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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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Building Great Workplaces webinars return

News Story 1
 BVA has announced a new series of its Building Great Workplaces lunchtime webinars.

Launching from 16 July, the sessions will explore patient safety, motivation, client communication and more.

Its first webinar, exploring neurodiversity in the workplace, will take place at 1pm on Thursday, 16 July. It will feature guest speakers from The Vet Project, a group which supports neurodiversity in veterinary environments.

The following three webinars take place in September, October and November.

Booking is open on the BVA website 

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New form for online veterinary medicines retailers

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has produced a new online form for retailers wishing to sell veterinary medicines on the internet.

The form replace the previous Word version and is part of the VMD's ongoing commitment to digitise its processes. Anyone retailing prescription medicines online, including POM-V, POM-VPS and NFA-VPS categories, is lawfully required to register with the VMD before trading.

The change only applies to new applicants. Retailers already listed on the VMD's Register of Online Retailers or registered under the Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS) do not need to do anything.