On 2nd July 2024, we held our BVR 2024 Congress at the Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel.

With dedicated vet and nurse streams, a certification of completion, plus a 2-course hot and cold buffet lunch, it’s an opportunity that could not to be missed.

The Congress 2024 was kindly sponsorted by VPG and Ethicon.

The vet and nurse streams included the following topics and speakers:

Vet Stream

Elbow dysplasia – Pathophysiology, Investigation and Initial Management - Edward Corfield BVSc CertAVP(GSAS) MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery - Referral Surgeon

Benefits of early physiotherapy intervention - Lucy Mills BSc (hons), MSc, ACPAT A, HCPC, CSP Veterinary Physiotherapist

When do I need to worry about the heart – Practical tricks and tips for general practice - Tobi Wagner Dip ECVIM-CA (Cardiology) Dr.med.vet. MRCVS Clinical Director - Head of Cardiology RCVS Specialist in Cardiology and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology

TB or not TB that is the question? - Lisa Gardbaum BVet Med CertSAM MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine - Senior Medical Referral Clinician

Battling Weakness: A Case Study of Myasthenia Gravis - Giulia Grenga BVetMed CertAVP(SAM) MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine - Medical Referral Clinician

Lymphoma: Update on diagnosis, classification and prognosis - Oliver Coldrick - Board Certified Clinical Pathologist

Rear view revelation: mastering perianal surgery - Samantha Lane BVSc BSAVA PGCertSAS MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery - Senior Referral Surgeon

Elbow dysplasia - when might surgery be helpful? - Jon Shippam BVSc CertSAS MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery - Clinical Director & Head Referral Surgeon

Cruciate disease - treatment titbits and insights unleashed - Cate Khursandi BVSc CertSAS MANZCVS AFHEA MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery - Referral Surgeon

Nurse Stream

Paws-ing pain: mastering multimodal analgesia with constant rate infusions - Cheryl D'Allen RVN

Heart to Heart: Cracking the code of Veterinary ECGs - Carla Husband PGCert AVN (ECC) BSc(Hons) RVN - Referral Veterinary Nurse

Furry fighters - exploring chemotherapy - Sarah Doyle RVN and Laura Coles RVN

Foundations of Wound closure - Jonno Ng Infection Prevention SBM Animal Health J&J

Blood films 101 - a Nurses guide - Matt Garland - Lab Director VPG 

The nurse stream also includes a mixture of clinical case scenarios to include anaesthesia/planning, triaging and emergency care, theatre practice, recovery, laboratory practical and suture practical scenarios.

On 17th May 2023, at the stunning location of Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel, we were very excited to have a visiting speaker join our event, Birgitt Rimell - Clinical Nurse Specialist, Infection Prevention at H&R Healthcare Ltd. Birgitt Rimell discussed the importance of reducing infection risks in veterinary surgeries. Because of growing concerns worldwide about AMR, the importance of Infection Prevention was the main topic during Birgitt's presentations, helping to create awareness and offer solutions to both Veterinary and Human Clinical Practitioners.

Both streams, vets and nurses were invited to join this event. Other speakers and the topics that they discussed were as follows:

Vet Stream

How to diagnose forelimb lameness - Topic discussed by Dr Jon Shippam BVSc CertSAS MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery, Clinical Director & Head of Referral Surgery

Neurolocalisation - Topic discussed by Dr Lisa Gardbaum BVet Med CertSAM MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine, Senior Medical Referral Clinician

Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome - Topic discussed by Dr Samantha Lane BVSc BSAVA PGCertSAS MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery, Senior Referral Surgeon       

Lumbosacral Disease - Topic discussed by Dr Edward Corfield BVSc CertAVP(GSAS) MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery, Referral Surgeon

Nasal disease in dogs - Topic discussed by Dr Federica Manna DVM CertAVPSAM MRCVS, Medical Referral Clinician

Why Veterinary Physiotherapy for small animals - Topic discussed by Sarah Nehammer MSC Veterinary Physiotherapy, BSc (hons) Physiotherapy, ACPAT Animal Physiotherapist

9 top tips to improve your abdominal ultrasonography - Topic discussed by Dr Lucy Andrews Hird MA VetMB CertAVP MRCVS Referral Diagnostic Imaging Clinician

Monitoring diabetics - Topic discussed by Dr Giulia Grenga ​​BVetMed CertAVP (SAM), MRCVS, RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine Medical Referral Clinician

An update on diagnosis and treatment of osteosarcoma - Topic discussed by Dr Cate Khursandi BVSc CertSAS MANZCVS AFHEA MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery, Referral Surgeon

Nurse Stream

Blood Transfusions in cats - Topic discussed by Laura Coles RVN Head Referral Veterinary Nurse

Brachycephalic Anaesthesia - Topic discussed by Cathy Woodlands BSc (Hons) VNPA VPAC GradDipVN RVN Deputy Head Referral Veterinary Nurse

Becoming a Clinical supervisor & how to support your student​ - Topic discussed by Laura Knox RVN C&GCertVNES, Ncert(Anaesth) Senior Referral Veterinary Nurse

Managing head trauma patients - Topic discussed by Carla Husband BSc (Hons) RVN Referral Veterinary Nurse

CPR Training (including practical session) - Topic discussed by Carla Husband BSc (Hons) RVN Referral Veterinary Nurse

Please get in touch if this is something of interest to you and your team by emailing contact@bathvetreferrals.co.uk and sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear about all future events. Click here to sign up now.

