BEVA Council Updates

David Rendle was appointed Junior Vice President of BEVA at the 2020 AGM and will sit on the BEVA Board of Management for four years, becoming BEVA President in 2022/23. Your browser does not support the video tag. Since graduating from the University of Bristol in 2001, David has worked at universities in both the UK and Australia, but has spent most of his career in private practice in the UK. David is actively involved in all fields of equine medicine, but has a particular interest in endocri

BEVA members have elected Kate Blakeman, Safia Barakzai, and Victoria South onto BEVA Council and re-elected Bruce Bladon and Sarah Smith following the BEVA Council Elections which took place throughout August 2020. Congratulations to the five of you. An introduction to your new council members Kate Blakeman Your browser does not support the video tag. Kate graduated from Liverpool Vet School in 2007 and now works in a small, private, ambulatory practice. Based in Leicestershire, Kate is married

Lucy Grieve MA, VetMB, MRCVS, an ambulatory assistant at Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons, Newmarket, has been appointed as President of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) for 2020/21. She has taken over the role from Tim Mair but in the absence of BEVA Congress this year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, Lucy’s inauguration was virtual; she received the Presidential chains via an online ceremony at at the BEVA AGM on 10 September 2020. Lucy qualified from Cambridge University in 2

Roly Owers, Health and Medicines committee chair provides an update on what the committee have been working on following a meeting.

Huw Griffiths, BEVA's Clinical Practice committee chair provides an update on the projects the committee are currently working on.

BEVA President, Tim Mair, encourages you to take part in the BEVA Says Thanks campaign by sharing your own NHS story. As a thank you we're giving away five copies of the recently published Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, edited by Adam Kay. BEVA President Tim Mair was inspired to start the BEVA Says Thanks campaign when he saw that Adam Kay was compiling and editing an anthology of the NHS experiences of one hundred inspirational people – including Stephen Fry, Dame Mary Beard, Sir Pau

We're pleased to announce that practical CPD courses from September 2020 will go ahead, provided they fully comply with local Covid-19 guidelines. If you’re getting a bit tired of online CPD look at what we’ve got planned for the remaining months of the year... Fundamentals of Equine Emergencies 7 October, Pool House Equine Clinic Join us for this day course where experienced course tutors will reveal the ‘art’ of equine practice as well as the science to help you overcome the dilemmas when face

Following the success of our Furlough Club, we are excited to announce the launch of BEVA’s Clinical Catch-up which will provide equine vets and vet nurses the opportunity to join live panel discussions and catch up with colleagues virtually. The first Clinical Catch-Up will take place on Wednesday 29 July at 8pm and will be led by Jamie Prutton, Liphook Equine Hospital, who will present on the Usefulness of Lab Analysis in Poor Performance Cases. He will then lead a Q&A and open discussion

Tim Mair, BEVA President, provides the latest Covid-19 update for BEVA members to let members know that we have just added new guidance to the Covid-19 hub detailing information for practices on the new tracing programmes in the UK.