Referral Nursing Professional Development programmes focusing on surgical nursing and internal medicine will restart in September, with a programme in neurology planned for 2023.

An RSPCA veterinary nurse who took on the care of a bulldog that has to sleep with its head on a pillow to help it breathe is leading a new plea to guide the public away from extreme breeds.

A surgical nurse at London Vet Specialists will be spending a month on the Indian Ocean island working at an animal hospital for UK-based charity WECare Worldwide.

Reforms to the charity’s rules will also enable veterinary nurses to access financial support and put themselves forward to be trustees.

Thousands of veterinary professionals from North America, Europe and the UK have already volunteered to provide remote support for pets in war-torn country – but more help is needed.

Surgical nursing, and anaesthesia and analgesia programmes will commence in September 2022, and are open for applications.

A ceremony of admission to membership of the RCVS was held at the school’s Langford campus, where a number of awards were also made to graduates.

The Veterinary Wound Library is running six free sessions open to vets and nurses, with each in three sections, lasting 45 minutes and made up of a real case to provide a thought-provoking challenge.

Six new candidates have been elected from the 12 candidates who stood for election.

Project’s first stage is to survey horse owners to find out what they understand about the role of REVNs and if they would be receptive to nurses visiting yards to carry out certain procedures.

The in-house nurse club, which started as get-togethers after work, mushroomed into a country-wide CPD service with hundreds of nurses signing up after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Our amazing people are core to our success and investing in them… is vital to make sure we attract and retain talented vets, vet nurses and support teams” – Duncan Phillips, UK and Ireland chief executive.

Emma Paul was not directly involved in the surgery to repair a damaged cranial cruciate ligament, but her role was essential as she used her sign language skills to communicate with the dog’s deaf owner.

Sharp increase in imports of both dogs with cropped ears and declawed cats, fall in rescue centre adoptions and big rise in owners with no experience all noted in PDSA’s 2022 report.  

The video, which Davies said aimed to bring to life how much nurses loved their jobs, has been viewed 132,000 times on social media, and continues to be liked and shared worldwide.

Scientists from the University of Liverpool analysed nearly 200 faecal samples for the study, and its authors believe their findings should be used to advise owners of the potential risks of raw feeding.