The Kennel Club launched a new resource for breed clubs and individual
breeders – the Breed Health and Conservation Plans (BHCP) project – to ensure that all health concerns for a breed are identified through evidence-based criteria, and that breeders are provided with useful information and resources to raise awareness of current health and welfare concerns in their breed, and support them in making balanced breeding decisions. 

The Breed Health and Conservation Plans take a complete view of breed health with consideration to the following issues:

• known inherited conditions, 
• complex conditions (i.e. those involving many genes and environmental effects such as nutrition or exercise levels, for example hip dysplasia),
• conformational concerns and population genetics.

Sources of evidence and data have been collated into an evidence base
which gives clear indications of the most significant health conditions in each breed, in terms of prevalence and impact. Once the evidence base document has been produced it is discussed with the relevant Breed Health Co-ordinator and breed health representatives where applicable.

Priorities are agreed based on this data and incorporated into a list of actions between the Kennel Club and the breed to tackle these health concerns. These actions are then monitored and reviewed on a regular basis.