Vetlife’s new impact report has been released in which its president says he thinks the current need for its services is higher “than at any time in its history”.
Consultation on pathway project imminent, but Sue Paterson told BSAVA Congress delegates initial focus groups highlighted significant “inequalities” in access.
Recent cases have raised questions about the procedures through which some professionals were granted anonymity in both their hearings and the documents published from them.
Plea comes as Antibiotic Amnesty organisers reveal major advances in both the number of products returned and practices participating in last year’s programme.
Defra warned in a legal letter on behalf of two wildlife organisations, which alleged the department failed to properly set out its case for the proposals.
Two leading vets and researchers clashed on the issue during a packed, and at times heated, discussion at BSAVA Congress, while the BVA defended use of anthelmintic products.
Members of the Justice for Pets Action Group believe current disciplinary procedures do not properly challenge poor behaviour and misconduct by clinicians when it occurs.
Medivet, which employs around 4,000 staff at 400-plus UK sites, has revealed a plan it says will put it at the forefront of efforts to improve conditions for staff and increase retention rates.
VSC chairperson Stuart Reid laid out the scale of the challenge faced by universities when he gave evidence to the Commons EFRA select committee on 12 March.
New CVS study demonstrates that cats with a bilirubin concentration ≥66μmol/L are more likely to have biliary obstruction which may require emergency surgery.
A disciplinary committee found ‘no evidence’ that a Hampshire-based vet who admitted offences relating to indecent images of children and animals had any insight into the seriousness of his crimes.
