Congress in Lisbon from 27 to 29 September.

5 mins

Mohammed Aqib Ashraf, who was keen to develop his skills in theatre, has completed a six-week secondment from Animal Ark Veterinary Centre to nearby Southfields Veterinary Specialists.

6 mins

A total of 1,400 people have taken part in the project to date, but professionals and students are still being urged to get involved, regardless of their individual circumstances.

5 mins

RVN’s career started in 1995 with a week’s work experience at largest Scottish veterinary group, where she is now its associate managing director.

8 mins

Of those starting in the past 12 months, 27 are RVNs, 4 are post-registration programme RVNs, 9 are patient care assistants, 2 are radiographers and 1 is a therapeutic radiographer.

6 mins

Louise Buckley fears thousands of dogs could give false positive results and feels more needs to be done to offer imported dog owners contextualised care.

15 mins

The lack of formal legal protection for the title of veterinary nurse has been branded a “travesty”, and likened to fraud as a new report of professional and public surveys on the issue was released.

6 mins

RCVS fellow Mark Bowen will present on vaccination, serology and guttural pouch lavage as a combination of tools to keep highly contagious infection at bay.

4 mins