Farm

Grant funding

The Defra funded animal health and welfare reviews for your livestock are now available.

To register your interest in a health and welfare review of your livestock please follow the defra link below:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/farmers-how-to-apply-for-funding-to-improve-animal-health-and-welfare

This will allow you to have a health plan review performed and testing on your sheep or cattle for wormer resistance or BVD respectivley. The cost can then be claimed back on this Defra scheme, to claim please follow this link :

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/farmers-how-to-claim-funding-to-improve-animal-health-and-welfare

Please call the surgery if you would like help to sign up.

There is now follow up funding to test for endemic disease within your flock, this can be done after you have finished a review, more info @

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/farmers-and-vets-what-happens-on-an-endemic-disease-follow-up

Once you have applied and have a application reference starting with IAHW- , then you can do 3 yearly reviews and 3 yearly follow ups with this number.

In this section:

Egremont Surgery
55 Main Street
Egremont
Cumbria
CA22 2DB

Tel: 01946 820312
Whitehaven Surgery
Preston Street
Whitehaven
Cumbria
CA28 9DL

Tel: 01946 693303