Elephant in the clinic: Helpline offers support to vets with mental health difficulties
Veterinary medicine is a demanding career, leading to mental health problems for some vets. A new helpline is offering much-needed support, says .
The creators of All Creatures Great and Small have a lot to answer for. While the long-running TV show, set in the Yorkshire Dales, depicted the life of a country vet as gentle and easy-going, it’s a representation that Ireland’s 2,926 veterinary practitioners would struggle to recognise.
