The Veterinary Management Group (VMG) has announced that its 2026 Congress will take place from 22nd to 24th April at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon.

The event will introduce a new live discussion format, ShareSPACE Live, alongside its…

The Purina Institute is hosting the Microbiome Forum Round Table for vet nurses tonight at 6pm, focusing on diarrhoea management in puppies and kittens and how early gastrointestinal disease may shape longer-term health.

The session, From Early Care to…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has opened bookings for online and in-person ‘Managing Mental Health in the Workplace’ workshops for veterinary professionals.

The workshops have been co-authored with a workplace wellbeing company called Ultimate…

International Cat Care has launched the programme for its World Feline Congress 2026, taking place at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Wales from 26th–28th June 2026.

For the first time, the three-day programme will use a different clinical…

Purina is hosting a free one-day symposium on recognising and managing stress-related behaviours in dogs on 13 March 2026 in Girona, Spain, with an online option (9am–4pm CET / 8am–3pm GMT).

Focusing on “The Gut-Brain Axis in Practice", the…

VET.CT is hosting a free webinar on improving radiography technique and radiation safety in small animal practice on Tuesday 17 March, with two live sessions at 9:00am and 7:30pm

The one-hour session is aimed at veterinary staff undertaking radiography…

RCVS Knowledge will run three in-person 'Quality Improvement in a Day' events in England in 2026, starting in London on 4 March.

Dates and venues are:

• Wednesday 4 March: 1 Hardwick Street, London
• Wednesday 15 July: Mercure Bristol North the Grange…

The Veterinary Specialist Association is holding a one-day CPD meeting: “Referral Contextualised Care in a Changing Veterinary Landscape – Exploring Barriers and Finding Solutions” at The Royal Kennel Club in London on 26 March 2026.…

Zoetis is hosting an Equine Parasite Control Masterclass webinar series online, with the remaining live sessions running from 25 March to 28 October 2026.

The sessions are aimed at vets, vet nurses, SQPs and RAMAs involved in anthelmintic prescribing,…

AMTRA, Vetpol and VetSkill have jointly announced the first National SQP Week, which will take place across the UK from 5–12 June 2026.

The week is intended to raise awareness and understanding of the role of Suitably Qualified Persons (SQPs), also…

Just Exotics is hosting its Virtual Conference 2026 online (via Zoom), on 16–17 May 2026, offering 16 hours of exotic CPD for veterinary surgeons.

The programme includes lectures by recognised experts in exotic animal and aquatic medicine.

Topics…

Vet Empowered and Covetrus are running a free two-part webinar series on how veterinary workplaces can better support people affected by hormonal changes.

The two 90-minute sessions, led by clinical psychologist Dr Helena Tucker, will cover how menstrual…

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…

The RCVS is hosting its second VN Educators’ Conference for veterinary nurse educators involved in student training on 17 June from 9am to 4.30pm at its London headquarters, focusing on how developments across the profession may shape the role of…

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 Catherine…

The British Equine Veterinary Association has announced that it will be providing crèche facilities for babies and children up to 8 years of age at Congress (Birmingham ICC, 12-15th September).

Jon Pycock, President of BEVA said: "A significant…

VET Festival has announced that the television and radio presenter Jonathan Ross OBE is to join the line-up at this year's event, taking place on the 8th and 9th June in Surrey.

Jonathan will be taking part in the VETFest Conversation on the Friday…

Vetsnet and VetLed have announced that the first WellVet Weekend, an event designed to offer veterinary nurses and surgeons a chance to recharge, refresh and re-energise, will take place at Girton College, Cambridge, on 24th-26th August 2018.

The WellVet…

SPVS has announced that Professor Noel Fitzpatrick will appear ‘In Conversation’ with Martin Whiting, lecturer in ethics at the RVC, at the SPVS/VPMA Congress at the Celtic Manor Resort on 29/30th January 2016.

Noel is both an inspirational…

The London Vet Show, which takes place on Thursday 19th November and Friday 20th November at the Olympia Grand, has announced the business programme for 2015.

The programme will include:

• ‘Preparing to double your veterinary practice profits and the…

Budding veterinary impresario Noel Fitzpatrick has announced the dates for the inaugural VET Festival, an outdoor summer event for the profession which will combine world-class CPD with family entertainment and an evening rock concert headlined by Mike…

Hill's Nurse Roadshows return in May with a 4 venue tour of the southern region. The theme is weight management and mobility and the organisers promise fun-filled, fact-packed events.

The evenings will address a broad ranging syllabus that includes…

Vet's Now, the UK's leading Out of Hours emergency vets, reports that their 4th Congress, held in Harrogate at the end of November, attracted a record 450 delegates.

From its beginnings back in 2004, Vets Now's Emergency and Critical Care…

It's the Blue Cross Take Your Dog To Work Day on 14th September.

I don't know how much money it raises, but as a marketing and PR exercise to promote dog ownership, the day is almost without rival. It always gets plenty of media coverage. It's got…

The BSAVA has announced that comic Michael McIntyre has joined the line up for Congress Party Night.

McIntyre will be joining comedian Fred MacAulay and ventriloquist Paul Zerdin 

To register for BSAVA, click here.