The RCVS has pledged £20,000 for the Vetlife Health Support Service through its 'Mind Matters' initiative.

The charity reports that 2020 was its busiest year ever, with 3,921 calls to its Helpline - a 25% increase over 2019.

Similarly, Vetlife…

Vetlife is encouraging all members of the veterinary team to get involved with a number of online activities it is running during Mental Health Awareness Week, which starts on Monday.

The charity is asking everyone to donate £5 and nominate 5 friends to…

Francisco Gomez MRCVS, a Clinical Director at one of the corporates and an Advanced Practitioner in Ophthalmology, has launched 'More Than Just a Vet', a podcast in which he interviews fellow veterinary professionals from around the country, focussing…

Simon Lyddon MRCVS, who runs Vine Tree Vets, an IVC practice in Ross-on-Wye, has completed a marathon voyage as one of a team rowing from the Canary Isles to Antigua..

The 12-strong crew, aged between 18 and 60, left Marina San Miguel, Tenerife on 22nd…

The RCVS has launched an independent service to provide emotional support to veterinary surgeons and nurses who are under investigation by the College after a complaint about their professional conduct.

The ProfCon Investigation Support (PCIS) service is…

The RCVS is inviting veterinary professionals to register for its free new Mind Matters mental health and wellbeing app ahead of its launch early this autumn.

The new Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) Kite App is the result of a collaboration with The Kite…

Building on research undertaken by VetSurgeon.org and Veturse.co.uk in 2017, the RCVS Mind Matters initiative has published the results of a survey which found that 96% of student and newly qualified veterinary nurses feel that bullying and incivility…

Vets4Pets has launched Project Listen, a survey to find out what challenges, motivations and experiences veterinary surgeons face every day, and what the company might to do lead positive change in the sector. 

The findings will be published in a freely…

VetSurgeon.org has set up VETS FOR VETS a new, private support group on the site for veterinary surgeons who’ve found themselves on the receiving end of unfair criticism or abuse on social media and elsewhere.

The internet has brought major changes…

Livisto, an animal health pharmaceutical company, has launched the HappyVetProject, a new website designed to help support veterinary surgeons' wellbeing. 

The company points to the well-known veterinary mental health and suicide stats, such as th…

The RCVS has published a report summarising the latest research presented by mental health and wellbeing researchers at last November's Mind Matters Initiative Research Symposium. 

The plenary speaker was Professor Rory O’Connor, Chair of Health Psychology…

The organisers of the VET Festival (20-21 May 2022, Loseley Park) have published the results of research they carried out with the Veterinary Management Group which seem to show tentative signs of improvement in the wellbeing of veterinary professionals…

The RCVS is marking Neurodiversity Celebration Week by launching a new ‘neurodiversity resource hub’ area of its website and adding new modules on the topic to its Mind Matters Initiative Kite App.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide…

Vets4Pets has appointed ex BVA and SPVS President Gudrun Ravetz as Head of Workplace Engagement.

In addition to working as a clinician in private practice and for charity, Gudrun has worked in several veterinary-related roles in industry, both in management…

Vetlife has published a new information leaflet to help veterinary professionals suffering from loneliness. 

The charity highlights that loneliness affects the mental wellbeing of many in the profession, from locums being away from friends and family, students…

Vets4Pets has produced a new film to champion the work of all vets, nurses and support teams. 

The company says it thinks the film is an industry first because it depicts veterinary professionals in a way that they have never seen themselves before: cinematically…

The RCVS and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England are running a free, online mental health training programme for vets in isolated and rural areas across the UK, and ambulatory vets.

As part of the programme, the College aims to form a network of UK-wide…

Following the campaigning work of the broadcaster Mariella Frostrup, journalist Alice Smellie and others to raise awareness of the menopause, Vets Now has launched Peppy, a new app to support those of its staff who are going through it.

Alice and Mariella…

The RCVS has announced dates for a range of new mental health and wellbeing training opportunities for veterinary professionals this year.

Expanding on the training available in autumn 2022, which was launched based on the results of an extensive training…

Boehringer Ingelheim has announced a two-year charity partnership with StreetVet, the organisation delivering free veterinary care to the animals of people in the UK experiencing homelessness.

The partnership includes a minimum donation of £10,000 which…

CVS has announced that from the start of March, it will provide free tampons and towels for all staff whilst at work. 

The company says it estimates that 75% of its staff have periods and many will find themselves caught short without a pad or tampon when they…

Two years since BVA launched its Good Veterinary Workplaces campaign, the association has launched new awards to recognise veterinary workplaces which have embraced the campaign ethos by going above and beyond to support the wellbeing of their teams. 

Veterinary…

The BVA has launched a new menopause hub to support members of the veterinary professions affected by menopause and keep more vets in the profession.

Evidence given to the Women and Equalities parliamentary committee by BUPA last year suggested that 900…

Vetlife has announced the launch of Active October, a campaign in which veterinary professionals are encourages to come together, get active and fundraise for the charity during the month of October.

Vetlife says the cost of running its Helpline, Health…

Hot on the heels of Vets Now and the BVA, Linnaeus has launched new resources to support the 5000-odd members of its workforce that will going through the menopause.

The resources comprise guidance materials, a health and wellbeing assessment, associate…