With the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Veterinary Clinical Careers Pathway (VCCP) Project now well underway, the College is inviting veterinary clinical practitioners to attend their upcoming focus groups, which aims to allow stakeholders to directly contribute to the development of proposals for future veterinary clinical careers pathways. The project was launched in January this year and aims to expand and diversify the clinical career options available to veterinary surgeons, in

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has published a report of its recent AI Roundtable, where over 100 people including BEVA President Roger Smith and BEVA CEO David Mountford gathered to discuss the potential risks and benefits of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the veterinary sector, with a view to developing guidance on its appropriate use. The Roundtable took place on Monday 20 May 2024 at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), London, drawing togethe

BEVA members are invited to attend the BEVA Approved Introduction to Equine Chronic Pain course at the Scottish National Equestrian Centre on Thursday 10 - Friday 11 September 2024, hosted by Longview CPD. Chronic pain has huge welfare and economical impacts and is rapidly advancing as an important specialism in the fields of both human and animal medicine. Introduction to Equine Chronic Pain is the first course to offer a comprehensive, evidence-based, practical toolkit specifically addressing

Fellows are now able to put themselves forward to stand for election to become Vice-Chair of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Fellowship Board with responsibility for broadening the learned society’s influence and the diversity within its membership. The Fellowship Vice-Chair has a key role in ensuring the effective implementation of the Fellowship Board’s strategy to create a thriving learned society. An important part of the role will therefore be to work together wi

Council members Gemma and Phil share their experiences of balancing parenthood and working in equine practice. Gemma on being pregnant in equine practice “I felt very lucky as I was supported throughout both my pregnancies. However really, the support I had is what every vet or vet nurse should expect from their workplace. Initially I sat down with one of the partners and did a risk assessment. We discussed what I was happy doing and what I shouldn’t be doing. We then had regular c

On 31 July 2024 new Export Health Certificates were published for horses being exported to the EU or moving to Northern Ireland. The key change in these EHCs is that attestations referring previously to “veterinary supervision” now refer to “official veterinary supervision”. ie from now only an Official Veterinarian (OV) may attest to the statements around the animal, and the premises on which it has been kept. BEVA would like feedback on the impact of these changes s