Guidance

Farmers: how to claim funding to improve animal health and welfare

Find out how to claim for animal health and welfare reviews and endemic disease follow-ups.

Applies to England

When to claim 

You can claim funding if you have set up a ‘Get funding to improve animal health and welfare’ (IAHW) agreement before the vet visit. The vet will give you a summary for the animal health and welfare review or endemic disease follow-up.

You can submit a claim until 19 September 2027 (please note all reviews and follow-up visits must have been done by 19 June 2027).

Your review claim must be approved before you claim for the resulting follow-up. You must have followed the guidance on timing of reviews and follow-ups.

What information you’ll need to provide

When you claim you’ll need to give details from the vet’s summary. Find out what must be included in a:

Claim funding

Claim funding to improve animal health and welfare.

Get help with your claim

For more help with claiming, you can watch the videos that show you how to make a claim for: 

Contact the Rural Payments Agency and give your agreement number if you:

  • cannot claim online
  • have a question about your claim

Rural Payments Agency

PO Box 352

Worksop

S80 9FG

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 03000 200 301

Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, except public holidays

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Funding to improve animal health and welfare: guidance for farmers and vets

Updates to this page

Published 19 June 2024
Last updated 10 October 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added details about which agreement needs to be in place. Added clarity over dates claims can be made until.

  2. We have added a link to video guidance to help you claim.

  3. First published.

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