Claim funding to improve animal health and welfare
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-25)

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

Claim funding

Your review claim must be approved before you claim for the resulting follow-up. You must have followed the guidance on planning reviews (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/plan-an-animal-health-and-welfare-review) and planning follow-ups (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/plan-when-to-have-an-endemic-disease-follow-up).

You’ll need:
- your Rural Payments service customer reference number (CRN) and password
- the summary the vet gave you
You need to have completed a biosecurity assessment (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/farmers-and-vets-what-happens-on-an-endemic-disease-follow-up) if you are claiming for a follow-up for:
- cattle
- pigs
Start now (https://apply-for-an-annual-health-and-welfare-review.defra.gov.uk/sign-in)

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 of the animal health and welfare review or endemic disease follow-up.

The service ends on 19 June 2027. Your review and follow-up visits must be done by then. You must submit your claims by 19 September 2027.

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:
- cattle review summary (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cattle-testing-required-for-an-animal-health-and-welfare-review-and-endemic-disease-follow-up/vets-testing-cattle-for-animal-health-and-welfare-review#what-documentation-you-need-to-give-the-farmer)
- pig review summary (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pigs-testing-required-for-an-annual-health-and-welfare-review-and-endemic-disease-follow-up/vets-testing-pigs-for-animal-health-and-welfare-review#what-documentation-you-need-to-give-the-farmer)
- sheep review summary (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sheep-testing-required-for-an-annual-health-and-welfare-review-and-endemic-disease-follow-up/vets-testing-sheep-for-animal-health-and-welfare-review#what-documentation-you-need-to-give-the-farmer)
- cattle follow-up summary (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cattle-testing-required-for-an-animal-health-and-welfare-review-and-endemic-disease-follow-up/vets-testing-beef-cattle-for-endemic-disease-follow-up#what-documentation-you-need-to-give-the-farmer)
- pig follow-up summary (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pigs-testing-required-for-an-annual-health-and-welfare-review-and-endemic-disease-follow-up/vets-testing-pigs-for-endemic-disease-follow-up#what-documentation-you-need-to-give-the-farmer)
- sheep follow-up summary (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sheep-testing-required-for-an-annual-health-and-welfare-review-and-endemic-disease-follow-up/vets-testing-sheep-for-endemic-disease-follow-up#what-documentation-you-need-to-give-the-farmer)
Get help with your claim

For more help with claiming, you can watch the videos that show you how to make a claim for:
- sheep review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyrlYb07H5A)
- beef cattle review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFy3cp4XIl8)
- dairy cattle review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3w6aa715tc)
- pig review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iyJD6y1c70)
- sheep follow-up (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE7Sl2dxdnw)
- pig follow-up (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoGW-tqtWw)
- cattle follow-up (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbV_IiKS8Y8)
Contact the Rural Payments Agency and give your IAHW agreement number if you:
- cannot claim online
- have a question about your claim
Rural Payments Agency

PO Box 352

Worksop

S80 9FG

Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

Telephone: xx-xxxx-xxxx

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

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