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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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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.