Congratulations to Jasmin Paris, who has been inducted into the University of Edinburgh’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Jasmin is a veterinary surgeon at our Hospital for Small Animals and an ultra-marathon runner.
Heralded as an exceptional sporting icon, Jasmin’s achievements as an elite record-breaking ultrarunner are well-documented. Earlier this year, she was the first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons, one of the world’s toughest sporting challenges.
She is also a SkyRunning World Series Champion, two-time British Fell Running Champion and two-time Scottish Hill Running Champion.
Jasmin is a shining example of success in both her academic career and as a trailblazer for women in endurance running and we are so proud that she is part of the Dick Vet family.
Read more about Jasmin’s induction in the University’s Sports Hall of Fame here: https://edin.ac/4bKxqLH
Read about Jasmin’s Barkley Marathons success here: https://edin.ac/3TXd7V3
Antibiotic Amnesty 2023
To raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance, our hospital is participating in Antibiotic Amnesty this November.
Antibiotics are an essential treatment for many conditions and we must use antibiotics carefully to keep them working:
💊 You should never give your pet leftover or out-of-date antibiotics. Using antibiotics when not needed could risk side effects, delay an accurate diagnosis for your pet, and contribute to antimicrobial resistance
💊 Antibiotics should be disposed of safely. Inappropriate disposal of unused antibiotics could contribute to antimicrobial resistance and pollute the environment through waterways, affecting our wildlife.
Please return unused and out-of-date antibiotics to our hospital so we can dispose of them safely. You can bring the medicines to our reception or post them to us (FAO HfSA Pharmacy). We are unable to provide refunds for returned medicines.
Let's keep antibiotics working!
#AntibioticAmnesty #onehealth #antimicrobialstewardship #AntibioticStewardship #AntimicrobialResistance #KeepAntibioticsWorking #WAAW
May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month.
Throughout the month, we will be sharing stories from some of the Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) who work at our hospital on our page, and our colleagues at Dick Vet Equine and Dick Vet General Practice will be shining a light on their amazing nurses too. Or you can see all the posts on the main @thedickvet instagram account.
We are so proud of our amazing veterinary nursing team and their knowledge, experience, dedication and skills. They, along with our clinicians and animal care assistants, provide gold standard care to our patients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
To all the RVNs out there - thank you for the vital role you play in caring for our pets!
#VNAM #vnam2023 #vetnurseawarenessmonth #whatVNsdo
BVNA (The British Veterinary Nursing Association)
Check out this short video of Ella, a young Border Collie who, thanks to the skill of the orthopaedic surgeons at our Hospital for Small Animals, is back to competing in agility after shattering her tibia and fibula earlier this year.
You can read Ella’s full story here: https://edin.ac/3VY72p5
Lindsey Ashburner explains whey she chose to specialise in ECC Veterinary Nursing
We are sharing stories from our own #RVN team as part of #VetNurseAwarenessMonth this month.
There are lots of opportunities to study for additional qualifications as a veterinary nurse.
Lindsey Ashburner, one of the Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) nurses at our Hospital for Small Animals, knew very early in her veterinary nursing career that she wanted to specialise in ECC. She decided to study for a certificate in ECC then went on to achieve VTS (ECC) accreditation too. As a result, she is one of only two qualified VTS EEC nurses in Scotland, and we are delighted that both of them work at our Hospital!
In this short video Lindsey shares her career and study history and explains what she loves about her job.
#vetnurseawarenessmonth
#VNAM2022
#WhatVNsDo
BVNA (The British Veterinary Nursing Association)
BACCN British Association of Critical Care Nurses
May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month.
During this month, with the help of our own amazing Registered Veterinary Nurses (#RVNs) from our Hospital for Small Animals, Dick Vet General Practice and Dick Vet Equine Hospital, we would like to shine a light on the work that RVNs do and celebrate their dedication, knowledge, experience and skills.
We are incredibly proud of our veterinary nursing team at Easter Bush Campus who, along with our clinicians and animal care assistants, provide gold standard care to our patients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Throughout May, we will be introducing some of the RVNs from our Hospitals and General Practice. Each will give a unique insight into their training and life as a veterinary nurse.
For more information about what we do, please visit the Hospital for Small Animals, Dick Vet General Practice and Dick Vet Equine Hospital websites.
BVNA (The British Veterinary Nursing Association)
Dick Vet General Practice
Dick Vet Equine
#vetnurseawarenessmonth
#WhatVNsDo
#OurProfessionMyResilience
world vet day 2022 (1).mp4
Today is #WorldVeterinaryDay, an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of veterinarians to the health of animals (and people!) around the globe, and thank them for their dedication and compassion.
As well as working in clinical practice, vets can also go on to enjoy careers working in education, research, public health, wildlife conservation, veterinary agencies or working for voluntary organisations. The options are endless!
The vets based at our Hospital have a wide range of roles and expertise. To mark World Veterinary Day this year, we asked some of them, as well as some other vets based at the Easter Bush campus, what they find rewarding about their job.
Watch this short video to see what they said...
Clinical Services at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Our clinical services - small animal, equine and farm animal - are among the most influential centres for clinical care in the UK, providing our students and researchers with the best possible training environment.
It's World Antimicrobial Awareness Week!
Did you know that the drugs used to treat parasite, fungal, viral and bacterial infections in both humans and animals are becoming less and less effective?
We have known for a while that antibiotics are losing their effectiveness because bacteria are becoming more resistant to them.
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is a global campaign to raise awareness about antibiotic resistance. This year the focus of the campaign is to highlight the emerging resistance to all antimicrobial drugs, not just antibiotics.
Antimicrobials are drugs intended to kill or supress bacteria, fungi, worms, protozoa and viruses. However, all of these micro-organisms can develop resistance to these drugs. As a consequence, malaria, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, fungal disease and other infections are becoming harder to treat.
See the video by the World Health Organisation (WHO) below for more information.
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance and here at the Dick Vet we take our role in stopping the future emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections very seriously.
We need to ensure best practice is used by not only health workers and policy makers, but also the general practice, so we’re hoping that you’ll join and we can all play a part in stopping the spread of drug-resistant infections.
In this video learn about what antimicrobial resistance is, how it could affect you and your pets, and how we can all support the global efforts to tackle this issue.
The Dick Vet Hospital for Small Animals
At the Hospital for Small Animals, our world-leading clinicians deliver exemplary care in state-of-the-art facilities. Our ethical, transformative research advances animal health and welfare.
As part of the University of Edinburgh we are not-for-profit, educating the vets of tomorrow in the high standards we are known for today.
To find out more about how we can help your pet, visit our website at www.DickVet.com.
A message from the Neurology and Neurosurgery Service.
A message from the Neurology and Neurosurgery Service at the Hospital for Small Animals for Scottish Primary Vets and their staff.
We are a multi-disciplinary referral hospital for small animals, providing specialist veterinary services to Veterinary Surgeons and their clients.
