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NVPS

Explainer: How do vet prescription rules affect you?

Agri-Business

2 months ago

Explainer: How do vet prescription rules affect you?

Michael Gottstein, head of sheep knowledge transfer at Teagasc, has shared advice on how to navigate new rules regarding antiparasitic drugs.

1 out of 1,000 NVPS prescriptions purchased at merchants

Agri-Business

1 year ago

1 out of 1,000 NVPS prescriptions purchased at merchants

Only 85 out of some 85,000 veterinary prescriptions lodged on the new NVPS were purchased from a licenced merchant or pharmacist.

National Veterinary Prescription System now in operation

Agri-Business

1 year ago

National Veterinary Prescription System now in operation

The new National Veterinary Prescription System is now fully in operation, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has confirmed.

Start date for national veterinary prescription system announced

Agri-Business

2 years ago

Start date for national veterinary prescription system announced

The national veterinary prescription system (NVPS) will come into operation on January 13, 2025, minister confirms.

Calls for further clarity on NVPS at Veterinary Ireland AGM

Agri-Business

3 years ago

Calls for further clarity on NVPS at Veterinary Ireland AGM

Chair of the Veterinary Ireland Medicines Working Group, Conor Geraghty has called for further clarity on the NVPS

Agri-Business

4 years ago

Vets and DAFM at impasse on new veterinary prescription system

Vets and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine are at an impasse in relation to a new veterinary prescription system

Vets and DAFM at impasse on new veterinary prescription system

Agri-Business

4 years ago

DAFM commences phased introduction of national veterinary prescription system

The introduction of a new national veterinary prescription system (NVPS) has commenced on a phased basis involving a small number of vets

DAFM commences phased introduction of national veterinary prescription system

Agri-Business

5 years ago

'No meaningful discussion' with vets regarding proposed online prescription system

A new cloud-based veterinary prescription system that is due to be operational by the end of January 2022 has not received the backing of Irish vets.

'No meaningful discussion' with vets regarding proposed online prescription system

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