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Mobile vets set to launch new association
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The BMVA hopes to offer an important platform for sharing and building professional knowledge in this niche area
British Mobile Veterinary Association will launch this month

A new association for mobile vets is set to launch at this year's London Vet Show. The British Mobile Veterinary Association (BMVA) has been founded by two vets in response to the growing number of mobile practices in the UK.

Co-founder Amy Bergs said she hopes the organisation will raise awareness among pet owners and veterinary colleagues, of the services offered by mobile vets.

“Providing quality at-home veterinary care is rewarding but not always easy, often requiring skills and techniques that can only be gained through experience," she explained.

Therefore, the BMVA hopes to offer an important platform for sharing and building professional knowledge in this niche area.

"By bringing together many like-minded individuals into an official association and online mobile vet directory, we aim to increase awareness of this alternative type of veterinary care – a goal which will benefit not only our members but also the patients and clients that appreciate our services," Amy added.

In an increasingly convenience-driven society, co-founder Susan believes it is a "natural progression" to offer veterinary health care to patients in their own homes.

Having been a mobile vet for 10 years, she said she is "thrilled" to have seen a large year-on-year increase in new mobile practices around the UK. "It seems a logical step to organise the growing number of colleagues operating this rather atypical and alternative practice model in an official Association," she explained.

The official launch will take place on 19 November 2015 during London Vet Show. An inaugural AGM will be held followed by a networking dinner with mobile vet Dr Kathy Cooney, who is also president of the International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care.

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Practices urged to audit neutering data

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 RCVS Knowledge has called on vet practices to audit their post-operative neutering outcomes.

It follows the release of the 2024 NASAN benchmarking report, which collates data from neutering procedures performed on dogs, cats and rabbits.

The benchmarking report enables practices in the UK and Ireland to compare their post-operative outcomes to the national average. This includes the rate of patients lost to follow-up, which in 2024 increased to 23 per cent.

Anyone from the practice can submit the data using a free template. The deadline for next report is February 2026.

Visit the RCVS Knowledge website to complete an audit. 

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RCVS pays tribute to well-loved equine vet

The RCVS and the Riding Establishments Subcommittee has paid tribute to well-loved veterinary surgeon and riding establishment inspector, Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher MRCVS.

Linda Belton MRCVS, RCVS President, said: "I, along with my colleagues on the RESC, RCVS Council, RCVS Standards Committee, as well as RCVS staff, was very saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rebecca, or Becca as we knew her, last week.

"She was a true advocate for equine welfare and in her many years on the RESC worked to continually improve the quality and consistency of riding establishment inspections, all in the interests of enhanced horse welfare and rider safety."