In July we held our next round of Vet Online Free CPD sessions. The sessions included a presentation and live Q&A with the presenting vets.

The presenters and topics discussed were…

Dr Jenny Lambert BVM&S CertVOphthal MCRVS Veterinary Ophthalmologist

RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Veterinary Ophthalmology

Presented on: Cherry Eye Surgery

&

Dr Samantha Lane BVSc PGCertSAS MRCVS Referral Soft Tissue Surgeon

RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery

Presented on: Surgical Ear Disease

We will be running more Free Online CPD for Vets and Nurse later in the year. To ensure you don’t miss out on the future events, please sign up to our newsletter, Click here to get signed up now.

In June we held our next round of Nurse Online Free CPD sessions. The sessions included a presentation and live Q&A with the presenting vets.

The presenters and topics discussed were…

Cathy Woodlands, BSc (Hons) VNPA VPAC GradDipVN RVN Deputy Head Referral Veterinary Nurse

Presented on: Capnography and the waves: a vital anaesthetic monitoring tool

Vanessa West, FdSc BSc (Hons) GradDipVN RVN Referral Veterinary Nurse

Presented on: Looking after our Golden Oldies: Geriatric Anaesthesia

We will be running more Free Online CPD for Vets and Nurse later in the year. To ensure you don’t miss out on the future events, please sign up to our newsletter, Click here to get signed up now.

In April we held our next round of Vet Online Free CPD sessions. The sessions included a presentation and live Q&A with the presenting vets.

The presenters and topics discussed were…

Dr Jon Shippam BVSc CertSAS MRCVS RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery 

Presenting on: Complications of cruciate surgery

Dr Lisa Gardbaum BVet Med CertSAM MRCVS Internal Medicine Clinician RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine 

Presenting on: Feline Lymphoma

We will be running more Free Online CPD for Vets in June/July 2021, and some Veterinary Nurse CPD in June 2021. To ensure you don’t miss out on the future events, please sign up to our newsletter, Click here to get signed up now.

In March we held our first round of Nurse Online Free CPD sessions. The sessions included a presentation and live Q&A with the presenting nurses.

The presenters and topics discussed were…

Alice Rainsford RVN Veterinary Nurse – 'The role of the nurse in an emergency'.

Carla Husband RVN Veterinary Nurse - 'Nursing our ophthalmology patients, from emergency to surgery'

We will be running more Free Online CPD for Vets in April 2021, and some Veterinary Nurse CPD in June 2021. To ensure you don’t miss out on the future events, please sign up to our newsletter, Click here to get signed up now.

January would usually be the time of year we would be gearing up to hold our CPD conference, but sadly with these difficult times, we have had to postpone it. Instead we offered Free Online CPD for vets and their teams. The sessions included a presentation and live Q&A with the presenting vet.

The topics discussed were..

Wound reconstruction techniques Presented by Dr Edward Corfield BVSc CertAVP MRCVS Assistant Referral Surgeon

Tumours of the Oral Cavity Presented by Dr Barbara Karolczak MSc GPCertSAS MRCVS

We will be running more Free Online CPD for Vets in April 2021, and some Veterinary Nurse CPD in March 2021. To ensure you don’t miss out on the future events, please sign up to our newsletter, Click here to get signed up now.

Thursday 23^rd January 2020 – 9.30am to 5.00pm

Topics include:

• Patellar luxation
  Jon Shippam BVSc CertSAS MRCVS Clinical Director Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery
• Mycobacteria in cats 
  Lisa Gardbaum BVet Med CertSAM MRCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Medicine
• Coagulation Medicine; The Bleedin’ Truth​ 
  J Andrew Jagoe MVB PhD CertSAM MRCVS
• Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome 
  Edward Corfield BVSc CertAVP MRCVS
• Surgical ear disease 
  Samantha Lane BVSc BSAVAPGCertSAS MRCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal Surgery
• Ocular mini emergencies 
  Jenny Lambert BVM&S CertVOphthal MRCVS Advanced Practitioner in Veterinary Ophthalmology
• A Case of Myobacteria Microti in a Cat 
  Federica Manna CertAVP MRCVS Internal Medicine Clinician
• Tumours of the Oral Cavity: Surgical Considerations and Prognosis ​
  Barbara Karolczak MSc GPCert(SAS), PgC(SAS) MRCVS Referral Surgeon

Thursday 23^rd January 2020 – 9.30am to 4.00pm

Topics include

• Capnography, ventilators and IPPV - Breathing for our patients
  Cathy Woodlands BSc(Hons) VNPA VPAC GradDip VN RVN Senior Referral Nurse
• Anaesthesia: What are the machines telling me?
  Vanessa West BSc(Hons) RVN
• Rabbit anaesthesia - keep calm
  Laura Knox RVN C&GCertVNES
• Feline Friendly Nursing
  Laura Coles BSc(Hons) RVN Head Referral Nurse
• Perioperative Nursing Care of the Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS)
  Sally Saunders RVN