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New award for equine vet nurse champions
The new award will recognise individuals who have championed the role of the equine veterinary nurse.

BEVA award aims to highlight the skills and versatility of equine nurses.

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has launched the Equine Vet Nurse Empowerment Award to recognise any individual within the profession who has championed the role of the equine veterinary nurse.

With the new award, BEVA aims to highlight the invaluable skills and versatility of equine nurses, and raise the profile of the vital role they have in practice.

BEVA president David Rendle said: “RVNs are an important asset to any equine practice; they have invested a lot of time and effort to become highly skilled but in some instances their significant attributes are not being utilised to the full.

“By formally recognising individuals who are actively empowering nurses to perform to their full potential and to progress within the profession, we will be able to encourage others to follow their lead. Ultimately this should deliver better job satisfaction for RVNs and more efficient and rewarding teamwork for the practice.”

An individual can be nominated for the award if they have achieved one or more of the following:

  • Promoted the equine veterinary nursing role within their practice and to the public
  • Supported and inspired equine veterinary nurses
  • Demonstrated that nurses are integral to equine practice
  • Expanded the role of the equine veterinary nurse within a practice or the wider profession
  • Gone above and beyond to demonstrate what nurses can bring to equine patient care
  • Promoted or encouraged further training and up-skilling of equine veterinary nurses
  • Used their equine veterinary nurse qualification to advance veterinary medicine or equine welfare
  • Created a professional environment where equine veterinary nurses can fulfil their potential
  • Inspired others to join the equine veterinary nurse profession

Individuals can be nominated for the Equine Vet Nurse Empowerment Award here. Nominations close on 28 April 2023, and the winner will be announced at BEVA Congress in September.

 

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Practices urged to audit neutering data

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 RCVS Knowledge has called on vet practices to audit their post-operative neutering outcomes.

It follows the release of the 2024 NASAN benchmarking report, which collates data from neutering procedures performed on dogs, cats and rabbits.

The benchmarking report enables practices in the UK and Ireland to compare their post-operative outcomes to the national average. This includes the rate of patients lost to follow-up, which in 2024 increased to 23 per cent.

Anyone from the practice can submit the data using a free template. The deadline for next report is February 2026.

Visit the RCVS Knowledge website to complete an audit. 

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RCVS pays tribute to well-loved equine vet

The RCVS and the Riding Establishments Subcommittee has paid tribute to well-loved veterinary surgeon and riding establishment inspector, Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher MRCVS.

Linda Belton MRCVS, RCVS President, said: "I, along with my colleagues on the RESC, RCVS Council, RCVS Standards Committee, as well as RCVS staff, was very saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rebecca, or Becca as we knew her, last week.

"She was a true advocate for equine welfare and in her many years on the RESC worked to continually improve the quality and consistency of riding establishment inspections, all in the interests of enhanced horse welfare and rider safety."