Fiona Knight joined Woodcroft Veterinary Group, Cheshire, as a 16-year-old in 1986, spent 15 years in veterinary nursing and is still with the practice as its HR manager.
Association is staging profession’s first major return to face-to-face learning since start of pandemic, with its hybrid event continuing today in Birmingham.
Burgess Pet Care awards, held in conjunction with the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund, celebrate the work of veterinary professionals who work to improve the lives of the UK’s pet rabbits.
SQP regulator Vetpol says its veterinary pharmacy manager course has been a hit with its first graduates, who say it has helped them manage their pharmacies more effectively.
“I was lost for words, and I think the few members of staff that were clocking in for their shifts were also. It was like something from a horror movie” – VN Gemma Ross.
Vet and MP Neil Hudson is latest voice to join growing calls for vet staff working with Nowzad and Mayhew charities to be given safe passage to, and employment in, the UK.
Animal Courses Direct is the first learning provider to launch a degree-level qualification that allows trainee animal therapists to offer physiotherapy and hydrotherapy treatments for animals.
Veterinary professionals can pre-register for the mental health and well-being app being produced by the RCVS Mind Matters Initiative ahead of autumn launch.
RCVS, BVA and BVNA presidents have written to prime minister Boris Johnson urging vets and paraprofessionals working with UK charities and NGOs – plus their families – are added to emergency evacuation list.
So far 2021 has been the worst year on record for EU-qualified vets registering in the UK, with emergency care group Vets Now urging pet owners to avoid coming into clinics in non-emergency situations.
Academy is looking for up to 18 students to take part in its inaugural intermediate apprenticeship – starting in September – to gain a VetSkill Level 2 Certificate in Veterinary Care Support.
Almost 6,000 people have signed the Change.org petition, started by Yorkshire RVN Tate Boat, which is calling for improved pay and benefits to tackle a nationwide shortage of nurses.
Programme will be hosted virtually by the BSAVA Regions for the first time in the form of seven half-day programmes from September 2021 until March 2022.
