Claim for an annual health and welfare review of your livestock

Use this service to claim for an annual health and welfare review with your vet.

If you have multiple businesses that are registered to your rural payments account, you'll be asked which one you're claiming for.

Claiming takes about 5 minutes.

Start now

Before you start

You’ll need:

  • your Rural Payments service customer reference number (CRN)
  • your Rural Payments service password
  • the date when the vet last visited the farm to carry out the review
  • the date the vet completed endemic disease or condition testing
  • the number of beef cattle, sheep and pigs the vet tested - you do not need to provide the number of dairy cattle tested
  • the name of the vet
  • the vet’s Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) number
  • the laboratory unique reference number (URN) for the test results

Get help with your claim

If you cannot claim online or have a question about your claim, contact the Rural Payments Agency by email or phone.

If you have your agreement number, have it with you when you call or include it in your email.

Find out about call charges (opens in a new tab)