Veterinary Nursing News Headlines

    Pioneering Lancs practice launches Community Vet Nurse Scheme

    Oakhill Veterinary Centre on Goosnagh, Lancashire, has launched an innovative Community Vet Nurse service, designed to bring expert veterinary nursing care directly to the homes of pets and their owners across the region. The service is designed to...

    BVA launches CPD library for members

    The British Veterinary Association has launched a new Continuous Professional Development library for its members. The library currently has 28 on-demand recordings, covering a range of sessions on three main themes: people, planet and animals. They...

    Last call for BVNA early bird registrations

    BVNA is reminding everyone that discounted early bird registrations for this year's BVNA Congress, which takes place at the Telford International Centre between Friday 10 th and Sunday 12 th October 2025, close at the end of July. This year sees BVNA...

    Former vet refused restoration for the 12th time

    Warwick Seymour-Hamilton, a former veterinary surgeon who was removed from the Register in 1994, has had his twelfth application to be restored to the Register of Veterinary Surgeons refused. Mr Seymour-Hamilton was originally struck off in 1994 after...

    New resource for the owners of canine cancer patients

    HT Vista has launched a new information resource for pet owners about canine cancer. The new resource is designed to help dog owners understand the risks of cancer, recognise the importance of early detection, and learn how HT Vista’s cancer detection...

    Ian Wright to present exotic parasite webinar for vet nurses

    Ian Wright MRCVS, Chair of the European Scientific Counsel of Companion Animal Parasites, will be presenting a free webinar about new exotic parasites on 17th July 2025, 7.30pm - 9.00pm . In the webinar, which is sponsored by Horiba, Ian will p resent...

    Dômes Pharma launches fluoxetine tablet for dogs with separation disorders

    Dômes Pharma has launched Fluoxevet, billed as the first re-engineered fluoxetine for dogs with separation disorders, offering accurate, flexible dosing in a double-divisible, flavoured tablet. Jonathan Hill, UK country manager at Dômes Pharma said...

    Improve International and Central CPD merge

    Improve Veterinary Education and Central CPD have merged. The merger brings together Improve International’s global reach and postgraduate qualification programmes with Central CPD’s practitioner-led Continuing Professional Development training and...

    New pet food course for vet nurses

    UK Pet Food has launched the Pet Food & Nutrition Course for Veterinary Professionals which will be hosted by The Webinar Vet and runs from the 6th October to the 4th December 2025. UK Pet Food says that with pet owners increasingly turning to their...

    New BSAVA guide to antibiotic use in rabbits

    The BSAVA and the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund (RWA&F) have published a new guide to responsible use of antibiotics in rabbits. The BSAVA says there unique opportunities and risks to the use of antibiotics in rabbits. For example, antibiotic...

    Krka launches generic maropitant

    Krka has launched Arocenia (maropitant) 10 mg/ml injectable solution, licensed for the prevention and treatment of vomiting in dogs and cats, including perioperative use and chemotherapy-associated indications in dogs. Krka says Arocenia provides fast...

    Boehringer launches liquid version of Vetmedin

    Boehringer Ingelheim has launched Vetmedin (pimobendan) 1.5 mg/ml oral solution for dogs in Great Britain, offering a new treatment option for smaller cardiac patients and ones that don't take tablets easily. The company says the two main benefits...
  • 500,000 pet owners cannot afford the cost of veterinary medicines regulation

    A survey of veterinary surgeons, carried out by David Mills MRCVS and VetSurgeon.org Editor, Arlo Guthrie, has revealed that 23% of pet owners - nearly half a million - cannot afford the additional cost of using drugs licensed specifically for use in...

    Study shows racism is still a problem in the UK veterinary profession

    A new study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), London South Bank University and the British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society, has found racism continues to be a problem experienced by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) members of...

    New Midlands-based orthopaedics and neurology referral centre

    Movement Referrals, an independent orthopaedics and neurology Specialist referral practice, has opened its second centre, in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. The practice was officially opened by the TV presenter and newspaper columnist, Adrian Chiles, who...

    RVC research shows early conversations with owners about feline diabetes could save lives

    The Royal Veterinary College has published new data from its VetCompass programme which shed new light on the epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes for cats diagnosed with diabetes mellitus in the UK, and which researchers say could help reduce the...

    Bedfordshire-based vet struck off for clinical and record-keeping failures

    Bedfordshire-based Siew Loong Ng has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after being found guilty of clinical failures, poor record keeping and dishonesty. Mr Ng faced seven charges: In July and August 2020, he failed to clean the...

    Vet teams invited to come and learn how to make better use of veterinary nurses

    The RCVS is inviting all members of the veterinary practice team to attend one of a series of free CPD events it is hosting to share how it believes veterinary nurses can be more effectively integrated within multidisciplinary veterinary teams, and explore...

    French Bulldogs and Boxer dogs have genetic link to atopic dermatitis

    A study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science , has identified a gene called SLAMF1 that significantly increases the risk of developing canine atopic dermatitis in 71% of French Bulldogs and 40% of Boxers. The research was carried out by scientists...

    David Godfrey takes up post as BSAVA President

    David Godfrey has moved into his post as BSAVA President for 2025-26. Taking over the Presidency from Julian Hoad, David will continue to focus on the Programme of Change and the BSAVA’s new strategy, which includes some new products and services....

    Tickets for Vets Now ECC Congress now on sale

    Tickets have gone on sale for Vets Now's annual Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) Congress, taking place on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th November 2025 at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. The 2025 programme features 35 speakers from across the globe...

    Leadership expert Richard Gerver to open SPVS Congress

    SPVS has announced that the award-winning speaker and best-selling author, Richard Gerver, will open its 2026 Congress, taking place on the 26th-27th February at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. The theme of Congress this year, at which veterinary...

    Jessica Dawe is a diamond vet nurse

    The BVNA has announced the winners of its annual competition in which pet owners, veterinary teams, friends and family are asked to nominate the nursing diamonds at their practice. Jessica Dawe, Deputy Head Nurse of Nine Mile Veterinary Hospital, won...

    Professor Stephen May and Kulin Patel OBE'd

    Professor Stephen May FRCVS, Emeritus Professor at the Royal Veterinary College, and Kulin Patel MRCVS, Veterinary Advisor for International Trade at Defra, have been awarded OBEs in King Charles III’s Birthday Honours List Stephen was recognised for...

    Vet launches new snack for dogs with cancer

    Dutch veterinary oncologist Camille De Ley has launched BraveBites, a snack designed to support canine cancer patients, in the UK. BraveBites contains protein, fish oil (rich in omega-3) and prebiotics. The snack, which was developed with a veterinary...