The Daily Mail has published a lead article today which accuses vets of profiteering through the over-treatment of dogs owned by people who are desperate to keep their pets alive.

The article points towards the corporatisation of the profession, with 51…

Linnaeus has appointed Patient Care Assistants Alice Boyle and Lilly Barnes to its Clinical Board.

This is the first time Linnaeus has appointed PCAs to its 68-strong clinical board, which aims to make it more inclusive by including a wider range of experience…

CVS has announced the appointment of Tara Ryan as its first permanent Chief Veterinary Nursing Officer (CVNO).

Reporting into Chief Veterinary Officer Paul Higgs, Tara will focus on the development of the role of veterinary nurses in CVS.

The role of CVNO…

Linnaeus has introduced enhanced support for those of its veterinary nurses who are Veterinary Technician Specialists (VTS) or studying towards the qualification.

Support for those studying to get the qualification includes access to an internal mentor…

Vale Referrals and Vale Vets in Dursley, Gloucestershire, has completed its 18-month, £2m expansion. 

The expansion has increased the hospital's footprint by 30%, adding three new operating theatres, six new consult rooms and new feline facilities…

Veterinary group CVS has published a trading update for the year 2023 in which it reports organic revenue growth of 7.3% and its entry into the Australian marketplace.

The company says the like-for-like sales increase was at the upper end of its target of…

Cornwall-based Rosemullion Veterinary Practice reports a 25% improvement in staff compliance with hygiene protocols and the elimination of the growth of bacterial pathogens as a result of conducting an infection control programme at its a 100-staff multi…

CVS reports that after running a clinical improvement project to improve the diagnosis of periodontal disease in cat and dogs, its participating first opinion practices have tripled the number of patients receiving dental x-rays.

The company points to…

Vetstream has updated the content on its Vetlexicon website so it is now available in a number of different languages.

Dr Mark Johnston, CEO of Vetstream said: “The usage data of Vetlexicon has continually shown us how important the client factsheets are…

SPVS has launched the Veterinary Business Excellence Awards, an initiative designed to honour outstanding veterinary practices that have demonstrated exceptional performance and innovation in areas that are crucial to the success of the profession.

There…

Congratulations to Anna Shadforth, a receptionist at Pennard Vets in Borough Green, Kent, who has won the British Veterinary Receptionist Association’s Veterinary Receptionist of the Year award, out of 827 nominations.

Anna was nominated by senior…

Pennard Vets has won the Employee Ownership Association's (EOA) Rising Star award, which recognises the success of an organisation within three years of employee ownership

The judges praised the practice group for leveraging employee ownership (EO)…

CVS has launched a new career pathway for its vet nurses, with the aim of showing the opportunity for a lifelong career with the group, and where it could lead across its first opinion, referral and equine practices.

The new pathway shows the opportunity…

Animal Friends Pet Insurance has launched a new service through which vets can offer their clients a 0% interest-free loan to spread the cost of treatment over 3-10 months via a third party lender. 

The company has introduced this service after conducting…

Carefree Credit has announced that it is now able to offer longer term loans for up to 3 years to help pet owners spread the cost of treatment.

All practices are eligible to register and no FCA authorisation is needed.

Carefree Credit says it will also…

CVS Group reports that over the past week, its UK operations have been significantly disrupted after a number of its IT systems were hacked.

The company says that as soon as it discovered the unauthorised external access to its systems, it took them offline…

CVS, which is currently expanding in Australia, has launched a secondment programme through which its vet nurses can apply for an opportunity to work down under for up to two years.

A similar scheme will also be run for Australian colleagues wanting to spend…

The British Veterinary Association has launched 'Great Workplaces', a workplace accreditation scheme designed to help address some of the  recruitment and retention issues in the veterinary profession.

The BVA says that securing 'Great Workplaces…

Warren House Veterinary Centre in Walsall has been named as the overall winner of VetHelpDirect.com's BestUKVets Award. 

The awards are given to practices across the UK with the most four- and five-star reviews from their clients.

To select the winners,…

The British Veterinary Union has announced that union members working at the Valley Vets group in South Wales will take strike action for two weeks from 8am on Tuesday 16th July.

The strike follows a breakdown in negotiations for better pay and conditions…

Staff at South Wales-based, VetPartners-owned Valley Vets have gone on strike for two weeks after pay negotiations broke down earlier in the year and 94% of British Veterinary Union members at the group voted in favour of industrial action. 

VetPartners…

HeartVets, the UK’s largest cardiology referral practice has become an Employee Owned Trust (EOT).

The practice, which has nine clinicians (including three RCVS Recognised Specialists), eleven RVNs, two human-trained cardiac physiologists and a dedicated…

CVS is launching an app which will allow veterinary locums to see available shifts at its practices, negotiate rates, book shifts, message practices and submit invoices for payment.

The new app has been specifically developed for CVS, is unique to the…

Nominations are now open for the second annual SPVS Veterinary Business Excellence Awards.

The awards are to recognise outstanding veterinary practices that have demonstrated exceptional performance and innovation in areas crucial to the future success…

The SPVS has published new resources to help members deal with some of the consequences of the Competition and Markets Authority investigation.

They include a webinar from In Communication, a company which specialises in veterinary client communications…