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    Bethany Pope joins vet nursing anaesthesia elite

    Bethany Pope from Paragon Veterinary Referrals has been awarded Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) status in anaesthesia – one of only three veterinary nurses in the UK to gain the qualification in 2024, and only 17 worldwide. Bethany said: “I...

    Patient Care Assistants Alice Boyle and Lilly Barnes appointed to Linnaeus clinical board

    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...

    RCVS Registrar Jane Hern to stand down

    The Registrar and Secretary of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Jane Hern, has announced that she will be standing down at the end of the year. After 15 years in the job, Jane says she has been pleased to oversee a number of significant reforms...

    New social media guides for veterinary practices

    Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has launched a series of new guides and videos to help practices engage with clients on social media. The company says the series will help practices set-up, post content and measure the effectiveness of their social...

    Royal Canin launches Pill Assist Cat

    Royal Canin has launched Pill Assist Cat - a treat designed to make it easy for owners to give medication to their cats. In an internal study, Royal Canin found that Pill Assist Cat achieved over 91% pill acceptance. Pill Assist Cat is enriched with...

    Eye specialist calls on vet practices to refer cataract cases quicker

    James Oliver MRCVS, a European and RCVS specialist in veterinary ophthalmology at Dick White Referrals, is calling on veterinary practices to refer dogs with cataracts caused by diabetes cases urgently to avoid irreversible sight loss. James says he...

    RCVS invites nominations for 2023 awards

    The RCVS has opened the nomination period for its 2023 Honours & Awards, to recognise veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and laypeople, both in the UK and overseas, who are doing their utmost for animal health and welfare, the professions and society...

    New service to help vet practices compete on parasite control

    MSD Animal Health has launched VetsDeliver, a new service delivering parasite prescriptions direct from the veterinary practice to the pet owner’s home. Through the new service, which is designed to save clients' time and improve compliance, practices...

    Bristol Vet Specialists launches new surgical procedure for dogs with mitral valve disease

    Bristol Vet Specialists has launched a new surgical procedure for dogs with mitral valve disease (MVD). The procedure, called transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER), is a minimally invasive alternative to open heart surgery. TEER is performed on...

    Remote veterinary consultation providers step up activity

    Two limited-service, remote veterinary consultation providers have stepped up their activities following the coronavirus outbreak. Joii has announced that its free vet nurse consultations and £20 consultations with veterinary surgeons will now be...

    Veterinary wellbeing event goes online for 2020

    WellVet, the annual event held to help veterinary professionals thrive and support each other, has announced the line up for this year's conference, which will be held online on Saturday 23rd May 2020. Five time European champion and British record...

    Three Linnaeus vet hospitals now accredited for training SVNs

    Linnaeus has announced that Wear Referrals in County Durham and Southfields Veterinary Specialists in Essex have joined Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service in the West Midlands in being accredited by the College of Animal Welfare (CAW) to...

    Pets Choice launches veterinary division to develop CBD products for animals

    Pets Choice Limited has established a veterinary division to develop a range of cannabidiol (CBD) oral dosage formats capable of being prescribed under the cascade. The new division has been granted a ManSA license by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate...
  • Vetoquinol to take over Profender and Drontal from Elanco

    Vetoquinol has announced that it has agreed terms to acquire the European Economic area and UK rights to Profender and Drontal from Elanco Animal Health. The deal is expected to complete by the middle of 2020. According to the terms of the deal...

    Vet nurses invited to come and learn how to avoid blame and shame culture

    The Veterinary Defence is to host a session at BVNA Congress at midday on Friday 11th October, when it will share its advice about how veterinary nurses can help stop a blame and shame culture in their practices. The session, which will be led by...

    Professor David Argyle resigns from RCVS Council as PIC concludes 'no further action'

    RCVS Junior Vice-President (JVP) Professor David Argyle has resigned from RCVS Council and his position as its Junior Vice-President, after the Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC) closed a case against him and decided to take no further action...

    40% of dog owners would consider 'Wagovy' for their dog

    MoneySuperMarket.com has conducted a survey of pet owners which revealed that 40% would consider giving their pet a GLP-1 style weight-loss injection if it was recommended by a vet. The company conducted the survey of 404 owners after news that the...

    Canaural returns

    Dechra has announced the return of Canaural, a treatment for otitis externa, to the veterinary market. Canaural contains fusidic acid, framycetin and nystatin for their antibacterial and antifungal effects against the most common organisms associated...

    Hill's new diet for weight loss and mobility management in dogs

    Hill’s Pet Nutrition has launched Weight Management & Active Mobility pet food, which it says is clinically proven to help dogs reach and maintain ​a healthy weight, with additional mobility support. The company points to research which shows that...

    New Clinical Editor for VetNurse.co.uk

    Alasdair Hotston Moore FRCVS has become the Clinical Editor for www.vetnurse.co.uk and its YouTube channel, Brains & Drains. Alasdair qualified from Cambridge in 1990. After graduation, he joined Bristol Vet School, first as an intern and then as a...

    RCVS publishes preliminary reports into vet workforce issues

    The RCVS has published two preliminary reports which bring together the quantitative and qualitative research it has conducted into the current workforce crisis in the profession. Lizzie Lockett, RCVS CEO, said: “It’s clear that there are a number...

    New diagnostic tool to detect intestinal parasites at the time of visit

    Zoetis has announced the launch of Vetscan Imagyst, a new in-clinic diagnostic tool initially for testing cats' and dogs' faecal samples for parasites but which has broader applications in the future. The company says the system uses a combination...

    Canine arthritis charity to hold virtual Big Walks

    Canine Arthritis Management, the charity set up by Hannah Capon MRCVS, is to hold a series of virtual walks throughout September to raise awareness of all the things that arthritic dogs can do. The virtual walks come in the form of a 30 day series...

    New self-care website for vet nurses

    Livisto, an animal health pharmaceutical company, has launched the HappyVetProject, a new website designed to help support veterinary professionals' wellbeing. The company points to the well-known veterinary mental health and suicide stats, such as...

    New group that gives vets a stake opens two more practices

    North Star Vets, which launched last year with a business model that gives head vets at each practice a stake in the business, has opened two new sites in Sandymoor and Warrington. Sandymoor Vets and Westbrook Vets are headed by Clinic directors, Dr...