Veterinary Nursing News Headlines

    New range of pet memorials to launch at London Vet Show

    Oh So Precious, a new trade-only range of memorials and keepsakes to commemorate the lives of pets, is to launch at the London Vet Show (stand F14). The new brand has a couple of display stands that practices can use to show off the range of memory...

    Kent practice becomes first B Corp veterinary practice in Europe

    Congratulations to Kent-based Pennard Vets, an employee-owned, seven-practice group which has become the first veterinary practice in Europe to become B Corp certified. Certified B Corps are companies that meet exceptionally high standards of social...
  • Linnaeus beefs up its vet nursing structure

    Linnaeus has appointed four Regional Nursing Managers (RNMs) to support its primary care nurses across the group. The RNMs, Gemma Mogridge, Neil Smith, Leanne Walker and Kerry Jackson have been hired to promote career progression and to help make sure...

    Everyone that visits ezyVet at the London Vet Show will raise £1 for Vetlife

    ezyVet, a maker of veterinary practice management solutions, says it will donate £1 to Vetlife for every person that visits its stand (D70) at the London Vet Show, on the 17th and 18th November 2022. Whilst you're there, the company will doubtless...

    BEVA antimicrobial course for VNs coming up on the 30th

    BEVA is marking Antimicrobial Awareness Week with a free, 2-hour CPD webinar for vet nurses on antimicrobial use in surgery on 30th November. The webinar will look at what VNs can do to minimise and, in some cases, prevent surgical site infections...

    New action plan to mitigate crisis in the veterinary profession

    The RCVS has published a Workforce Action Plan which sets out ways to mitigate the ongoing workforce crisis in the veterinary profession. The Action Plan presents what the College is doing to tackle the issue and explains how collaboration, culture...

    BVA launches secondary school teaching resource to inspire vets and nurses of the future

    The BVA has launched 'Vet Team in a Box', a teaching resource for secondary school-aged pupils, designed to encourage young people to consider a career in the veterinary professions. The new resource, which is sponsored by ManyPets pet insurance, is...

    Free course to help veterinary teams improve medication safety in practice

    RCVS Knowledge has launched 'Managing Veterinary Medicines: Staying legal and promoting safety', a free online course for veterinary teams to improve their medication safety in practice. 'Managing Veterinary Medicines' teaches safe and responsible...

    NVS unveils new brand of sustainable products

    NVS has launched Select, its new brand of sustainable veterinary consumables, healthcare products and instruments. The company says its new brand has also been designed to communicate choice more clearly, thereby making vets' busy lives a little easier...

    BSAVA launches One Health collection

    The BSAVA has launched a new collection on One Health, including chapters from relevant BSAVA Manuals and resources such as Companion articles and Congress podcasts. One Health – the symbiotic relationship between human, animal and environmental health...

    New project to improve the management of osteoarthritis cases

    CVS and the Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance (VOA) have launched a new project to develop and enhance osteoarthritis management which should have benefits for the wider profession. The project, which has been supported by Zoetis, came about after...

    MSD launches ID microchip which also reads the animal's temperature

    MSD Animal Health has launched HomeAgain Thermochip, a new identification microchip which incorporates a temperature biosensor which measures the cat or dog's subcutaneous temperature. MSD says the new chip is compliant with ISO standards, has proven...

    Boehringer launches online parasite risk checker

    Boehringer Ingelheim has launched Parassess, an unbranded online dog parasite risk checker which leaves vets to make their own prescribing decision. The online risk checker, which is available at www.parassess.co.uk , asks pet owners a series of questions...

    Veterinary nurse struck off for having indecent images of children

    An unnamed veterinary nurse has been struck off by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee after they were convicted of offences related to indecent images of children. The individual was granted anonymity by the Committee to protect their...

    New cat friendly guidelines for vet nurses

    The International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) have published two new sets of guidelines for veterinary professionals and practices to promote positive, respectful interactions with feline...

    Vet nurses invited to discuss new research which shows they could make life easier for themselves

    Provet has published the results of new research which shows vet nurses could make their lives easier with better adoption of digital technology and is inviting everyone to come and discuss the report at a free Zoom meeting hosted by VetSurgeon.org and...

    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...

    BSAVA publishes Manual of Practical Veterinary Welfare

    The BSAVA has published the Manual of Practical Veterinary Welfare , billed as offering pragmatic advice and information about assessing and maintaining the highest standards of welfare in veterinary environments. Edited by Matthew Rendle and Jo Hinde...

    Season's first Alabama Rot case reported in Surrey

    Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists has reported the autumn's first confirmed case of cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV), aka Alabama Rot in a seven-year-old Labradoodle in Surrey. This brings the total reported the UK so far this...

    Patricia Colville MRCVS becomes new CEO of Vets Now

    Vets Now has announced that Patricia Colville MRCVS, currently the company's Chief Operating Officer, has been promoted to the role of CEO of the leading provider of small animal emergency care in the UK. Patricia will take up the position at the start...

    MWI launches digital veterinary appointment booking system

    MWI Animal Health has launched MWI Pet, a digital system to manage the contact between practices and their clients, including appointment bookings and reminders. The new system integrates with the Merlin practice management system and pet owners can...

    New Digital Toxin Toolkit for vet nurses

    TVM has launched the Digital Toxin Toolkit, billed as offering everything you need to manage poisoning cases at your fingertips. The toolkit contains triage forms, a contact directory, emergency action guidelines and a drug glossary, together with...

    BVA calls on profession to report unregulated dog fertility clinics which are 'fuelling an animal welfare disaster'

    The British Veterinary Association is calling on the profession to report unregulated canine fertility clinics to the relevant authorities as it calls for urgent regulation. According to its latest Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey, 93% of...

    Advice about how practices can help menopausal staff on offer at the London Vet Show

    Liz Barton and Belinda Steffan will be holding "Menopause interventions in veterinary practice: The importance of workplace interventions in supporting long and healthy careers", a session at the London Vet Show designed to show delegates how they can...

    Oral homecare webinar for vet nurses

    Animalcare is launching a series of webinars for vet nurses about oral homecare, to help you make practical recommendations to clients about caring for their pets' teeth. The first webinar Does Ease of Use Have to Come at the Expense of Efficacy? is...