Practising and student nurses are being urged to enter a new chapter of the VN Futures project, which will begin with the first of three workshops in Northern Ireland next month.
A joint response by the BVA, the BSAVA, the BVNA, SPVS and the VMG has been published after a consultation on plans for a full market investigation ended yesterday (11 April).
Vetlifeâs new impact report has been released in which its president says he thinks the current need for its services is higher âthan at any time in its historyâ.
Consultation on pathway project imminent, but Sue Paterson told BSAVA Congress delegates initial focus groups highlighted significant âinequalitiesâ in access.
An RCVS disciplinary committee has concluded a veterinary nurse who admitted being in charge of a dog that fatally attacked her infant daughter should not be deemed unfit to practise as a result of the tragedy.
Recent cases have raised questions about the procedures through which some professionals were granted anonymity in both their hearings and the documents published from them.
A VN has been granted anonymity by a disciplinary panel despite her admission that she implied she was a vet and made a series of offensive remarks towards minority groups.
An RCVS disciplinary panel said Jemma Louise Francis had âput the cart before the horseâ by taking medicines before obtaining a prescription, but had not acted with dishonest intent.
âWe have made this short film to recognise the remarkable work that vets, nurses, care assistants and receptionists do on the front line every dayâ â Paul Higgs, chief veterinary officer at CVS.