Meet the Speakers
Alex Taylor, RVN CertSAN ISFMDipFN AdvCertFB
“House soiling in cats – Prevention and first aid”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 14:00-15:00
Amanda Curtis, RVN, PcET
“Practical application of wound dressings”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Beckbury 4 | 09:30-11:15
“RVNs role in preventing wound infections and AMR”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Beckbury 4 | 15:00-16:45
Amanda Major, RVN, CertEd, VNCertECC
“The collaborative of VN training”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 13:45-14:45
Andrea Jeffery, Ed.D, MSc, FHEA, DipAVN, Cert.Ed, RVN
“Creating an efficient veterinary team – Unlocking potential and enhancing practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 08:45 – 09:45
Andrew Hale, Bsc, ISCP.Dip.Canine.Prac, FDM, CCB
“Understanding a care centred approach – Why emotions matter”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 08:45 – 09:45
Angela Chapman, RVN, DipAVN, VTS(ECC), BSc, MMgt
“Healing the healers – Tackling burnout in veterinary nurses”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 15:15-16:15
“Advancing veterinary nursing through evidence-based practice and research”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 09:00-10:00
Anna Saul, MSc CertVHS CHSE FHEA RVN
“The evolving role of the ambulatory equine veterinary nurse”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 14:00-15:00
Ann Stanford, BSC (Hons) Grad dip RVN PGCertAVN
“Pre-anaesthetic consideration – Prevention is better than complications”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 09:00-10:00
“Is it right to just go with the flow? FGF calculations and how to use them”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Beckbury 1 & 2 | 13:30-15:00
April Murphy, RVN ISFMCertFN CertNCS (RVN cons)
“Rabbit and Guinea pig friendly practice – Advice for caregivers and veterinary practices”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 10:30-11:30
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 10:15-11:15
Ben Myring
“Updates on potential reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 15:30-16:30
Bin Johnston, MRCVS
“The value of RVNs in community outreach“
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 14:00-15:00
Carly Blann, RVN
“A team-based approach to RVN utilisation in first opinion practice”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 14:00-15:00
“Unlocking potential: RVN roles and growth within practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 13:45-14:45
Charlotte Fennell, BSc Hons CertVNECC RVN VTS (SAIM)
“A practical approach to canine and feline transfusion medicine”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 10:30-11:30
“Immune mediated haemolytic anaemia – Above and beyond the prednisolone!”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 10:15-11:15
Charlotte Prothero, RVN
“From side eye to tail wags – Navigating canine emotions in the clinic”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 12:00 – 13:00
Connie Garvey, RVN NCert (Behav) ATI + ABT (ABTC)
“How welfare impacts behaviour in dogs, cats and rabbits”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 14:00-15:00
Craig Brooks, RVN, APVN Small Mammal
“Feathers scales and furry tails – Please go to triage”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 14:00 – 15:00
Dan Lidgbird, DipVN RVN ATT
“CMA investigation – What opportunities can we seize as the VN profession?”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 13:45-14:45
Ellie Bateman, RVN, Ncert NCS (RVN cons)
“So, you have learnt a new skill – Now what?”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 12:00-13:00
Elora-Dane Hurcomb, RVN, Cert E&CC
“Troubleshooting common anaesthetic problems”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 11:45-12:45
“Step-by-step guide of anaesthetising the brachycephalic patient”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 12:00-13:00
Emily Foot, RVN
“Masters of disguise: Recognising and managing feline pain”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 14:00-15:00
Emma Carter, RVN
“Surgical nursing for the emergency patient”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 15:30 – 16:30
Emma Collins, RVN, A1, L3 AET, L5 DET
“Spotlighting nutrition as the 5th vital sign”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 09:00-10:00
Emma Marshall, RVN
“The role of the RVN in supporting skin cases and the dermatologist”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 10:30-11:30
Fi Marjoram, C&GCertSAN CertCFVHNut BVNACertSAN
“Nutritional support for allergic skin disease”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 12:00-13:00
Fiona Pitchfork, RVN
“Unlocking potential: RVN roles and growth within practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 13:45-14:45
Gemma MacAlister, RVN, DipAVN (Med), BA (Hons), MA
“Feline shelter medicine approaches”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 10:15-11:15
Gemma Reid
“The value of RVNs in community outreach“
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 14:00-15:00
Hamish Morrin, MSc CertVHS CHSE FHEA RVN
“Advancing veterinary nursing through evidence-based practice and research”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 09:00-10:00
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Beckbury 4 | 11:30-13:00
Helen Ballantyne, MSc PGDip BSc RN RVN
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 11:45-12:45
