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Sponsored sail for PetSavers

Success for first half of fundraising effort

Veterinary surgeon David Mason has completed part one of his fundraising mission for veterinary charity PetSavers.

Mr Mason and his colleague Duncan Ross from the Shrubbery Veterinary Centre in Northfleet, Kent, have sailed 45 nautical miles around the Isle of Wight.

The challenge, sponsored by At Veterinary Systems, Bayer, Virbac and Zoetis, took nine hours and 17 minutes to complete.

This was the crew's second attempt at the "Round the Island Race", due to poor weather conditions that forced the sailing yacht to turn back after just 10 miles last year.

However, almost perfect sailing conditions led the crew to come in 22nd out of 50 other boats in the same class this time around.

The second half of Mr Mason's mission to raise money and awareness for PetSavers is to complete the 10K London Run alongside his daughter Kelly in July.

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Image courtesy of Mr Mason

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Building Great Workplaces webinars return

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 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.