July 2021

Virbac and BattLab/Laboklin announce free canine mast cell tumour webinar series to launch in October.

3 mins

The association is looking forward to welcoming vet nurses in person and online to its 2021 event in October.

8 mins

Vetfit – along with the WellVet team – will be hosting a unique one-day well-being event on 17 September designed to support practical personal and team development. 

4 mins

RVN and alpaca breeder Helen Macdonald has been campaigning since 2017 to prevent the Government from euthanising Geronimo, suspected to be infected with Mycobacterium bovis.

13 mins

RCVS reveals details of webinars it is planning as part of the 60th year of the founding of the accredited Animal Nursing Auxiliary training scheme.

6 mins

RCVS standards detail professional values, knowledge, skills and behaviours that need to be met by any body responsible for training SVNs.

4 mins

This month’s VN Happy Hour, sponsored by Bought by Many, is a dentistry special.

1 mins

RCVS coronavirus survey will ask veterinary professionals to provide evidence of how COVID-19 has impacted experiences of working in profession.

6 mins

Association commits to providing face-to-face event from 5 to 7 September, back at the ICC in Birmingham.

4 mins

Practice group says it is thinking a little differently in its plans for the end-of-year show, to celebrate the return of the face-to-face event.

7 mins

RVN and Medivet area manager will take on 13.1-mile run to raise funds for the Wilderness Foundation’s Forever Wild Rhino Protection Initiative.

6 mins

Lucy Rose-Smith kick-started the innovative recycling scheme after discovering her cat-loving team throws away more than 4,300 plastic food pouches a year.

6 mins

Full programme now available for 60th staging of Europe’s largest equine vet event, with Tim Greet and Jean-Marie Denoix giving plenary lectures.

6 mins

Tickets are now available for the 2021 congress (3 to 6 November), which will once again will be held online following the success of last year’s first virtual event.

7 mins

June 2021

Members of the association will have the chance to vote for their 2021 and 2022 selections, and each can nominate as many people as they wish.

4 mins

Senior veterinary nurse “abused trust” and acted dishonestly after taking dog food and wormer syringes without paying for them, as well as asking a colleague to register her cat incorrectly.

7 mins

Sarah Brown Memorial Fund gives £20,000 to research project that hopes to identify workplace stressors that affect autistic veterinary professionals to help create healthier working environments.

6 mins

This month’s VN Happy Hour will explore all the angles and showcase the diverse range of careers and lifestyles on offer to veterinary nursing professionals.

Organisers of BVA Live are offering the first 99 tickets for the event – 23 to 24 June 2022 – for £99.

6 mins

College calls out “inaccuracies and misunderstandings” in a statement released by both associations, and labels part of their criticism “needlessly inflammatory and scaremongering”.

16 mins