CONGRESS
VETcpd
Veterinary and Nursing streams, a host of workshops, and the usual great exhibition and catering in the superb facilities at Sandy Park await delegates to our 2025 congress. Book now for best value!
Alasdair Hotston Moore
Small animal surgery
Tom Smith
ICU nursing
John Chitty
Exotics
David Williams
Ophthalmology
Shelly Jefferies
Wound management
Nicola Lakeman
Aspects of nursing
Holly Powell-Thomas
Anaesthesia
Charley Glover
Cardiology
Matthew Oxford
Dentistry
Jo Harris
Cardiology
Kevin Parsons
Orthopaedics
Gwen Covey-Crump
Pain management
Steph Hovey
Dermatology
For 2025 we are offering EARLY-BIRD rates until 30th June (all plus VAT):
• Veterinary surgeons – two days £340; one day £195
• Veterinary nurses/support staff – two days £245; one day £160
Full rates from 1st July to the event itself (still plus VAT):
• Veterinary surgeons – two days £380; one day £220
• Veterinary nurses/support staff – two days 280; one day £190
Book early then for the best value CPD!
Workshops
Day 1
WOUND MANAGEMENT
The Bandaging Angels, led by Shelly Jefferies, will be running the following sessions (each limited to 10 participants):
9am and 1.15pm – Suturing basics: looking at suture types, patterns, plus practical session
10.05am and 2.20pm – How do you do? Looking at surgical site infections, hand hygiene, skin prep, with practical gloving and UV hand hygiene session
11.20am and 3.25pm – Twelve factors of healing delay: looking at different delay healing factors and ability to practice culture swabs, FNAs and tie-over dressings
11.20am ALASDAIR HOTSTON MOORE
Hands-on with drains, catheters and feeding tubes
1.15pm DAVID WILLIAMS
What’s new in ophthalmology?
Day 2
WOUND MANAGEMENT
The Bandaging Angels, led by Shelly Jefferies, will be running the following sessions (each limited to 10 participants):
9am – Suturing basics: looking at suture types, patterns, plus practical session
10.05am – How do you do? Looking at surgical site infections, hand hygiene, skin prep, with practical gloving and UV hand hygiene session
11.20am – Twelve factors of healing delay: looking at different delay healing factors and ability to practice culture swabs, FNAs and tie-over dressings
ALASDAIR HOTSTON MOORE
Hands-on with drains, catheters and feeding tubes
11.20am (one hour) and 2.20pm (three hours)
MATTHEW OXFORD (please note that these carry a £10 surcharge to cover materials)
Practical dentistry workshops: radiography in the morning; extraction techniques in the afternoon
Reserve workshop places on the booking form (first come, first served)
Speakers past and present
Some of the leading lights in veterinary CPD...
