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MMI and VN Futures to offer civility training
"Hopefully running these sessions throughout the uk will have a long lasting ripple effect in improving practice culture" - Jill Macdonald RVN, VN Futures lead.
Collaboration with VetLed to offer subsidised sessions.

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) has collaborated with the RCVS VN Futures initiative to provide civility training for veterinary professionals.

Delivered by VetLed, the training has been introduced following a 2021 survey of student and newly qualified veterinary surgeons, which revealed that 96 per cent of respondents felt that incivility and bullying were serious problems in the veterinary workplace.

MMI and VN Futures have both worked with VetLed to deliver online civility training sessions, and are now collaborating to extend the reach of the sessions by making online and in-person training available across the UK.

Angharad Belcher, RCVS director of the advancement of the professions and MMI, explained: “We’re delighted to be collaborating with VN Futures to continue the delivery of these hugely important civility training sessions. 

“Workplace culture has an enormous impact on mental health and it is vital that all members of the practice team are respected, listened to, and feel able to speak out.

“Our previous civility training sessions proved to be hugely popular and received excellent feedback, so we’re really excited to be able to bring them to a wider audience. I would like to thank VetLed and VN Futures for their ongoing dedication and support.”

Between October 2022 and April 2023, 12 civility training sessions will be held, and will be open to all members of the veterinary team.

Subsidised by MMI, the in-person training will cost £50 per person, and the online training will cost £20 per person. Some sessions have now been made available to book, and any members of the veterinary professions are invited to do so on the MMI training page. 

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FIVP launches CMA remedies survey

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 FIVP has shared a survey, inviting those working in independent practice to share their views on the CMA's proposed remedies.

The Impact Assessment will help inform the group's response to the CMA, as it prepares to submit further evidence to the Inquiry Group. FIVP will also be attending a hearing in November.

Data will be anonymised and used solely for FIVP's response to the CMA. The survey will close on Friday, 31 October 2025. 

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CMA to host webinar exploring provisional decisions

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to host a webinar for veterinary professionals to explain the details of its provisional decisions, released on 15 October 2025.

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 29 October 2025 from 1.00pm to 2.00pm.

Officials will discuss the changes which those in practice may need to make if the provisional remedies go ahead. They will also share what happens next with the investigation.

The CMA will be answering questions from the main parties of the investigation, as well as other questions submitted ahead of the webinar.

Attendees can register here before Wednesday, 29 October at 11am. Questions must be submitted before 10am on 27 October.

A recording of the webinar will be accessible after the event.