Allister Webb

September 2024

Veterinary professionals, students and researchers are being given the chance to showcase their work at a major industry event next spring.

3 mins

In submission to Competition and Markets Authority, one sector body wants restrictions in the prescribing rules on clinicians considering clients’ financial circumstances to be “lifted forthwith”.

10 mins

Clinicians now have until the end of September to share their experiences in a project organisers hope will be the basis for lasting change in the professions.

4 mins

Ministers say a new deal is a key part of their efforts to reduce “barriers” to trade.

5 mins

Three new facilities are set to be built in rural areas of the African country to make access to care easier.

3 mins

Three districts on both sides of the River Humber have been hit by curtailments after a bull was confirmed to have contracted the virus.

3 mins

Website puppies.co.uk backed veterinary and welfare groups’ long-standing calls for a change of approach to the issue.

9 mins

Three inoculations will be available for use, subject to licence, following an intervention.

4 mins

RVC researchers hope their analysis will help to address “unfounded biases”, particularly among owners.

8 mins

Campaigners are demanding an immediate end to the badger cull programme, while vets’ and farmers’ groups insist activity should still have a role in Government’s new strategy on the disease.

8 mins

Three counties in eastern England are now subject to animal movement limits amid warnings that the virus is now spreading locally.

4 mins

Some of sector’s largest operators also issue warnings efforts to regulate prices may be “unworkable”.

10 mins

Practices have until mid-October to submit their entries for the awards, whose winners will be showcased at the group’s annual congress in the new year.

4 mins

Places are now available at four new sessions in the latest phase of the Vet Nursing Vision programme, which will take place this autumn.

5 mins

A total of 27 animals across 10 sites in Norfolk and Suffolk are now known to have the virus and officials say there is now evidence it is being transmitted locally.

4 mins

August 2024

Department vows to work with vets and farmers in wake of BBC programme, as it today (30 August) also reveals consultation on ending the cull within five years.

14 mins

Leaders of a South Tyneside practice say their plan to move to a new site will enable an increase in staffing and an expansion of services.

4 mins

Clinicians are being encouraged to book their places at a summit this autumn examining issues of patient safety and how to improve it.

4 mins

However, leaders of the Veterinary Antibiotic Amnesty acknowledge more still needs to be done to raise professional engagement ahead of the third annual programme in November.

10 mins

Representatives of Vetlife “thrilled” after veterinary charity nominated for a major award ahead of a ceremony next month.

4 mins

SRUC says its new facility will be one of only a few in the world that can measure all emissions from livestock when it is operational.

6 mins

Restrictions have been extended across a large area of Norfolk and Suffolk following confirmation of further cases in sheep.

4 mins

Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has called on Defra to intervene following an appeal for help from its counterpart body in the war-torn country.

9 mins

Senior RCVS figures say they have identified areas where reform may be needed to ensure that the use of new technology is regulated.

7 mins

Officials have set up a 20km control zone around the affected farm in south Norfolk and warned there is a “high risk” of onward spread.

5 mins

New legislation introducing specific offences of abducting cats and dogs came into force this weekend.

5 mins

New licensing and inspection regime will crack down on unethical breeding practices and improve standards of animal care and welfare – with BVA calling other UK nations to follow suit.

10 mins

Supporters of the current badger culling programme in England say the BBC programme risks misleading viewers when it is aired tonight.

7 mins

The campaign is the latest battleground in the debate over the ethics of using animals in sporting competition.

6 mins

UCAS data has indicated an increase in both initial admissions and overall applications in 2024, although the full picture is unlikely to emerge for some time.

5 mins