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Posted: 9th September 2025

BVNA sessions to explore Veterinary Surgeons Act reform
Speakers will share how VSA reform will benefit veterinary nurses and the wider team.
The group will discuss its work with a three-part series this September.

The British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) is to host a series of live sessions exploring its stance on the Veterinary Surgeons Act (VSA) reform.

Its discussions, which will be hosted live across three dates in September, will detail the work that the BVNA has done with the UK government to champion the veterinary nursing profession and call for a new VSA.

Attendees will learn more about a proposed reform to the VSA, and hear how it will benefit both veterinary nurses and the wider veterinary team. There will be opportunities for attendees to ask questions to event speakers, who have been directly involved with VSA discussions.

The panel of speakers consists of BVNA president Lyndsay Hughes, BVNA junior vice president Sarah Holliday, and BVNA learning, development and communications manager Charlotte Bullard.

The first session, on Wednesday, 17 September at 7pm, is titled ‘VSA Reform – What does it mean for veterinary nurses?’.

Chaired by BVNA honorary treasurer Nikki McLeod, speakers will discuss how a new VSA would impact veterinary nurses and the way they work with the wider team. This includes potential benefits, including lifting the restrictions of Schedule 3 and a better utilisation of RVN skills.

The next session is on Tuesday, 23 September at 7pm, and will investigate the ‘Regulation of the veterinary professions’.

Speakers will consider how legislation would enable effective regulation, what it means to the team and define BVNA’s vision for the regulation of RVNs. It will be chaired by BVNA council member Hamish Morrin.

The final session, on Tuesday, 30 September at 7pm, will cover practice regulation.

In this session, BVNA is to argue that new legislation is needed to safeguard animals, veterinary teams and clients. It will also share how the ongoing CMA investigation could impact the development of a new VSA.

To register for each session, follow the links below:
    • VSA Reform – What does it mean for veterinary nurses?
    • Regulation of the veterinary professions
    • Practice regulation

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