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A veterinary degree opens numerous doors. If you’re disillusioned with practice knock on a few doors and see where it takes you. Read our updated careers page for more information.

A veterinary degree opens numerous doors. If you’re disillusioned with practice knock on a few doors and see where it takes you. Read our updated careers page for more information.

Vet Times / VBJ have published the first of their ‘Big 6’ Articles looking at the 6 areas raised by Vet Futures in turn. The first, on wellbeing, is available here: https://www.vettimes.co.uk/article/big-6-work-life-balance/
It covers working environment, student recruitment and education, and leadership. It is clear there is some great work…[Read more]

Helen Tottey, RVN and consultant said: “Thinking about well-being, it has to be the whole practice team and not just the clinical teams. When training and talking to many reception teams, you learn these people generally come from outside of the vet industry – NHS, retail, finance, a whole host of jobs – and with that an experience of how other…[Read more]

A job ad posted by a NZ vet has caused a backlash for stating:
“Looking to the future, this is not a position who (sic) would suit someone who plans to take long periods of time off for parenting, due to the likelihood that the medicine team will always be small.”

So short sighted in these days of successful job sharing, increasing part time…[Read more]

Mummy brain may be a sign of intelligence! According to neuroscientists quoted in the Times, getting rid of the clutter of facts enables clearer pattern recognition and can make us more effective at knowledge application.

Who am I kidding? Mummy brain is just a fuzz,…[Read more]

In the wake of Brexit and the uncertainty that surrounds the future of EU vets in Britain, the RCVS has sought fit to look to India to ‘future proof’ veterinary recruitment in the UK. Recent visits by members of the RCVS council to forge closer links with Indian vet schools have met with a mixed response. Why India? Many of our medics are…[Read more]

In the wake of Brexit and the uncertainty that surrounds the future of EU vets in Britain, the RCVS has sought fit to look to India to ‘future proof’ veterinary recruitment in the UK. Recent visits by members of the RCVS council to forge closer links with Indian vet schools have met with a mixed response. Why India? Many of our medics are…[Read more]

In the wake of Brexit and the uncertainty that surrounds the future of EU vets in Britain, the RCVS has sought fit to look to India to ‘future proof’ veterinary recruitment in the UK. Recent visits by members of the RCVS council to forge closer links with Indian vet schools have met with a mixed response. Why India? Many of our medics are…[Read more]

Just read on my Facebook feed that one vet friend has won the Avebury 10k, another is the Sprint Triathlon age group champion, and the incredible Laura Muir came 3rd in the Oregan Diamond League race behind some very handy Kenyans. What a talented group. As for me, it was a huge achievement to get back on my bike with a slowly healing sprained…[Read more]

It wasn’t until I had children that I developed a decent perspective. Work stresses were all consuming. I am a terrible ruminator and just couldn’t leave work at work. Having a family has helped me keep work in perspective – the health and happiness of my family is so much more important.

10 minutes… for owners who turns up 3 minutes late, on crutches so they take 2 minutes to get into the room, can’t restrain their animal and can’t agree on when the last dog ate, you often end up with about 3 minutes of useful consultation time. And in that time you are supposed to glean a full, thorough clinical history, examine the animal,…[Read more]

10 minutes… for owners who turns up 3 minutes late, on crutches so they take 2 minutes to get into the room, can’t restrain their animal and can’t agree on when the last dog ate, you often end up with about 3 minutes of useful consultation time. And in that time you are supposed to glean a full, thorough clinical history, examine the animal,…[Read more]

The gender pay gap (GPG) is alive and well in the veterinary profession. Is increasing feminisation of practice suppressing pay across the board. Get involved in the debate, make some noise, and narrow the GPG

https://www.bva.co.uk/news-campaigns-and-policy/bva-community/bva-blog/are-male-vets-worth-more-than-female-vets-/

The gender pay gap (GPG) is alive and well in the veterinary profession. Is increasing feminisation of practice suppressing pay across the board. Get involved in the debate, make some noise, and narrow the GPG

https://www.bva.co.uk/news-campaigns-and-policy/bva-community/bva-blog/are-male-vets-worth-more-than-female-vets-/

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