The BHA wishes to alert all Veterinary Surgeons of a Rule change by France Galop

  The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) would like to draw to veterinary practices' attention the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA)'s guidance for practices, published recently.   The GLA guidance confirms that veterinary services which have to be provided by a qualified veterinary surgeon or veterinary nurse fall outside the scope of the licensing. Also outside the licensing's scope are activities carried out by other people (non-qualified staff) working under veterinary direction, if they are carried out as part of delivering a service to maintain or improve the health of livestock.   The RCVS has worked with the GLA to ensure the guidance includes realistic examples of such activities, and that this list of examples does not restrict veterinary surgeons from using paraprofessionals for other appropriate tasks. The guidance also highlights that, in delegating tasks to paraprofessionals, the directing veterinary surgeon is responsible for making sure appropriate training and monitoring is provi ...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been informed by Asda that very low levels of the Phenylbutazone, have been found in tins of its Smart Price Corned Beef

The strategy describes the essential functions required of AHVLA veterinary and technical services looking ahead five to ten years

On 6th April, the Legislative Reform Order (LRO) to reconstitute the RCVS' disciplinary committees separately from its Council came into force and has amended the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (VSA)

  BEVA is a member and supporter of the Federation of European Equine Veterinary Associations.  FEEVA is part of the FVE with offices in Brussels, and is the lobbying group for the profession. The Association has 38 member bodies, not just those in the EU, although EU policy tends to dominate the agenda.   BEVA past president Josh Slater recently stepped down after 3 years as the FEEVA president and Giorgio Ricardi from Italy (CIVA) has taken over. BEVA are very grateful for Josh's hard work and dedication at FEEVA, and for flying the flag, so to speak. BEVA's immediate past president Ben Mayes has now joined the FEEVA board.   FEEVA operates by sounding out the member countries on various topical issues, for example medicine availability, transport, disease surveillance and antimicrobial resistance. The latest newsletter includes an AMR survey. BEVA are ahead here with their Protect Me campaign and a UK survey was carried out last  year.  Nonetheless it is important for us also to feed back into Europe, so p ...

The deadline for submission of abstracts for consideration for ISER XI is 1st July 2013

The internship is to support the activities of Professor the Lord Trees

A new study has confirmed that different breeds have different capacities for weight loss

The survey is the first step in a review of the Day One Competences, which define the level to be expected of new veterinary graduates when they first qualify