Veterinary News Headlines
  • Specialist, specialise, specialised, specialising, specialisation, speciality

    The RCVS has announced that the Code of Professional Conduct has been updated to restrict - from April 2016 - the use of the word specialist and its derivatives in veterinary practice marketing and promotional materials, except when referring to an RCVS...

    Medivet secures funding for further expansion

    Medivet has announced that it has secured a £10 million funding package from HSBC, to acquire new practices across the UK. Nick Hicks, HSBC’s Corporate Area Director in Thames Valley, said: "HSBC has enjoyed a highly effective and longstanding business...

    New ophthalmology referral service for cats and dogs in the North West

    Chestergates is launching a new ophthalmology service at its referral hospital in Chester. The new Chestergates ophthalmology service will offer a wide range of treatments for eye conditions, including: cryotherapy, corrective lid surgery, rhytidectomy...

    Bucks vet wins Virbac's CPD bake-off

    Derek Attridge from Greensands Vets in Woburn Sands and Vici Gower VN from Essex-based Wylie Veterinary Centre emerged as the victors in a veterinary bake-off organised by Virbac as part of a parasitology CPD event held in London earlier this month....

    CPD Solutions launches Webinar Club

    CPD Solutions has launched the Webinar Club offering twelve interactive online lectures in key small animal topics each year. According to the company, the Webinar Club will deliver concise, informative presentations in essential areas for first opinion...

    BVA's announces new animal welfare policy

    The British Veterinary Association has published a new animal welfare policy with 67 ways to improve the welfare of animals at slaughter. The new policy has been published ahead of an upcoming review of England’s Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing...

    Dragon to speak to small animal vets

    Dragon's Den star Jenny Campbell has been confirmed as the first of the keynote speakers for BSAVA Virtual Congress taking place from the 25th-27th March 2021. Before becoming a dragon, Jenny worked in banking for 30 years and will be sharing her experiences...

    Welsh veterinary group challenges the corporates on customer care

    Heath Vets, a Cardiff-based veterinary group, has announced that is has become the first veterinary group in Wales to appoint designated customer care personnel, enabling it to take on and beat the corporates at customer service. Leanne Kiddie was...

    New 'Fast-Track' Postgrad Medicine and Surgery Certificate Programmes

    Improve International has launched 'Fast-Track' Postgraduate Certificate (PgC) Programmes, designed for veterinary surgeons who wish to take an immersive approach to study and complete the taught components in either its Small Animal Medicine or Small...

    Vets asked to get farmers to take part in milk fever survey

    Boehringer Ingelheim, manufacturer of Bovikalc and Bovikalc Dry, has launched its National Milk Fever (hypocalcaemia) Survey and is asking vets to encourage their farm clients to take part and improve the quality of data available on clinical and subclinical...

    Candidate nominations for 2022 RCVS elections now open

    Nominations are now being invited for this year's RCVS Council elections. The elections will again be held completely online this year. Veterinary surgeons have until 5pm on Monday 31st January 2022 to put themselves forward as candidates for the...

    Dechra launches Vitamin K1 tablets for dogs

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched Vitamin K1 tablets for dogs, which help reverse the effects of exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides. The launch of the NFA-VPS licensed 50mg tablets means that veterinary professionals can have a ready supply...

    Animalcare launches epilepsy monitoring programme

    Animalcare has announced the launch of a new epilepsy monitoring programme to support users of its Phenoleptil (phenobarbital) tablets. As part of the programme, veterinary surgeons can have patients' phenobarbital plasma levels analysed by Carmichael...

    Take Your Dog To Work Day

    It's the Blue Cross Take Your Dog To Work Day on 14th September. I don't know how much money it raises, but as a marketing and PR exercise to promote dog ownership, the day is almost without rival. It always gets plenty of media coverage...

    Webinars to help vets look after themselves and one another

    Animal healthcare plan provider, Premier Vet Alliance, is hosting two one-hour webinars to help veterinary surgeons look after themselves and one another. The webinars are being presented by Sian Tranter MRCVS, who has a business called VetReflect...

    RCVS announces results of 2020 Council Elections

    The RCVS has announced the results of the RCVS Council elections, which saw a record number and proportion of the profession turning out to vote this year. 8,834 of the 33,857 eligible voters cast their votes, a turnout rate of 26.2%. This compares...
  • Help for veterinary professionals in crisis

    The British Veterinary Association's Members' Services Group has devised a Vet Helpline sticker as a practical way to promote the help and support available to members of the veterinary profession suffering from anxiety or depression. It will...

    New accredited veterinary CPD

    Premier Vet Alliance, the provider of preventative health plans and home delivery services, is to launch a new training course which, for the first time, it has had accredited by The CPD Standards Office. The new course is called ‘New staff training...

    Pioneering cryptorchid surgery at NuVet, Peterborough

    Jinx, a 9 month old black Labrador, has become the first patient at Peterborough's recently-opened NuVet practice to undergo pioneering 'single port' keyhole surgery for a retained testicle The operation was performed by Marwan Tarazi, owner...
  • Government u-turn on compulsory dog insurance

    The Government has been forced to scrap plans for compulsory dog insurance less than a two weeks since they were revealed in leaked Defra documents. Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has now ruled out the idea. Apparently, the climbdown followed...

    Vygon Vet launches time-saving 'procedure packs'

    Vygon Vet has launched two new 'procedure packs' containing disposable essentials for unblocking a tomcat or performing a spay or minor surgery. The KatKath Urinary Catheter Insertion Pack contains a catheter, a drape towel, polypropylene suture,...

    New range of pet memorials to launch at London Vet Show

    Oh So Precious, a new trade-only range of memorials and keepsakes to commemorate the lives of pets, is to launch at the London Vet Show (stand F14). The new brand has a couple of display stands that practices can use to show off the range of memory...

    New CPD series to update vets on managing weight loss in cats

    Dechra Academy has launched "Purrfect Partner", a free online CPD series to update and refresh vets on the importance of managing unintended weight loss in feline patients. The series comprises of six half-hour modules presented by leading European...

    Pedigree launches adoption drive

    Pedigree® today launched its 2009 Pedigree Adoption Drive TM to highlight the issue of dog abandonment in the UK. It's estimated that there are 100,000 abandoned or stray dogs in the UK every year. Pedigree surveyed animal rescue homes across the...

    Prime Minister urged to act on antimicrobial resistance

    The Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics is urging the Prime Minister to make the announcement on antimicrobial resistance he promised the House of Commons during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday 7th May 2014. In a reply to a question from Zac...