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Mental Health Awareness Week: Eating Disorders
Our relationship with food can be complicated, and often changes depending on our mood in the current moment. For this reason it might be difficult to recognise when an occasional food problem, such as comfort eating or undereating in times of stress, has escalated into an eating disorder. An eating disorder is an eating problem […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Anxiety
Anxiety is used to describe feelings of unease, worry and fear. This includes physical sensations we might experience when we are struggling with anxiety. It’s normal to feel tense and fearful at the prospect of big event or decision you’re facing, especially if it is going to have a big influence on your future; for example […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: Depression
Depression is an incredibly common mental health problem, affecting around 1 in 10 people at some point during their lifetime.* Depression goes much further than simply feeling fed up now and again. Everyone experiences periods of unhappiness occasionally, however often low mood will improve after a short period of time. Depression is characterised when feelings […]
Record number of votes cast in the VN council elections
The 2017 VN council election results have been announced A record number of veterinary nurses cast their votes in this year’s VN council election. Of the 14,411 members eligible to vote, 2,092 voted (14.5%). This is compared to 1,435 votes (10.9%) last year. For the two places available on the council, one new member was elected and […]
Mental Health Awareness Week: E&D Competition of the Month!
This month’s prize competition topic is Mental Health Awareness Week – enter and be in with a chance to win a £20 amazon voucher! Mental Health Awareness Week will take place from 8-14 May 2017. This year’s theme is ‘Surviving or Thriving?’ which aims to look at mental health from a new angle. Rather than ask why so […]
April E&D Competition Winner Announced
Congratulations to Emma Onyejekwe, Level 3 Veterinary Nursing student at Potters Bar, for winning our April Equality & Diversity competition. During April , the College invited students and staff to submit entries around the theme of International Mother Earth Day; to which Emma submitted an excellent photograph raising awareness of the Barbary Macaque, an endangered species. On submission of the photo, […]
New DNA testing scheme for Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla
The Kennel Club has approved a new official DNA testing scheme for hyperuricosuria (HUU) in the Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla, following consultation with the breed health coordinator on behalf of the Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla Association. Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: “The popularity of the Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla has been slowly increasing over the past decade […]
Play your part in improving rabbit welfare!
Are you a veterinary surgeon or veterinary nurse? If so, you can play your part in improving rabbit welfare in clinics by taking part in an online study! The University of Bristol’s Animal Welfare and Behaviour Group is calling on vets and VNs for help in further understanding how pain is treated in rabbits. The […]
Health and Fitness Tip of the Week: Family and Friends
Research has shown that having good, strong relationships with our family and friends is important for our mental wellbeing. These connections can provide us with emotional support, and allow us to feel happy and secure. Busy schedules and modern living can make this difficult. These top tips can help to build these relationships: Make time […]
Health and Fitness Tip of the Week: The Art of Music
When people are looking to enjoy life they often turn to music. Whether it’s a Beatle’s ballad, Mozart’s Requiem or Ed Sheeran’s latest, music plays as a background to our greatest life changing moments. However, it may be wrong to think of it as just background music. Music can have a much more active effect […]