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CQ finalises OSCE agreement with City & Guilds
The agreement applies to diploma and apprenticeship candidates.

Learners will be able to complete their apprenticeships and diplomas with CQ.

Awarding body Central Qualifications (CQ) has announced an agreement with City & Guilds to allow veterinary nursing candidates to take their OSCEs with CQ.

The agreement, which applies to both diploma and apprenticeship candidates, will give candidates the chance to complete their City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing by sitting a CQ OSCE.

It means that apprentices sitting a CQ OSCE as part of the End Point Assessment (EPA) will only need to sit a single OSCE. Achievement of the CQ OSCE will result in the completion of the apprenticeship and awarding of the City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing.

“We’re delighted to be able to offer City & Guilds learners the opportunity to complete their apprenticeships and diplomas with CQ,” commented CQ director Jacqui Garrett. “We’re grateful to all those involved who’ve worked tirelessly to continue to provide COVID-secure OSCEs so that veterinary nursing students could graduate and enrol as RVNs."

She added: “We’re pleased to offer this flexibility to support candidate progression, especially after such a turbulent start to the year.”

Full details on how to claim the OSCE achievement will be released by City & Guilds in the coming months. Centres who would like to book an OSCE with CQ are encouraged to email exams@cqual.org or phone 01359 245316.

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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.