The RCVS has announced that it has joined forces with the Doctors’ Support Network (DSN) to launch the ‘&me’ campaign which aims to tackle mental health stigma in the health professions by encouraging prominent members to speak out about their own experiences…

White Cross Vets, a family run group, has been named by The Sunday Times as one of the best places to work in the UK, for the fifth year on the trot.

The company, which operates 16 practices, achieved the highest placing of any veterinary business, reaching…

The RCVS has launched a survey to help gauge the extent to which there is a blame culture in the veterinary profession, and the degree to which it may itself be to blame for it.

The College says it has become increasingly recognisant of how a blame culture…

White Cross Vets, which has 16 UK practices, including one in Manchester, has donated £5500 to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital following the terrorist attack in the city two weeks ago. 

The veterinary group made the donation on behalf…

The problems associated with brachycephalic breeds have been highlighted again after glamour model Jodie Marsh posted a video on Facebook yesterday showing her giving CPR to her bulldog Louie after he collapsed.

The video has already been viewed a staggering…

London-based Mark Turner MRCVS, a small animal veterinary surgeon working at Medivet, Croydon, is taking part in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 in aid of the mental health charity, Mind.

Mark will be cycling the 100-mile route, the same as was…

The RCVS has announced that is has teamed up with Stonewall, the charity that campaigns for equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, with the aim of ensuring that all people are accepted, without exception, within the veterinary profession…

White Cross Vets, the family-run group with practices across the North of England, has found a typically novel way to celebrate it's 80th anniversary with its staff.

They're holding 80 live prize draws in which each member of its 190-strong team…

VetSurgeon.org and VetNurse.co.uk are conducting a survey to find out how many veterinary surgeons and nurses have been bullied in practice over the course of the last year.

The object of the exercise is simply to find out whether a significant number…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative and the Doctors’ Support Network (DSN) have now signed up seven ambassadors for their AndMe (#AndMe) mental health campaign, designed to de-stigmatise mental ill-health within the healthcare professions.

The College…

Cambridgeshire-based Liz Barton MRCVS has launched vetsnet.net, a website which points veterinary surgeons in the direction of good-quality resources designed to foster wellbeing and resilience.

Liz, a mother of two who qualified at Cambridge in 2004…

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association President John Chitty is calling on everyone in the profession to take a moment during today's World Mental Health Day to think more deeply about the mental health of their practice teams and the wider…

The Society for Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS) and the Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) have extended the deadline for this year's Vet Wellbeing Awards nominations to Friday 15 December 2017.

The awards, which were first launched last year, are…

Vetsnet, the support website set up by Liz Barton MRCVS, needs your vote for its application for funding from the Aviva Community Fund.

Liz set up vetsnet to bring together all the wellbeing, leadership and management tools being created by individuals…

A survey carried out by VetSurgeon.org and VetNurse.co.uk has shed new light on the incidence and impact of bullying and unpleasant behaviour in veterinary practice.

The survey was promoted to the profession via the websites, by Veterinary Times and through…

RCVS President, Professor Stephen May, has chosen Medical Detection Dogs and The Horse Trust and as the recipients of this year’s RCVS Christmas Box, a £3,000 annual donation.

The Horse Trust provides a range of services to support working horses…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) and the Doctors’ Support Network (DSN) are today marking the first anniversary of their joint '&me' campaign, which aims to tackle mental health stigma in the health professions by encouraging prominent members to…

A new survey carried out by VET Festival and Centaur Services has revealed that 91% of those working in the veterinary profession are proud to do so, and the majority (53%) feel part of a respected community.

Of the remaining 47% of the 386 veterinary…

Scarsdale Vets, the Midlands-based veterinary group, is marking International Women's Day today by celebrating the success of the women in its teams.

The group, which was founded over 70 years ago, now employs over 300 people, more than 85% of whom…

Emerge Veterinary, a coaching project set up by Adrian Nelson-Pratt BVSc MRCVS to help veterinary professionals deal with personal challenges, has announced details of a new personal wellbeing retreat for veterinary surgeons, believed to the first of its…

Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss is urging veterinary surgeons employed in government roles and private vets undertaking government work (OVs) to take part in a wellbeing survey being conducted by the Association of Government Veterinari…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has been recognised as one of the best workplaces for women by the Great Place to Work Institute.

The College was ranked seventh in the medium-sized company or organisation category (50 to 449 employees) of the…

Linnaeus, the corporate veterinary group with 130 practices around the UK that was bought by Mars Petcare earlier this year, has made a £60,000 donation to Vetlife, the charity which gives free confidential support to veterinary professionals who have…

Vetlife is asking everyone in the profession to pledge their support after having its busiest year yet.

The charity-run Vetlife helpline, which offers 24/7 confidential support, says it had 2775 contacts from members of the profession last year, up 160…