School’s Queen Mother Hospital for Animals is marking 10 years of providing extracorporeal therapies for cats and dogs with kidney failure, immune-mediated disease and certain toxicities.

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”.

Under new proposals, owners in England face a fine if their cat is not microchipped from next summer.

Richard Irvine has taken up his new role as Wales’ chief vet, succeeding Christianne Glossop.

Officials have released an online fund-raising pack they hope will encourage clinics to support their work.

Dogs Trust has renewed its call for the chancellor to help pet owners in this week’s budget.

The BVA president has called on politicians to finally pass the long-awaited Kept Animals Bill into law to help safeguard animal and human health.

Despite cross-party support for a ban, a Senedd debate was warned more evidence was needed before any decisions could be taken.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has a short webinar for ProZinc-branded toolkit of information for vet professionals and pet owners to help manage diabetes.

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.

Defra has defended its approach after it was accused of seeking to “accommodate” the pet industry with rules that enable some animals to be kept in lower standard housing for up to three months 

Charlie Thornycroft received accolade from the Princess Royal at National Equine Forum for working “selflessly in challenging and extraordinarily stressful situations”.

Professionals who have gone above and beyond will be recognised at awards ceremony in Manchester later this month  (23 March).

Bosses of Veterinary Specialists Scotland say they are “thrilled” to have appointed Tobias Grave.

The company says the strategy for its UK operations has not changed, despite its move to sell off eight businesses that have been the subject of a competition investigation.

An RCVS disciplinary committee said the incident was “a single, but serious failure” that was unlikely to be repeated.

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.