Dedicated nursing lectures on how to be cat-friendly, endocrinology, neurology, preventive health care and more scheduled for International Society of Feline Medicine event.

“We view this investment in research and the pursuit of new knowledge as the lifeblood of the veterinary profession” – MSD Animal Health.

“Our congress is fast approaching and spaces are booking up fast, but there’s still time to get your spot” – SCVS spokesman.

Survey examined salary increases and decreases in more than 200 jobs, rankimg vet nurses as number seven in terms of biggest pay increases.

Three years after opening the doors to its first student nurses, the Dick White Academy has attained examination results well above the national average.

Three full members join following contested election, while two student members are also appointed.

Hands-on event aims to help vets and VNs “provide higher welfare wound care for the most typical presentations of avian casualty”.

Vets from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka received International Awards, while others were honoured, at RCVS event in London on 12 July.

Extractions, x-rays and regional anaesthesia were all on the menu during a day of specialist-led dental training at Avonvale Veterinary Centres.

Nominations are now open and will remain so until 6 September for the animal welfare charity’s Veterinary Nurse of the Year award.

Veterinary professionals urged to share their experiences in new survey by researchers at the University of Liverpool.

Three new level five diplomas in advanced veterinary nursing are to be launched, covering the medical, surgical and practice nursing disciplines.

Rule change means vets must complete 35 hours of CPD per calendar year, not 105 hours over a rolling three-year period, and VNs 15 hours per year, not 45 hours over three years.

Referral hospital’s fixture list includes the first continuing professional development events it has tailored specifically for veterinary nurses.

More than 1,000 registered veterinary nurses will be asked to share their CPD records to ensure they have met the requirements of the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct.

"The results of the surveys form a very important ‘snapshot’ of the profession at a given point in time, but they also prove useful for years to come..." - RCVS chief executive Lizzie Lockett.