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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.