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New interactive workshops encourage creative thinking within the practice team
The sessions are designed for active participation, with attendees given opportunities to solve various problems using the techniques learned.

Vets encouraged to take part in webinars for World Creativity and Innovation Day.

The RCVS has announced that it will be holding an interactive workshop on different creativity techniques that can help veterinary professionals develop innovative thinking within the practice team.

The two 60-minute sessions are being held as part of RCVS' ViVet innovation project, and will take place at 12.30pm and 6pm on Wednesday 21 April, the United Nation’s World Creativity and Innovation Day.

Workshops will be hosted by Gill Stevens, founding director of Level Seven, and Rick Harris, founder of Customer Faithful.

Each workshop will discuss a variety of creative techniques that can foster innovation. Then different breakout groups will be given various problems to solve using these techniques that mirror common challenges and issues encountered within everyday veterinary practice.

Sophie Rogers, RCVS ViVet manager, said: “These creativity techniques are a framework for approaching problems, but the key to developing solutions to everyday tasks and problems is learning how to foster and harness the whole team's creative abilities.

“These workshops will provide the techniques to help you and your team overcome the common barriers to creativity and gain the tools and mindsets needed to break existing patterns and ways of doing things, generate new ideas, and improve creative self-leadership.”

The sessions are designed for active participation and so a limited number of places are available. The workshops will count towards veterinary professionals' continuing professional development (CPD) requirement. To sign up, please visit the ViVet website.

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Webinar to explore AMR in vet dentistry

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 The WSAVA has invited veterinary professionals to a webinar on responsible antibiotic usage in dentistry.

On 19 November 2025, at 1am, Dr J Scott Weese and Dr Brooke Niemiec will share the latest advice for antimicrobial use. They will present research on oral bacterology, and explain how attendees can choose appropriate antibiotics.

The session will cover pre-, intra- and post-operative guidelines, with recommendations for various pathologies.

The webinar is designed to support veterinary professionals to make informed decisions and tackle antimicrobial resistance.

Attendees can register here

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Bluetongue reaches Wales for first time in 2025

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has revealed that bluetongue has been confirmed in Wales for the first time in 2025.

In their latest statistics, APHA records a total of 109 cases of BTV-3 or BTV-8 in Great Britain in the 2025-2026 vector season.

The total number of BTV-3 cases in Great Britain this season is 107. This includes 103 cases within the England restricted zone and four cases in Wales.

There has also been two cases of BTV-8, which were both in Cornwall.

As a result of the cases in Wales, a Temporary Control Zone (TCZ) is enforced in Monmouthshire. Animals can move freely under general license within the England Restricted Zone, however animals with suspected bluetongue must stay on their holding.

All premises testing positive for blue tongue can be viewed on this map.