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ViVet to offer Design Thinking webinars
Design Thinking can be a useful way to frame problems as opportunities.
The sessions will be offered free-of-charge.

A free webinar series on Design Thinking has been announced by the RCVS ViVet initiative, open to all members of the professions.

Design Thinking, a team-based creative approach to problem solving, was first articulated by Nobel Prize laureate Herbert A. Simon, and uses five stages to reframe problems in a human-centric manner. 

Although not always linear, Design Thinking is often thought of as a five-stage process, these stages are empathise, define, ideate, prototype and test, which are all intended to contribute to a deeper and more human understanding of complex problems. 

ViVet manager Sophie Rogers commented on Design Thinking:  “Design Thinking is an incredibly useful way for us to frame problems as opportunities so we can explore solutions in a positive way. 

“We’re putting on these sessions as we believe that this human centred approach to innovation can be used in day-to-day practice life to help staff to come up with ideas.”

The sessions will be interactive, and will last for 75 minutes each – attendees can decide whether to attend one, two, or all three sessions. 

Dates for the webinars are as follows: 

 • Webinar 1 – Design Thinking, Manage client expectations, Prototype session: 31 March 12.30pm
 • Webinar 2 – Design Thinking, Innovating your client's veterinary experience, Empathy session: 8 June 12.30pm and 7pm 
 • Webinar 3 - Design Thinking, Making client interaction skills seen as a valuable investment for both employee and employer alike: 21 September 12.30pm.

“We hope that these workshops will encourage people to not shy away from problems, and instead, view them as a means of working collaboratively to improve their practice’s day-to-day life for everyone,” Sophie added. "We will cover how to use these techniques with client interactions, in practice life and within the wider veterinary profession. 

“I’m really pleased that we are able to offer these sessions free of charge for the professions and I would urge anyone who wants to learn a new way of problem solving in a friendly and supportive environment to register.” 

Any members of the professions interested in attending the webinars can sign up here.

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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.