In this series of BEVApod Life, Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our July winner, Deirdre Baird from McGonnell & Gillatt Horse Vets. Deirdre was nominated by her colleague as an out of hours superhero who despite having the worst luck when on call, always gets the job done with a smile on her face!

Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:

BEVA News

BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham

MonitorME

Test to exclude West Nile Virus in Horses - GOV.UK

EIDS

BEVA Grand Prix

BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities

BEVA CPD

Congress send a chocolate

LIHS 2025

BEVApod

Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts

EVJ Racehorse Safety online collection

Equine Veterinary Education Podcast

BEVA Webshop

Most of us have grown up being told it's rude to talk about money, but is that helping us or hindering us? Council member Sophie Eaden talks to, equine vet and personal finance expert, Alice Barker about how to have better conversations about our salaries and why that's important. They also discuss the dreaded salary negotiation conversations and how to handle them like a pro. Then finish up with some top tips for handling your finances once you get that salary that you're hoping for.

Attached are links to Alice's social media where she shares conversations with vets from all over the UK about their salaries, as well as the salary spreadsheet and negotiation guide that are mentioned.

Links:

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:

BEVA News

BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham

MonitorME

EIDS

BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities

BEVA CPD

BEVApod

Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts

Equine Veterinary Education Podcast

Talking about our feelings may still seem a bit fluffy to many of us in the equine veterinary profession but did you know it can improve patient safety as well as team cohesion and retention? Sarah Emptage from Bell Equine shares how they conduct "wellbeing rounds", what these are and how to set them up as well as the beneficial effects that running them has had on the team. With a growing evidence base in the medical profession to support these sorts of discussions listen in to hear how you can implement them within your practice.

Following on from the publication of BEVA's Schedule 3 guidelines in 2023, Marie and the BEVA Nurse Committee have been working hard with Jim Green at BARTA to understand the role of the equine RVN in emergency rescue situations. The new guidelines being published jointly by BEVA and BARTA aim to highlight the role of the RVN during these high stress and challenging situations to further improve animal welfare, client communication and team work with other professionals. It is hoped that these guidelines will help to empower RVNs to utilise their skills and develop new and rewarding roles within the equine veterinary profession.

Check out the guidance here.

Sign up to our Hands-On Nursing: Take Your Skills Further course and our Role of the Equine RVN in Response to Civil Emergencies (BEVA/BARTA Guidelines) course.

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:

Links

BEVA News

BEVA's One To Watch Award

BEVA Awards

Send a chocolate campaign

BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham

MonitorME

EIDS

BEVA Trust

BEVA CPD

BEVApod

Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts

Equine Veterinary Education Podcast

A review of the equine suspensory ligament: Injury prone yet understudied 

Performance of Warmblood horses following tenoscopic desmotomy of the main part of the accessory ligament of the superficial digital flexor tendon for treatment of tendinopathy: 62 cases

Bruce explains why monitoring antibiotic usage in equine practice is an essential next step for us if we want to avoid losing some of our most critical antibiotics.

Links

MonitorME

Eclipse

VetIT

Antibiotic usage in 14 equine practices over a 10-year period (2012–2021) by Rose E. Tallon, Brian Whitt, Bruce M. Bladon (EVJ)

VARRS update 2024

BEVA Drugs app

The Back in the Saddle group career coaching scheme was launched in 2024 and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from its first cohort. We invited coachee, Vicky Jux, to share her experience of being part of this initiative, which is free to member and open to vets and nurses who are over 5 years qualified. The impact of this coaching on those involved is seemingly more far-reaching than anyone expected!

Applications are open until Wednesday 21 May for our second cohort, apply today! https://form.asana.com/?k=YgbV0AP4QenGbWwdtIpXcQ&d=11947487954206

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:

Back in the Saddle

BEVA Grand Prix

Horse Trust's Healthiest Body Condition Awards

SPVS Salary Questionnaire

Voconiq Report

BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham

MonitorME

EIDS

BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities

BEVA CPD

BEVA Congress 2025

Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts

Equine Veterinary Education Podcast

'Clinical and morphological features of corneal lymphoma in 26 horses (27 eyes)’ by Morris et al.