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teacher, I’m told, repertorising “out loud” when seeing her dogs.
This support, and her role with my practice has led to her beginning the LFHom course earlier this year.
Now this has brought some challenges – not least, the number of questions and reports of activities I’m receiving! Far be it from me to squash enthusiasm. For those of you involved in teaching on the course, the reports are very favourable!
The biggest challenge is that of course, as RVN, she is not able to prescribe. In our practice, she is working fully under veterinary direction, and this will therefore not be a problem, however I am aware that another brave RVN is taking the course, and her practice is less than supportive of her interest.
Looking at the wider picture, at this time of review of the Veterinary Surgeons’ Act, it is possible there will be a clear route around this issue in the future allowing nurses (and not just in terms of homoeopathic prescribing) to be able to step into a role analogous to that of Community Nurse Prescriber or Independent Prescriber, roles regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and of course, requiring further training and qualification.
With the RCVS looking at creating Faculties within its governance reviews, I would be very interested to hear members’ views about the current Faculty of Homeopathy. Should this remain as it is, or should we work for inclusion within RCVS?
As homoeopathic veterinary surgeons, as we all know only too well, we are vulnerable to the interpretations of the RCVS and must therefore be careful not to overstep. At the same time, we need to facilitate professional support for the increasing numbers of pet owners (and farmers, horse owners etc as well) wishing to include homoeopathy in the
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With the RCVS looking at creating Faculties within its governance reviews, I would be very interested to hear members’ views about the current Faculty of Homeopathy. Should this remain as it is, or should we work for inclusion within RCVS?
care of their animals. Having more nurses with good knowledge will be a big help and may encourage more (dare I say younger!) vets to train or at least be more open minded.
One exciting opportunity for pet owners is the excellent Whole Health Agriculture Foundation Course in Pet Homoeopathy. This is categorically not intended to replace veterinary care (neither conventional nor homoeopathic) but to empower caregivers to optimise their animal’s health throughout life. I congratulate Chris Aukland on his work with WHAg.
I have asked my RVN to be in touch with members to arrange for me to meet you online, and, if you wish, for us to make a short video interview about your services and your route to homoeopathy. I hope that by sharing these, we may together inspire more veterinary professionals to join us. If meeting online isn’t for you, then I hope that I will get to meet you at the Faculty of Homoeopathy Conference in November.
I can be contacted via holistic@towerwoodvets.co.uk.