Mind Matters Initiative announces collaboration with the BVNA and VetLed to launch number of new initiatives, including training sessions, campaigns and workshops to tackle the problem. 

Fabian Rivers, who is on The Pets Factor on the BBC children’s channel, has appeared in a Cats Protection documentary raising awareness about online mis-selling of kittens.

Research led by The Pirbright Institute finds variants alpha, beta and delta can infect more species, such as rodents and ferrets, compared to the ancestral virus strain.

Actress and radio presenter Gemma Atkinson is backing pet nutrition firm’s campaign to provide more than 150,000 meals for shelter pets across participating countries.

A “Diagnostic Support” programme is being introduced in April, followed by “Inpatient Care for Exotics” in June and “Laboratory Diagnostic Support” in October.

Event calls on participants to walk, run, swim or cycle as many miles as they can to reach a collective target of 11,232 miles – the length of the UK mainland coastline.

Europe’s largest companion animal veterinary event was one of the first casualties of pandemic when COVID-19 struck in March 2020, but is back as a hybrid event in Manchester.

The aim of the restructure at the Linnaeus-owned small animal hospital is to deliver an even higher quality of care and treatment to pets and referring vets.

The Veterinary Academy Series will see specialists from the vet school deliver evidence-based knowledge through new semester-based CPD series. 

While the latest SPVS Salary Survey shows the median annual pay rise for full-time vets was £3,000 in 2021 – a 7% salary increase on the previous year – locum vets saw their rates rise by a staggering 36% to £41 per hour during the same period.

VetChoir UK to make virtual recording with singers contributing cash as well as their voices to the effort. 

RCVS has set up a working party, and will invite representatives of other bodies, to look at provisions to allow for a more inclusive approach to training and hiring vets and VNs.

VN Georgina Hills takes over as president from Richard Casey, who becomes senior vice-president, with Stuart Saunders becoming junior vice-president.

Company has developed awareness-raising materials for practices to use to make pet owners aware of common spring dangers.

Research conducted by VET Festival and Veterinary Management Group shows 76% across professions describe well-being as “reasonable” or “very good”, with progress made on supporting practice staff.

Judges have gone through more than 22,000 nominations to select 15 finalists with the winners to be announced at an awards ceremony in Manchester on 24 March.