Helen Macdonald has appealed for action from Defra ministers to end what she sees as officials’ “abuse of power” against her in connection with alpaca’s death in 2021.
NVS Select Healthcare asks veterinary professionals to give advice for supporting calm in the workplace – for team members and patients – by taking part in a questionnaire this month.
Tributes have been paid to a “stalwart” of the veterinary sector who led several of its most prominent organisations and served as an RCVS council member for nearly a quarter of a century.
A report is set to go before college council members this autumn following a consultation on the measures, which have attracted calls for a referendum of professionals.
Launched by vet-led Zero Pain Philosophy initiative for September’s international Pain Awareness Month, survey will seek to find where knowledge gaps among clinicians still remain.
Having joined Kinfauns Veterinary Centre in Little Clacton in 1974, Caroline Fordham has helped nurse and treat a variety of patients, including small animals, equids, large animals – and even an elephant.
A long-serving veterinary nurse has sought her own removal from the RCVS register to settle disciplinary proceedings over the removal of a microchip from a cat at a Suffolk practice.
Only 35 nurses globally hold veterinary technician specialist status in neurology and a Somerset-based clinician said joining them is the fulfilment of a long-standing dream.
The analysis, commissioned by the RCVS and British Veterinary Chronic Illness Support, found workers with multiple conditions or mental health challenges, plus those who identify as neurodivergent, were at greater risk of being targeted.
The College of Animal Welfare’s BSc Honours Veterinary Nursing supplement grade – delivered in partnership with Middlesex University – is now open to applications for September.
Hannah Olliff-Lee has set up her own business as a physiotherapist using her RVN qualification as a foundation to greater understand and bridge the gap between rehab and medical care.
