The veterinary profession’s reaction to the outcome of the recent disciplinary hearing into Mr M Chikosi was discussed by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ new Operational Board at its first meeting, on 26 July. The hearing had found Munhuwepasi Chikosi guilty of unreasonably delaying attending a dog that had been run over at a […]
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RCVS Operational Board: blanket acceptable for transportation of injured dog
‘Sampling Function’ on the NPL Now Available
In addition to the ‘communication tab’ on the Nursing Progress Log (NPL), there is now a ‘sampling function’ available which allows your designated Quality Assurance Supervisor (QAS) to give direct feedback on the NPL in relation to the skills they have sampled. Your QAS will be auditing the skill to check the following; that any […]
The College of Animal Welfare Leadership and Management Bursary 2013
The College of Animal Welfare is delighted to announce the release of 30 bursaries, each with a value of £1000, to support the training of team leaders and managers in veterinary practice. Leading a team of staff or managing a practice are two of the biggest challenges that exist in the veterinary profession, yet often […]
Direct Observations in Practice
City & Guilds now require Quality Assurance Supervisors (QAS) to carry out Direct Observations of Clinical Coaches in the workplace. If all targets are being met by both the student and practice then observations are only required annually. Observations will be carried out during normal annual visits or during placement visits. If your TP is […]
Congratulations to our Level 3 City & Guilds Dog Grooming Students!
Huge congratulations to our 20 Level 3 City & Guilds Dog Grooming students who sat two exam papers in June and have all passed both papers and all at distinction level! This is a brilliant achievement for all our students and their lecturers, well done everyone!
Enhanced London Grant – Take on an apprentice and get paid £3000!
The Enhanced London AGE 16-24 Grant is a grant of £3000 for London employers who recruit an apprentice aged between 16 -24 years of age. The enhanced Grant comprises of the £1500 available as part of the existing NAS (National Apprenticeship Service) AGE 16 to 24 Grant, which has been matched by another £1500 from […]
Julie Cory has paper published in the Journal of Veterinary Behaviour
We are delighted to hear that Julie Cory, veterinary nursing lecturer at our Huntingdon centre, has recently had her first paper published in the Journal of Veterinary Behaviour on the comparisons between humans and companion animals (cats and dogs) with regard to age-related cognitive dysfunction (Alzheimers). Julie first developed a keen interest in behaviour and […]
RVN Disciplinary Committee suspends registered veterinary nurse
The Registered Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) this week [16 July 2013] suspended from the Register a Northants-based registered veterinary nurse who admitted to acting dishonestly with her employer, a client and a pet database company by taking home a patient that was supposed to have been euthanised. […]
Local hope for worldwide declining bee populations
A tiny flea that incubated the deadly zoonotic disease; the bubonic plague, killed an estimated one-hundred-million people worldwide. The Black death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. Now the parasitic ‘Varroa’ mite has helped spread a deadly virus, killing off millions of bee colonies (that’s billions of bees) around the globe. Many countries have […]
Pay As You Learn Scheme – A new and flexible way to pay
CAW Business School is pleased to now be offering UK resident students and employers a new way to pay course fees with its Pay as You Learn scheme. The Pay as You Learn scheme has been set up to provide a more flexible way of paying for tuition by spreading out the cost of learning […]