Committee Chair and BEVA President Lucy Grieve gives us an overview of discussions at the latest meeting of our Ethics and Welfare Committee.
Topics discussed included:
• The Obesity Project - with the second pilot scheme coming to an end the Committee are looking at the data collected to soon launch a full campaign to tackle the disease
• Safer Horse Handling Project - course organisers for BEVA practical CPD will now provide three top tips for staying safe whilst carrying out examinations and procedures as part of the pre-course learning. This was discussed in our latest Clinical Catch-Up on Avoiding Injury When Blocking which will soon be available to watch back on the e-learning site.
• Updating the Welfare Toolkit - you can find a hub of information relating to working a welfare case and these pages are currently under review.