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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 –
Mark Elliott homeopathicvet@btinternet.com
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
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
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.
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The BAHVS does not necessarily endorse products or the companies advertised.
Brendan Clarke
President, BAHVS
May I begin by offering a sincere apology that this is my first contribution since becoming your President. I hope it’s worth the wait!
Those who already know me will be aware that as well as being President of BAHVS and Clinical Director at Towerwood Vets I’m also a Director of the Raw Feeding Veterinary Society, Director of RawSAFE, one of the Raw Pet Medics, Chief Veterinary Advisor to Bella and Duke and have a small goat herd on land I manage using regenerative farming principles, as well as my dogs, cats and wife. (Perhaps those are not presented in quite the right order . . . !)
I’m acutely aware of all the challenges faced by the whole veterinary profession at this time, and something I’m passionate about is promotion of the clinical team for providing integrative care for our patients. This has meant the empowerment of veterinary nurses to help communication and delivery of care. They have many skills, much experience and want to help. They are crucial team members and although many practices may have used them to convey messages and provide schedule 3 procedures some have missed out on the desire to provide more for clients.
My practice’s referral service is managed by two registered veterinary nurses (RVNs) one of whom works remotely. Following Covid 19 lockdowns we were forced into much more innovative ways to provide care including remote working and telemedicine practices. Unusually (and fortunately for me!) I recruited specifically someone to work remotely who had some homoeopathic training via the Homoeopathy at Wellie Level course prior to joining the team. She has had excellent support from a number of you with her own pets and one member (Michaela Juste, you need to take the credit for this!) was an inspirational
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