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BVNA Launches New Laboratory Revision App

Student and qualified veterinary nurses can now benefit from the new BVNA Laboratory App for iPhone and iPad. The British Veterinary Nursing Association has joined forces with leading IT provider, AT Veterinary Systems, to produce a handy laboratory revision app for veterinary nurses. Split into two sections, the app comprises a quick revision and a […]

19/07/2012

RCVS Day Report Now Available

Full details on the recent RCVS Day, held on 6 July, is now available on the RCVS Website. RCVS Day saw the investiture of the new RCVS President, Jacqui Molyneux, taking over the role from Jerry Davies who now becomes Vice-President. The day also saw changes to RCVS Council and the Veterinary Nurses Council and […]

12/07/2012

RCVS Charitable Trust News: Appointment of a New RVN Trustee

The Trust has appointed Jean Turner as a new registered veterinary nurse (RVN) Trustee Jean, who is well known within both the veterinary nursing and veterinary professions, has a distinguished track-record as an ambassador for veterinary nursing. Jean qualified with the Registered Animal Nursing Auxiliary (RANA) in November 1971 as a mature student, having previously […]

NPL Server Maintenance – Sunday 15 July

We have been informed by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) that they will be carrying out essential maintenance to their NPL Server on Sunday 15 July. This will mean that students and Clinical Coaches will be unable to access their NPL for a few hours on this date. The RCVS apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

NVS Depot 2 Depot Charity Challenge

Six staff members of National Veterinary Services (NVS) have set themselves the huge challenge of cycling from their Mildenhall Depot to their Head Office in Stoke-on-Trent to raise money for two worthy charities. Steve Holley (Orderline Manager), Danny Roberts (Fulfilment Services Manager), John Kay (Senior Buyer), Steve Williams (Operations Director), Martin Riley (Managing Director) and Peter Cronin (Sales and Marketing […]

09/07/2012

Employer Update Evenings – Closing the RCVS Awarding Body, The Next Step…

Following on from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) announcement last year of its intention to close the RCVS awarding body (RCVS Awards), The College of Animal Welfare has been carefully considering the situation and evaluating the choices in awarding body. During the week commencing the 23 July, we will be holding a series of Employer […]

06/07/2012

VCA Becomes an Apprenticeship!

From September, students wishing to undertake the Veterinary Care Assistants (VCA) programme can do so under the Government’s Apprenticeship Scheme. This is great news for employers and students alike; providing students with the opportunity to train as a VCA, often the starting point for progressing into veterinary nursing and providing employers with the opportunity to recruit […]

02/07/2012

New VN Council Chairman Elected

Kathy Kissick was elected to replace Liz Branscombe as new Chairman of the Veterinary Nurses Council at its meeting in May. Liz, who has chaired the VN Council for the past three years, will become Vice-Chairman; Veterinary surgeon, Neil Smith, will be the second VN Council Vice-Chairman. These changes come into effect on RCVS Day on […]

29/06/2012

Free Webinar to Help Vets and Vet Nurses Meet Code Requirement

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the Webinar Vet have teamed up to offer a free webinar to help veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses meet one of the new provisions of the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct. The new Codes for both vets and vet nurses state that they must maintain minimum practice standards equivalent […]

Training Practices – Are you Ready for September?

Take a look at our summer health check for Training Practices (TPs) below and see if you are all up-to-date and ready for the start of next term: Have you completed all the action points from your latest TP annual audit visit? Are all your clinical coaches trained ready for September? If not, remember we offer free clinical […]

28/06/2012