Coronavirus (COVID-19) VMD News and Guidance

.Sign up to our to make sure you get the latest information as it becomes available.We remain open for business in line with government advice and have changed our working practices so that our staff are working from home.

If you do need to contact us, emailing is the best way to ensure you get a full response which can be used for future reference.

We usually respond to emails within a few days, depending on the complexity of the question. Our general email address is which is monitored throughout the day.If you are planning to send us anything by post you will need to notify us at first.Following the success of our e-issuing service for export certificates during the pandemic, we will permanently continue to only issue these electronically.This is in agreement with government’s wider commitment to be digital by default, providing services digitally.Certificate requests should continue to be made online.For any queries regarding this change, email: .We are monitoring the availability of authorised veterinary medicines in the UK during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The VMD and the pharmaceutical industry have well-established procedures to deal with supply issues that arise. For further information read the full news story .Manufacturers and suppliers of veterinary medicines have measures in place to enable the continued production and supply of medicines.We encourage veterinary surgeons and retailers to continue with normal purchasing patterns to maintain proportionate stocks of veterinary medicines to support the availability of medicines.Advice for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry and the veterinary profession from their representative organisations is at:On 20 December we reinstated the temporary.