Veterinary

Pets’n’Vets set to feature on CBeebies Ferne & Rory’s Vet Tales

The award winning Pets’n’Vets Family is set to feature on CBeebies series, Ferne and Rory’s Vet Tales, which sees animal experts Ferne Corrigan and Rory Crawford help children understand animal welfare. Covering real life vet surgeries across the country, the upcoming series will feature three Pets’n’Vets vets, across three episodes.…

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RCVS begins process of selling Westminster headquarters

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has started the process of selling its current premises in Belgravia House, Westminster, and is looking for new premises. At its November meeting the RCVS council agreed, in principle, the sale of the building and for the RCVS and its London-based staff to…

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Emergency vets opens in Dundee

Vets Now, private providers of pet emergency care in the UK, has opened a brand new out-of-hours pet emergency service in Dundee this week (19 November). Based within Parkside Vets, the out-of-hours clinic treated 56 cases in its first week. The clinic is expected to treat thousands of sick or…

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Vet practice set for £650,000 revamp

A Worcester veterinary practice has been boosted by a £650,000 investment to expand one of its sites in the city. Work is underway for two separate extensions to Severn Veterinary Centre’s Berkeley House in Berkeley Way, that will allow to the practice to provide on-site 24/7 emergency care at the…

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Complication rates of neutering revealed in national audit

The first major audit of routine neutering of cats and dogs in the UK has revealed the complication rates associated with the procedure, including the number of abnormalities requiring medical treatment or further surgical intervention. The audit data, comprising over 30,000 individual cases from veterinary practices across the country, provides…

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Vet suspended for assault and medicine mis-administration

A North Yorkshire veterinary surgeon has been suspended for six months, following a assault conviction, inappropriate attempts at surgery and administration of medicines to another person. The hearing by the disciplinary committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) for Richard Sutcliffe took place from Monday 12 to Wednesday…

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Royal Canin to preview new Veterinary Health Nutrition range at London Vet Show

Royal Canin has announced it will be previewing its new veterinary range to attendees visiting the manufacturer’s London Vet Show stand. The Veterinary Health Nutrition product will consist of one “simplified” range, a new pack design and a new recipe. Royal Canin’s new range will be organised around six core…

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Scarsdale Vets hosts free training for veterinary nurses prior to OSCE exams

Scarsdale Vets in Derby has announced it is to hold free training courses in order to help vet nurses successfully complete their Objectively Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). The quarterly event will take place at Pride Veterinary Centre on Monday 26 November between 6-8pm. The event will feature six different tasks…

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Ayrshire vet removed from RCVS register for ‘clinical and communication failings’

The disciplinary committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has directed its registrar to remove a veterinary surgeon from its register after it found the allegations of a number of charges in relation to his euthanasia of a dog proven. John Hendrie Smith was removed from the register…

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Red Setters, Bulldogs and Boxers most likely to suffer incontinence

Male Irish Red Setters, Boxers, Bulldogs, Bull Mastiffs and Fox Terriers are more likely to develop urinary incontinence than the males of other dog breeds, according to new research. Purebred male dogs are 1.45 times more likely to suffer from involuntary leakages compared with their crossbred counterparts, suggesting a likely…

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