November 2018

RCVS council has voted to change the college's supporting guidance to allow for the creation of a new certification support officer role.

4 mins

RCVS council votes to refer the trial back to the standards committee to consider the issues, parameters and scope of the trial, and carry out further consultation.

3 mins

UK CVO Christine Middlemiss addressed the subject of the veterinary workforce in a speech, ”A vet’s life post-Brexit”, given to delegates at BCVA Congress.

5 mins

Jon Wray, head of cardiology at the Cambridgeshire referral centre, and colleague Simon Tappin, head of internal medicine, receive college awards.

2 mins

October 2018

The Veterinary Client Mediation Service, funded by the RCVS, and operated by a leading Hertfordshire law firm offers help and guidance to resolve complaints between vets and clients.

6 mins

Veterinary Times, London Vet Show and Medivet are teaming up to stream news, views and interviews direct to a multi-plasma wall on both days of the event next month.

6 mins

RVC awarded two out of three grants in first tranche of money for developing vaccines, diagnostic tools and mathematical models to combat infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

4 mins

Virtual Vet Derms (VVD) enables vets to get advice to manage cases within their own practice, without the need for referral.

3 mins

University of Nottingham researchers would like to identify any similarities or differences in the signs of atopic dermatitits between breeds. 

6 mins

Statement comes when vets in various areas of practice are voicing concern about health and welfare issues resulting from poor breeding.

3 mins

Prof Fitzpatrick will be the keynote speaker at the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Surgery Summit in Phoenix, Arizona.

6 mins

Emma Goodman Milne believes all vet students should spend time in a nursing role, while qualified vets could spend “one month every few years” working as a veterinary nurse.

6 mins

Dead serotine species identified as part of APHA’s passive surveillance programme found to be infected with European bat lyssavirus 1.

4 mins

More education required to assist clinicians and nurses in identifying physical signs of such activity, and more advice and support in reporting it, RVC survey concludes.

5 mins

It will now be 11 years from the birth of the infected animal before Scotland can return to its previous bovine spongiform encephalopathy negligible risk status.

4 mins

New recombinant virus vaccine offers partial protection against infectious bronchitis virus, but further research is needed to develop more robust solution.

5 mins

Practices have one month to enter the SPVS and RCVS Mind Matters Initiative awards, as well as nominate their Wellbeing Star.

3 mins

“This is the largest study of Labrador retrievers to date and will substantially change how we view the health of this breed” – VetCompass researcher Dan O’Neill.

4 mins

A bumper turnout of delegates from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond ensured record-breaking numbers attending the association’s 43rd event.

4 mins

A vet from Kent is in the running for a prestigious magazine award after a stunning year in the saddle.

4 mins