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Committee – BAHVS
President – Brendan Clarke brendan@towerwoodvets.co.uk
Junior Vice-President – Emily McAteer holisticvetdublin@gmail.com
Senior Vice-President – Ilse Pedler ilsepedlerholisticvet@gmail.com
Hon. Secretary – Nazrene Moosa secbahvs@gmail.com
Treasurer – Sara Fox-Chapman sfc.holistic@gmail.com
Publications Editor – Malene Jørgensen malene@laforcevitale.eu
Education Lead – Geoff Johnson somersetvet@yahoo.com
Faculty veterinary representative – Barbara Jones barbjones570@gmail.com
Faculty Veterinary Dean – Peter Gregory gregorypeter23@gmail.com
Committee Member – Barbara Jones barbjones570@gmail.com
The British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons (BAHVS) was formed in 1981, to advance the understanding, knowledge and practice of homeopathy. It aims to stimulate professional awareness of homeopathy and to encourage and to provide for the training of
Board – IAVH
President – Don Hamilton donhamiltondvm@posteo.net
Vice President – Ilze Pētersone ilzepetersons@gmail.com
Treasurer – Mirjam Blatnik mirjam.blatnik@gmail.com
General Secretary – Beatrice Milleder bmilleder@web.de
Vice-General Secretary — Banu Kantarcioglu banukantarcioglu@yahoo.com
Education subcommittee – Stefan Kohlrausch stekoh2559@gmail.com
Mag subcommittee – Malene Jørgensen malene@laforcevitale.eu
Research Subcommittee Cinzia Ciarmatori cinzia.ciarmatori@gmail.com
Website & Forum Subcommittee – Don Hamilton donhamiltondvm@posteo.net
Social Media Subcommittee – Beatrice Milleder bmilleder@web.de
LIGA contact – Banu Kantarcioglu banukantarcioglu@yahoo.com
Materia Medica Subcommittee — Edward De Beukelaer edebeukelaer@outlook.com
veterinary surgeons in the practice of homeopathy.
It is an open forum for differing approaches to the subject of veterinary homeopathy and it’s application, allowing for constructive interchanges of ideas.
This publication is copyright. No part of it may be reproduced without the permission of the Editor. Material published does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the BAHVS or the Editor.
The BAHVS does not necessarily endorse products or the companies advertised.
Brendan Clarke
President, BAHVS
May I begin by apologising to anyone who has taken my previous comments on the LFHom in regard to Registered Veterinary Nurses as a criticism of either BAHVS or the Faculty of Homoeopathy. This was never my intention, and the timing of publication of the article made it seem so as it was written before (but published after) detailed discussions during the Faculty Conference in Edinburgh.
My intention was (and remains) to outline the position of including our RVNs as an important and valuable part of the veterinary clinical team, and therefore, they are eligible (by means of their registration with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and successful examination) to be members of the Faculty of Homoeopathy, should they choose.
I’m grateful to the Veterinary Dean of the Faculty of Homoeopathy, Dr Peter Gregory; the Medical Dean of the Faculty of Homoeopathy, Dr Yubraj Sharma and Dr Samantha Jugdev, Education Lead at NCIM for their constructive discussions of this matter during and after the conference. Together, effective ways forward have been proposed to enable our RVNs to become members of the Faculty.
I wholeheartedly believe that the Faculty is working with the best of intentions to grow its membership of medical and veterinary professionals, as we are to grow membership of BAHVS, both of which will create a greater working relationship and service to clients and their pets.
The more that we can do together to raise the profile of the benefits of homeopathy specifically (but also, a holistic approach more generally) with our professional colleagues, the better. This is particularly important at this time of review of future veterinary
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