Helen Dowson, BSc BVSc MRCVS
“Feline shelter medicine approaches”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 10:15-11:15
Helen Stephens, VN, DipAVN (Surg)
“All sewn up – The art of suturing“
Friday 10th October 2025 | Beckbury 4 | 10:15-12:00
“All sewn up – The art of suturing“
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Beckbury 1 & 2 | 10:15-12:00
Hilary Orpet, MScVetEd, BSc, Dip AVN(Surgical), Cert Ed. FHEA, DipCABT, RVN
“Creating an efficient veterinary team – Unlocking potential and enhancing practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 08:45 – 09:45
Hillary Pearce, DVM MRCVS
“Supporting dogs with cognitive dysfunction”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 09:00-10:00
Jasmine Curtis, RVN
“Supporting success: Empowering clinical supervisors“
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 10:30-11:30
Jenny Hindmarsh, BSc (Hons) BVSc PGDIP VCP(Equine) AFHEA MRCVS
“Equine behaviour and low stress practice”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 09:00-10:00
Jesle Varu, BSc (Hons), CertVNECC, APVN (Small mammals), CET, RVN
“Wildlife nursing – An overview”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 10:15 – 11:15
Jessica Hill, BSc (Hons), RVN, MSc (PSCHF)
“The RVN role in maintaining patient safety when providing inpatient care”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 15:30-16:30
Jill Macdonald, DipAVN (Surgical) RVN FHEA
“Your insight is needed! Strengthening the role of RVNs in team-based veterinary healthcare”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Beckbury 3 | 10:30-11:30
“Unlocking potential: RVN roles and growth within practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 13:45-14:45
Joy Shutt, BSc (Hons) C-SQP RVN DipNCS(RVNCons)
“Senior moments – Nurse clinics for ageing pets”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 14:00-15:00
Julian Hoad BSc(Hons) BVetMed Hon MBVNA MRCVS
“CMA investigation – What opportunities can we seize as the VN profession?”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 13:45-14:45
Julie Dugmore, RVN
“Your insight is needed! Strengthening the role of RVNs in team-based veterinary healthcare”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Beckbury 3 | 10:30-11:30
Karen Heskin, BVSc CertSAO MSc(VAA) MRCVS – Burtons Clinical Teaching
Friday 10th October 2025 | Beckbury 1 & 2 | 09:00-16:30
Blood Pressure: Delving Deeper
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Beckbury 1 & 2 | 08:45-16:15
Katy Brown, RVN, DipAVN
Friday 10th October 2025 | Beckbury 4 | 15:15-17:00
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Beckbury 4 | 09:15-11:00
Kay Eminson, BSc(hons) RVN, CERT VNES
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Beckbury 4 | 11:30-13:00
Keith Simpson, BVSc MRCVS MIET – Burtons Clinical Teaching
Friday 10th October 2025 | Beckbury 1 & 2 | 09:00-16:30
Blood Pressure: Delving Deeper
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Beckbury 1 & 2 | 08:45-16:15
Kelly Deane, PGCert Vet Ed FHEA FdSc Cert VNES RVN
“Emergency and critical care of small mammals”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 08:45-09:45
“Wake up fishy – Fish anaesthesia”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 13:45-14:45
Kelly Robinson, RVN CertVNES APVN(Zoo) CertVNECC
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 08:45-09:45
“Much more than ‘just’ a veterinary nurse – Maximising input from RVN’s in medical cases”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 11:45-12:45
Kirsty Gwynne, PG Cert VetEd, Grad DipVN, Cert Ed, RVN, C-SQP, V1
“Purr-scriptions and waggy tails: VCA’s get your claws into pharmacy”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 10:30-11:30
Krishna Mistry, RVN Dip AVN (Small Animal) VNCert ECC PGCert AVN (ECC and Anaesthesia and Analgesia) BSc
“Unlocking potential: RVN roles and growth within practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 13:45-14:45
Lacey Quinn Daniels, RVN
“Say what you see, or don’t; The impact of words in practice“
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 15:15-16:15
“Unlocking potential: RVN roles and growth within practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 13:45-14:45
Laura Hughes, RVN C&G Cert SAN
“Building resilience within veterinary practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 13:45-14:45
Laura James, BSc VNS, CertVNECC, RVN
“Triage and tribulations – Sorting the sick from the sicker”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 09:00-10:00
“Fur-real emergencies: Toxicology in practice”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 12:00-13:00
Laura Ward, CCAB, BSc (hons), A.DipCBM, VN
“When distraction won’t work: Working with aggressive dogs in practice”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 12:00-13:00
Laura Watson, RVN ISFM AdvCert FB DipFN
“Protective cats in the clinic – What should I do?”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 10:30-11:30
Lauren Davis, BVSc MRCVS
“Sleep – What is it really and how does it impact pain and behaviour in our patients?”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 13:45-14:45
Lauren Hargrave, BSc (hons) (Animal Behaviour), FdSc RVN
“A team-based approach to RVN utilisation in first opinion practice”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 14:00-15:00
“Unlocking potential: RVN roles and growth within practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 13:45-14:45
