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- 13/09/2011: AMTRA appoint three new SQP assessors
- 18/08/2011: CPD exam - new dates
- 02/08/2011: Pet Care Trade Association workshops on first aid and domestic poultry
- 10/05/2011: Webinars offer SQPs opportunities to gain CPD points before 30 June deadline
- 28/04/2011: Veterinary Medicines Regulations, Code and Guidance delayed
- 11/04/2011: The unexpected benefits of carrying your AMTRA SQP card
- 08/04/2011: AMTRA and AHDA CPD series to conclude in Northern Ireland
- 01/04/2011: AMTRA Council minutes published
- 30/03/2011: SCOPS Principles in Action for SQPs and vets - 5 May, Gloucestershire
- 16/03/2011: SQP Compendium
SQPs vote for Veterinary Nurse in AMTRA Council elections
Veterinary Nurse, Lisa Lines, is the newly elected SQP representative on the AMTRA Council, bringing to five the number of SQPs on the Council. As the Council’s only VN, Lisa has a crucial role to play and she is looking forward to the new challenge.
“I am passionate about my work and now that I have been elected I can be a part of the important job that AMTRA does,” Lisa says.
Lisa qualified as a C-SQP in 2006, and has been Head Dispensary Nurse at the Royal Veterinary College, Queen Mother Hospital for Small Animals, for the last four and a half years. She is confident she has a lot to offer. “Since qualifying as a VN in 2002, I have gained useful practical experience of general and referral practice which I hope to bring to the council. I also want to support VN C–SQPs with understanding their CPD requirements, and improving the range of CPD available to VNs.”
Lisa is keen to improve recognition of the work of SQPs both inside and outside the animal health industry. “The C-SQP is still relatively new,” Lisa continues, “and that leaves scope for exploring ways of prescribing medicines, as well as further training and discussions with the drug companies on how veterinary nurses can be used more effectively.”
For fellow AMTRA council member and R-SQP, David Taylor of Countrywide, Lisa’s election is good news. “It’s great to see involvement from all sectors of the animal health industry, from vets to merchants. Lisa brings an important new dimension to the council as its first VN SQP. SQPs are now represented at all levels and this has to be a good thing for the whole profession. We all look forward to working with Lisa.”
Lisa’s election is also welcomed by Stephen Dawson, General Secretary of AMTRA. “One of the key roles of the AMTRA Council is to represent people, and to develop and propose policy to the Board. Lisa will be working with council members nominated by AHDA, BETA, BVA, NOAH, RPSGB, Pet Care Trust, and NFU, as well as the four other SQP representatives, who were elected by SQPs on the AMTRA register, and who need to reflect the views of individual SQPs. That SQP representative role is something we are keen to see strengthened.”
Lisa’s experience as a VN is seen as particularly important. “Although the representatives already included a companion animal SQP,” Stephen Dawson explains, “the Council felt it needed the specific input of a veterinary nurse C-SQP. Lisa’s election completes the broad SQP representation that the Council has been aiming for.
“Veterinary Nurse SQPs form a unique bridge between SQPs and veterinary practice. They may face different issues or have different perspectives and it is this that makes Lisa’s input so valuable. With this election result, the benefits that the SQP representatives bring to both AMTRA and SQPs as a whole will continue to grow.”
The AMTRA Council meets three times a year to discuss the activities of AMTRA and recommend policy, taking into account the views of SQPs. SQPs can find details of their SQP representatives on the AMTRA website (www.amtra.org.uk), as well as the minutes from the latest Council meeting. Please contact the AMTRA office or your representatives on Council with feedback or comments.