The British Veterinary Nursing Association has opened registration for its three-day Congress, running 9–11 October 2026 at Telford International Centre.

The event will take the theme ‘Compassion and Empathy’, with a headline stream each morning focusing on how these values show up for patients, clients, colleagues and veterinary nurses themselves.

The programme will include sessions on topics including ‘no blame’ practice culture, fertility and parenthood, and balancing a career while managing chronic illness.

A full lecture programme will run alongside hands-on learning opportunities, plus a large exhibition featuring industry products and services.

Lecture streams include referral and first opinion nursing, anaesthesia and analgesia, emergency and critical care, advanced clinical nursing, nutrition, equine nursing, wildlife/exotics/zoo, student, and veterinary care assistants.

Practical workshops will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, with topics including laboratory techniques, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, wound management and CPR.

Keynote speaker Linda Ryan, a veterinary nurse with VTS qualifications in Behaviour and Oncology, will open the event on Friday 9 October.

Tickets are on sale now with a launch discount available until 30 April 2026, and BVNA members will have access to a separate member discount.

Non-members will receive a year’s digital BVNA membership included within their Congress registration.

The BVNA Dinner Dance and Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday 9 October with a ‘Winter Wonderland’ theme.

www.bvna.org.uk/congress