Thanks Arlo. SAMSoc is excited to offer a new look, virtual event for Veterinary Nurses in 2024. Taking place on 15th May, during VN Awareness Month  #VNAM2024  the full programme offers a range of fascinating subjects delivered by our expert speakers via Zoom. As an added bonus, delegates will receive a luxury goody box containing treats to enjoy during the day. Places are still available - and Veterinary Nurses can join SAMSoc for free!  Brought to you with the generous support of our sponsors, Hill’s Pet Nutrition and Pioneery Veterinary Products REGISTER NOW:  http ..read more

Identi has launched a Practice Pet Protection Pack to help vet professionals answer questions about microchipping before cat microchipping becomes compulsory in England from 10th June. The pack contains species-specific microchipping law guides, a practice registration guide, a cat chipping cheat sheet, flyers about registration and flyers about Identi’s silent microchipping scanner. The company has also produced three short videos with more information for vet professionals about Identi, what it does, registering microchips and compulsory cat microchipping. Tammie O’Leary, commercial lead at ..read more

Mars Veterinary Health has partnered with SageTech Veterinary to pilot an anaesthetic gas capture solution designed to help stop greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere. Mars says that during a typical anaesthetic procedure, less than five percent of the volatile anaesthetic agent delivered to a patient is absorbed and metabolised and about 95% is exhaled. SageTech’s gas-capture technology – which is currently used in human healthcare – works by capturing the waste anaesthetic agent exhaled during an operation by adsorbing it into a reusable capture canister. These waste anaesthetic agen ..read more

Dynamic & Dedicated Veterinary Surgeon Needed! Sedgemoor, Somerset Excellent starting salary, commensurate with experience. 33 x days Holiday per annum (pro rata to FTE) Full time, permanent Veterinary Surgeon Two positions available No OOH RCVS and VDS paid CPD to Certificate Level, supported and encouraged. Location: Cossington, Bridgwater, Somerset - 2 miles from Junction 23 of the M5 and within an hour from Bristol and Bath. Are you an ambitious Veterinary Surgeon looking to push the boundaries of veterinary medicine? We are seeking a dynamic and dedicated professional to join our grow ..read more

[quote userid="7638" url="~/f/non-clinical-questions/26401/brexits-going-well-isn-t-it/244414#244414"] Because Sunak, Truss, and Johnson turned out so well, right? ;) [/quote] Johnson the best PM this country has seen since Churchill. Sunak doing fine. Agree Liz, disaster ..read more

[quote userid="8991" url="~/f/non-clinical-questions/26401/brexits-going-well-isn-t-it/244409#244409"]The problem with giving the keys to the mansion for those who've never governed more than their university politics soc is that they will for a period of time be useless. [/quote] Because Sunak, Truss, and Johnson turned out so well, right ..read more

[quote userid="11493" url="~/f/non-clinical-questions/26401/brexits-going-well-isn-t-it/244410#244410"]I must admit I don't understand this and I would be grateful if someone other than cryptic David answered this. I feel like Oliver Dowden under Angela Rayner attack at PMQs...[/quote] I took it to mean that Labour will essentially argue that any process that doesn’t lead to them being in government was somehow undemocratic. That they want “Democracy” (defined as a democratic process that leads to their victory) as opposed to “democracy” (defined as the status quo). My view is that saying we a ..read more

Hamilton Specialist Referrals is holding a day of CPD focusing on emergency patients on 23rd May 2024 at the Holiday Inn in High Wycombe. The session will provide a practical guide to dealing with various emergencies that may present to vets and nurses across multiple disciplines. The full schedule includes: The ECC Approach to the Haemoabdomen, presented by Lead HDU Vet and RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Emergency and Critical care Dr Bec Hyland Damage Control: Bite Wounds, Severely Infected Wounds and Stick Injuries, presented by Head of Soft Tissue Surgery and European specialis ..read more

The Veterinary Osteoarthritis Congress, which will take place at Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough, on 22nd and 23rd May, is open for registrations. Congress offers two days of lectures and workshops and up to 14 hours CPD delivered by experts on the most cutting-edge OA management, treatment, techniques and technology. There is also a large trade exhibition showcasing many of the latest products and services, not to mention a happy hour and gala dinner. The organisers say veterinary surgeons and nurses, physiotherapists, hydrotherapists, and anyone working to prevent, treat and ma ..read more

[quote userid="11493" url="~/f/non-clinical-questions/26401/brexits-going-well-isn-t-it/244410#244410"] I must admit I don't understand this and I would be grateful if someone other than cryptic David answered this. I feel like Oliver Dowden under Angela Rayner attack at PMQs... [/quote] I took it to mean that Kier would be the leader of the Democratic Republic of Britain. Do away with all the faff and cost of a Royal family with inherited wealth and title - not very working class, not very Labour. David may have meant something very different ..read more