Lauren Valentine, APVN (Zoo/Wildlife) BSc Hons, RVN AMRSB
“A to Z of anaesthesia – Aardvarks to zebra”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 11:45-12:45
“Schedule 3 in zoo, wildlife and non traditional companion animals”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 15:15-16:15
Lil Proctor, RVN
“Unlocking potential: RVN roles and growth within practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 13:45-14:45
Liza Ebeck, RVN, NCert Anaesth., CVLM
“ECG abnormalities under anaesthesia”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 10:30 – 11:30
“Anaesthetic complications and emergencies”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 14:00-15:00
Lou Northway, CertVNECC NCert(Anaesth) RVN
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Beckbury 4 | 11:30-13:00
Lyndsay Hughes, RVN
“Growing a positive workplace culture”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 12:00-13:00
“CMA investigation – What opportunities can we seize as the VN profession?”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 13:45-14:45
“Updates on potential reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 15:30-16:30
Nurse utilisation in aftercare: Extending veterinary support in small animal and equine practice
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 10:15-11:15
Marie Rippingale, BSc (Hons), REVN, G-SQP, DipHE CVN, DipAVN (Equine), IQA
“Donkeys – Not just small horses”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 10:30-11:30
“Progression of the equine veterinary nursing profession – Past, present and future”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 12:00–13:00
“CMA investigation – What opportunities can we seize as the VN profession?”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 13:45-14:45
Nurse utilisation in aftercare: Extending veterinary support in small animal and equine practice
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 1 | 10:15-11:15
Natasha Widdowson
“Updates on potential reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 15:30-16:30
Nicky Ackerley, BA (Hons) – BVNA Members Advisory Service
“Sexual harassment – Preventative training legal requirement October 2024”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Beckbury 4 | 12:30-14:00
Nicola Hughes, FdSc RVN DipET
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 10:30-11:30
Nicola Roberts, RVN
“When love leads the way – Communicating and assessing with compassion in EoL care”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 15:30-16:30
Nikki McLeod, PGDip(CAB) BSc(Hons) NCert(Behav) ISFM CertFN & AdvCertFB RVN
‘Crazy and spicy’ or ‘misunderstood moggies’ – Why do cats always get the bad rap?
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 09:00-10:00
Rebecca Jordan, FdSc DipAVN (SA) RVN
“Why do orthopaedic surgeries have a higher risk of surgical site infections?”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 11:45-12:45
Rob Williams, MVB MBA CMgr FCMI MCIPD MRCVS
“Growing a positive workplace culture”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 12:00-13:00
“CMA investigation – What opportunities can we seize as the VN profession?”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 13:45-14:45
“Updates on potential reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 15:30-16:30
Rosina Lillwhite, QTLS CertED IQA REVN
“Surgical nursing for the emergency patient”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 15:30 – 16:30
“Progression of the equine veterinary nursing profession – Past, present and future”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 12:00–13:00
Sam Massey, BSc(Hons)RVN NCert(Behav)
“Creating confidence in canine confidence clinics”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 15:30 – 16:30
Sam McAulay, RVN
“The value of RVNs in community outreach“
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 14:00-15:00
Samantha Baxter, FdSc RVN
“Down the drain – Surgical and thoracic drain management”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 08:45 – 09:45
Samantha Lympany-Tier, MSc BSc (Hons) AACT PTLLS
“Say what you see or don’t; The impact of words in practice”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 15:15-16:15
“Glorious you – Channeling your authentic self for personal and professional growth
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 10:30-11:30
Stacey Bullock, RVN, ATS, CTeach, C-SQP
“The collaborative of VN training”
Saturday 11th October 2025 | Pattingham 2 | 13:45-14:45
Stuart Ford-Fennah, MBA BSc(Hons) RVN MIoL MCMI AIOSH
“Ei Ei O – The human side of learning”
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 09:00-10:00
Susan Campbell, DipAVN(medical) RVN FHEA CertSAN CertVNECC
Friday 10th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 14:00 – 15:00
Tara Ryan, RVN A1 Dip CRM MBVNA
“Empowering nurses to embrace their own career pathway”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 12:00 – 13:00
Tori Thornton, BSc (Hons) RVN PGCert
“Supporting success: Empowering clinical supervisors“
Friday 10th October 2025 | Pattingham 1 | 10:30-11:30
Vicky Halls, RVN
“Engaging or protective – Feline emotions explained”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 09:00-10:00
“Unowned cats: A team approach“
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 3 | 12:00-13:00
Zoe Mitchell, BVM&S MRCVS
“The joint approach; The importance of the nursing team in OA diagnosis and management”
Sunday 12th October 2025 | Ironbridge 2 | 09:00-10:00