The award aims to highlight the invaluable skills and versatility of EVNs by commending individuals within the profession who are actively championing the role.
Claire McCabe named vet of the year, Pet Blood Bank’s Helen Rooney wins vet nurse of the year and Milfeddygon Williams Vets in Gwynedd is vet practice of the year at annual awards.
SPVS salary survey reveals veterinary surgeons working in the capital enjoyed 47% pay rises last year – compared with 9% for the rest of the country – and that men still earn 22% more than women.
New position statement from the British Veterinary Zoological Society recommends that cheek tooth burring or rasping should only be performed under suitable anaesthesia, or adequate deep sedation.
Places are still available for the latest in the BVA’s series of lunchtime sessions, which aim to help address the veterinary sector’s workforce pressures.
Nursing body says bid to define role should have involved stakeholders “to provide a single definition that encompasses the wide and diverse range of knowledge and skills that veterinary nurses have”.
Wear Referrals, Southfields Veterinary Specialists and Willows Veterinary Centre are now accredited by the College of Animal Welfare to run in-depth training for SVNs.
Fourteen bursaries have been awarded through a VetPartners programme, while applications have also opened for a new round of £80,000 EMS bursary grants from Vets4Pets.
Nurse is veterinary technician specialist (VTS) in two fields – oncology and small animal internal medicine – and just one of two veterinary nurses in the UK with double VTS status.