Rob Kelly plans to develop a flexible curriculum with a core focus on enabling veterinary professionals to tailor their development for a lifelong career in general first opinion practice.

WSAVA Congress will be held in China for the first time with the Suzhou International Expo Center near Shanghai hosting the three–day event from 3 to 5 September.

British Veterinary Dental Association is heading to iM3’s ACE facility in the Irish capital for two days focusing on composite use on 28 and 29 July.

Failing to have a cat chipped could result in a hefty fine from 10 June 2024, but study for the charity finds 47% of adults in England are not aware of new law.

First CPD conference had focus on mental health and communication when held at Titanic Belfast.  

A free copy of the final survey results – detailing fees charged for services in the small animal, large animal and equine sectors – will be sent to all those who complete it.

Developers of smaXtec advanced health system say early new standard – known as Level Zero – will enhance welfare and help reduce economic losses.

UK Dairy Cattle Welfare Strategy aims to help the industry show progress in animal welfare over the next six years and has six strategic goals.

Almost 100 members of the company’s graduate development programme attended the two-day gala event, which features a broad range of CPD, as well as fun social and sporting events.

As RCVS Academy hosts new online course, figures reveal disciplinary committee hearings accounted for less than 0.5% of all concerns raised with the RCVS last year.

RCVS Knowledge announces its 2023 Quality Improvement Champions and winners in its new category – Antimicrobial Stewardship Champions.

Pressure is growing for devolved administrations to follow Westminster’s lead and introduce compulsory microchipping for all cats before they reach 20 weeks old.

Exotics animal specialist Matt Hartley says Kept Animals Bill would have banned keeping of primates as pets and given local authorities greater enforcement powers.

Researchers at the RVC, led by the VetCompass programme, find one in seven boxer dogs is diagnosed with neoplasia each year, with cancer the most common cause of death – at 12.43% of all deaths.

Sergejs Markuls is aiming to run 100 miles in 24 hours to help raise vital funds for the veterinary charity.

The 2023 event features 90-plus hours of online and on-demand CPD, with 14 hours on orthopaedics and diagnostic imaging, 9.5 hours on reproductive medicine and 22 hours on internal medicine.

Donation points have been set up at Dunedin Vets’ clinics after one of its staff put her best foot forward.

Guidelines on professional wellness, reproduction and direct zoonoses, as well as an updated set of its vaccination guidelines, will be unveiled at WSAVA Congress in Lisbon from 27 to 29 September.