Enterprising Suffolk practitioner Emily Nightingale MRCVS has created Pricebook.vet, a new tool which allows practices to create and publish CMA-compliant price lists more quickly, which she is gifting to the profession. 

To create a price list, you need…

Vetsure has launched vetsuremeds.com, a VMD-approved online dispensary platform for UK independent veterinary practices that allows practices to retain an income stream that might otherwise be lost to corporate competitors.

The platform allows vets to…

VetSurgeon understands that a major corporate veterinary group is preparing a workaround to the Competition and Market Authority’s proposed £21 cap on prescription charges, according to internal documents seen by this publication.

The documents…

Veterinary organisations have broadly welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority’s final reforms for the sector, with responses from across the profession largely supportive of the package’s focus on transparency, consumer information and Veterinary…

The Competition and Markets Authority has unveiled a package of veterinary transparency reforms that will require practices to publish prices, give written estimates and tighten complaints handling.

Although the regulator says the changes should impose…

Professor David Barrett FRCVS has been elected as the Junior Vice-President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for 2026/27.

David has been an elected member of RCVS Council since July 2024 and is currently Professor of Bovine Medicine, Production…

Initial laboratory tests on the samples taken this morning from the cattle on the holding in Surrey where disease was suspected have indicated the presence of Foot and Mouth Disease.

On the basis of these initial laboratory results and clinical symptoms…

The European Commission has announced the EU's animal health strategy for 2007-13. The announcement provides the framework for animal health measures over the next 6 years, taking into account feedback from stakeholders and potential challenges in the…

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Most of you will be aware that IP8 was declared yesterday. This is a farm in the POZ that was slaughtered on suspicion after detection during surveillance visits. This has lead to further slight changes in the boundaries of the PZ and SZ. These were…