The Feline Centre at Langford Vets Celebrates Fifty Years of Outstanding Feline Care with Feline Celebration CPD Event

Ginger and white cat on table being held by veterinary nurse

Vet and veterinary nurse examining a ginger cat

Veterinary nurse holding ginger cat on consulting table

26 April 2024

The Feline Centre at Langford Vets is internationally renowned for being a centre of excellence for education and cat care, ensuring that all cats visiting the hospital are treated in a relaxed, comfortable environment with compassionate cat friendly care. Langford Vets prides itself on its facilities and dedicated feline staff, having the largest group of RCVS Specialists in Feline Medicine in the UK, working alongside a multidisciplinary team of European and American Veterinary Specialists and a dedicated feline nursing team. As the first referral hospital globally to be recognised as a Gold Standard ISFM Cat Friendly Clinic, Langford Vets is passionate about providing the highest level of feline care and sharing feline knowledge by teaching the University of Bristol undergraduate vets, vet nurses and a wider community of post graduates through the Langford Academy.

2024 Fifty Years Feline Celebration CPD:

To celebrate fifty years of feline excellence, on Wednesday 15^th May, Langford Vets is hosting a full day of in-person lectures, masterclasses and practical sessions delivered by its fantastic multidisciplinary vet and nursing teams. The day will take a look at ‘The Feline past, present and future’, starting with a short presentation celebrating the heritage of the Feline Centre.

Langford Vets will be running three streams at their CPD event, one for vets, a second for nurses and the third suitable for the whole veterinary practice team focusing on the cat clinic culture. Langford Vets is committed to career-long learning and offers exceptional care for cats and the team are excited to share their expertise in medicine, surgery, neurology, imaging, anaesthesia, oncology along with emergency and critical care, including cat friendly tips. The cat clinic culture stream will also cover topics ranging from building a Cat Friendly Clinic to sustainability and the incredible Bristol Cats Project.

Langford Vets hopes you will join for this day, to celebrate all things feline with a great day of CPD, a chance to network and to raise a toast to 50 fantastic years at the Feline Centre’s birthday tea party. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Bookings close on Wednesday 8th May 2024.

For more details on the days lectures and to book your place to attend and develop your feline knowledge visit: https://www.langfordvets.co.uk/feline-celebration-day

“The Feline Centre at Langford Vets was ground-breaking in recognising the unique nature of cats as patients and the need for a feline specific clinical referral service. We are proud to be celebrating the rich heritage of the work carried out at the Feline Centre including cutting edge clinical research, education and exceptional feline care.”
Angie Hibbert - RCVS Recognised Specialist in Feline Medicine

“The Feline Centre at Langford is an essential element of the outstanding care, education and clinical research delivered by the teams at Langford Vets. Our commitment to career long learning and exceptional care is built on the legacy of the work done in the past 50 years and allows us to continue to innovate and grow in the future.”
Hattie Lawrence – Chief Executive Officer – Langford Vets

Further information

About Langford Vets
As a clinical services and educational veterinary group, with a not-for-profit owner (University of Bristol), Langford Vets is proud to provide your pet with outstanding quality of care through our extensive range of specialist capabilities. We have the largest team of American and European Specialists in the South West of England. All our practices are accredited by the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Gemma Hoskins
Marketing Manager
Langford Vets
marketing@langfordvets.co.uk
0117 4558728

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Langford Vets Feline Centre 50th Year Celebration has been kindly sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition, Langford Trust, IMV imaging, Boehringer Ingelheim and KRKA.