Veterinary support service received a record number of contacts in February and March, with mental health and stress the most common theme.

“We know… that these offers will be attractive, but we are deeply concerned that it devalues the skills and knowledge that have been built up throughout the degree” – AVS president Izzie Arthur.

Scheme that encourages shepherds to report instances of blowfly strike goes live again for the season, with reports of rise already in southern England.

A second survey by SPVS and the VMG has shown a rise in concern about job security and a significant increase in the amount of time practices are taking to conduct certain procedures.

FarmComm study goes live seeking input from farmers about how vets can work with them in areas of non-emergency work as COVID-19 social distancing continues.

Data suggests an increasing interest in flexible ways of working, and highest levels of job satisfaction among practice managers and veterinary surgeons working in industry or field-based roles.

UK CVOs release joint letter to vets concerning their obligations regarding testing and reporting any positive results for coronavirus.

Practices responding to second COVID-19 impact survey report some slow improvement in turnover.

The resource has been developed to give access to as much of the COVID-19-cancelled 2020 programme as possible.

The letter requests that the UK’s veterinary schools be exempted from caps because of the need to greatly increase the number of UK graduates.

Prof Day described as an “icon of global veterinary medicine” as tributes flood in from around the world following news of his death.

SPVS offers practical guidance to improve practice turnover and profits during “tough times” caused by coronavirus pandemic.

Foreign body removed from puppy's stomach after owners rushed to vets when a bell could be heard ringing as they picked her up.

BVA collaborates with the Farm Animal Veterinary Society and the AVS to give students access to a range of lockdown learnings from top veterinary professionals.

“It’s an incredibly exciting event, bringing together expertise from all different continents to showcase all the things you can be in veterinary medicine” – veterinary leader Melanie Barham.

Lacuna Diagnostics, VetCPD and clinical pathologist Francesco Cian team up to provide online course that uses digital cytology cases to provide similar experience to real microscope.