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Keep up-to-date live from the VPMA/SPVS Congress
Last year's VPMA/SPVS Congress
Last year's VPMA/SPVS Congress
MRCVSonline will be tweeting and reporting from the event

All eyes will be on the second joint VPMA/SPVS Congress as it gets underway on Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1 – and MRCVSonline will be there reporting on all the developments that take place.

We will bring you the latest news and innovations from the world of practice management, as well as opportunities to join in topical debates via our Twitter account, click here to follow all the action.

The congress, which will be held at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, is set to include a number of top speakers.

Among them is Tracey Killen, HR and board director of the John Lewis Group, on what a veterinary practice can learn from the retail giant. Tracey will talk on the skills involved in managing people, championing customer service, and staff remuneration.

Other speakers include award winning US speaker Katherine Eitel on leadership and training that sticks, and TV vet Marc Abraham with tips for marketing your practice.

Pam Mosedale from the RCVS will also speak on the future of the Practice Standards Scheme (PSS), and how an ongoing review hopes to give more flexibility and focus to behaviours and clinical outcomes.

There will also be an array of exhibition stands including AT Veterinary Systems (stand 44) who will be offering a video camera as a prize to delegates who correctly answer a question about one of their products.

The congress also features the annual general meetings of both the VPMA and SPVS.

Updates from the congress will be posted on MRCVSonline and VNonline.

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Animal Medicines Amnesty returns this November

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 Veterinary practices are being urged to help owners safely dispose of any unused and expired pet medicines - not just antibiotics - during November's Animal Medicines Amnesty.

Organised by the Responsible Use of Medicines Alliance Companion Animal and Equine (RUMA CA&E), the initative is supported by a range of cross-sector organisations.

Practices are encouraged to use the campaign to engage the whole practice team and raise awareness of the safe disposal of medicines with clients. Learn how your practice can get involved at rumacae.org.uk 

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Bluetongue RZ extended across Scotland

The Scottish Government has announced an extension to a Bluetongue Restricted Zone that is in place in south-west Scotland.

From 3 October, the Restricted Zone will be extended to cover the whole of Scotland. The Animal, Plant and Health Agency (APHA) says this is in response to further disease spread, as well as simplify trading conditions ahead of the autumn.

Since the whole country will share a disease status, it will no longer be necessary to have a movement license to move susceptible livestock around the country. Restrictions on germinal products remain.

As of 1 October 2026, there were 1,979 cases of BTV-3 in England, 389 cases in Wales and 40 cases in Scotland.