The BVNA has launched a free Clinical Coach Toolkit which contains a range of webinars and articles to help those supervising and supporting student veterinary nurses (SVNs).

The toolkit also offers the opportunity for clinical supervisors to take part…

Early bird discounted registration for this year's BVNA Congress ends on 31st July

The annual three-day event takes place between Friday 11^th – Sunday 13^thOctober 2024 at the Telford International Centre.

This year’s theme is ‘Progression’ to…

Zoetis has partnered with the British Veterinary Nursing Association to champion the role of veterinary nurses and assistants.

Zoetis, which has a portfolio of drugs for companion animals, including Apoquel, Cerenia, Convenia, Cytopoint, Librela and Simparica…

The BVA has submitted a joint response with the BSAVA, SPVS, BVNA and VMG to the Competition and Markets Authority consultation on a proposed market investigation. 

The response offers further evidence concerning the CMA’s potential concerns, and says that…

The Competition and Markets Authority has completed its review of the veterinary sector, concluding that there are five main areas of concern and proposing a formal Market Investigation, subject to a 4 week consultation. 

The CMA review generated 11,000…

The BVA, SPVS and BVNA are calling on the Government to restrict the movement of dogs from countries with high levels of diseases like Brucella canis, which are currently not widely present in the UK, and introduce mandatory pre-import testing.

In the last…

BEVA has published guidance explaining what Schedule 3 tasks equine veterinary nurses are allowed to do.

The guidance was drawn up in response to a survey carried out by the association last year which found that a lack of understanding of Schedule 3 procedures…

The British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) has announced the list of nominees to stand for BVNA Council and voting is now open until Friday 7th July 2023.

This year, there are 3 RVN seats and 2 Student seats available.

The RVN candidates for three…

Purina Petcare will be holding CPD talks at its stand at BVNA Congress (7th-9th October) where it will share practical tips for having more collaborative nutritional conversations with clients. 

Laura Hughes, Veterinary Nurse Development Manager for Purina…

RCVS Mind Matters (MMI) is leading a series of initiatives that aim to tackle incivility in the workplace, empower vet nurses to challenge it, and encourage work environments that make employee wellbeing a priority.

The College is currently collaborating…

The BVNA has announced a series of special events taking place at Congress this year (Telford International Centre, 7th-9th October), for which tickets have now gone on sale. 

Building on the success of last year's hybrid Congress, BVNA will be streaming…

Kirsty Cavill, Aneesa Malik, Sarah Coton and Flick Caldwell have won this year's BVNA Awards

Kirsty won the BVNA Impact Award for going above and beyond to support and teach others in practice. 

Aneesa won the VNJ Writer of the Year Award for articles which…

On the 1st August, the British Veterinary Nursing Association is launching the Chronic Illness Campaign, a 2-month campaign to raise awareness about chronic illness and conditions among veterinary nurses.

The campaign comes after the Association carried…

The BVNA has announced this morning that it is calling off its 2020 Congress, which had been due to take place in October. 

The association says it had been contacted by a number of its members, exhibitors and speakers to express concerns about their health…

The British Veterinary Nursing Association has issued some practical advice concerning the coronavirus outbreak and the steps veterinary nurses should be taking.

First and foremost the Association says the profession should only provide urgent and emergency…

The RCVS will be showing off its new CPD recording platform, 1CPD, at BVNA Congress later this week (Friday 11 to Sunday 13 October, International Centre Telford, Shropshire TF3 4JH).

The new platform will be officially launched in January 2020, and will…

A 1,194-signature letter calling for the principle of Article 13 to be explicitly enshrined in UK legislation post-Brexit, led by the BVA and the BVNA, has been published in the Daily Telegraph.

The letter called on the UK government to ensure there…

The RCVS has announced that it will be at BVNA Congress this year (6th-8th October), seeking delegates' views about what Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, which allows vets to delegate certain procedures and treatment to veterinary nurses, means…

The British Veterinary Association and the British Veterinary Nursing Association have announced a new strategic alliance designed to strengthen the working relationship between the two associations whilst maintaining their individual identities.

The…

The RCVS and the BVNA have launched VN Futures, a companion project to Vet Futures, which aims to draw up a blueprint for the future of the veterinary nursing profession.

One of the recommendations of the Vet Futures report (Taking charge of our future…

The BVNA has officially launched its new website along with refreshed branding.

The Association says the new site was designed to showcase the association’s key activities of CPD, member representation and support. User navigation has been improved,…

The final count isn't in yet, but it looks like it's been another record year for attendance at BVNA Congress. Organisers (pictured on the BVNA stand, left to right: Caroline, Angie, Hon. Secretary Lisa Cooper, Alison, Lisa) report that 2044 delegates…

The British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) has announced the initial results of an on-line BVNA awareness and opinion survey of the members of this website, conducted in February this year.

The survey attracted nearly 1000 responses, mainly from…

There's a lot going on at the Hill's stand at BVNA Congress this year, including some useful give-aways, and some great competition prizes:

Every visitor to the stand will receive a free umbrella (which should be useful, given the weather this…