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BSAVA VN Merit Awards filling fast
Programmes proving popular 

The new VN Merit Award programmes, created by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) to provide focussed CPD for vet nurses, are proving popular.

The inaugural Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy VN Merit Award is already fully subscribed while places on other programmes, such as anaesthesia and analgesia, are also being snapped up.

VNs taking part in these programmes will have the chance to strengthen their theoretical knowledge and to learn important practical skills in an area of particular interest to them.

Academic Director Dr Frances Barr commented: “Veterinary nurses have an increasing desire to stretch their skills and expand their contribution to the clinical team, and the new awards will provide that opportunity. They deserve the support of the whole profession.”

The first two Merit Awards will run in autumn 2012. For more information, click here. 

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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."