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  • 2024Highly commended

    Victoria Woods, Tone Veterinary Centre

    Quality Improvement in Practice
    Victoria assessed the use of ultrasonography as a diagnostic tool. Initiatives to improve training and confidence in performing scans resulted in increased use by both vets and nurses.
    Quality improvementMedicine
  • 2024Highly commended

    Wendover Heights Veterinary Centre

    Quality Improvement in Practice
    This team introduced the feline grimace scale to aid pain scoring in cats, resulting in improved compliance with pain scoring protocols to over 80% in cats and 100% in dogs. 
    Quality improvementSmall animalsPatient careSurgery and anaesthesia
  • 2024One to watch

    CVS Equine

    Antimicrobial Stewardship
    CVS Equine raised awareness of responsible antibiotic use by exploring baseline data from an audit across their practices.
    Quality improvementEquineAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
  • 2024One to watch

    Integrated Care Council, CVS,

    Quality Improvement in Practice
    This team designed an organisational clinical governance framework to identify what matters to frontline teams and provide support and guidance for improvement activities.
    Quality improvementCommunication and teamwork
  • 2024One to watch

    Mary Fraser, Girling and Fraser Ltd

    Quality Improvement in Practice
    Mary developed an online CPD course for nurses, providing students with the knowledge and resources to apply QI techniques to the care of exotic patients.
    Quality improvementExoticsCommunication and teamwork
  • 2024One to watch

    Medivet Group

    Quality Improvement in Practice
    Medivet started an initiative that led to forming Divisional and National Committees to foster the use of clinical audits, benchmarking and significant event audits as part of their day-to-day activities.
    Quality improvement
  • 2024One to watch

    Mia Williams, Warren House Veterinary Centre

    Quality Improvement in Practice
    Mia conducted a significant event audit, and root cause analysis after a serious incident demonstrating a strong learning culture.
    Quality improvementAudits and benchmarks
  • 2023Champion

    Paragon Veterinary Referrals

    Antimicrobial Stewardship
    Paragon Veterinary Referrals reduced inappropriate antibiotic use by auditing prescriptions, significantly improving antimicrobial stewardship and team culture.
    One HealthQuality improvementAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
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  • 2023Champion

    Rachel Forster, Market Veterinary Group, IVC

    Antimicrobial Stewardship
    Rachel used ‘plan, prevent, protect’ to reduce antibiotic use in neonatal lambs by 75%, by introducing new CPD and support for teams and farmers.
    Quality improvementOne HealthFarm animalsAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
  • 2023Champion

    Tonia Simms, The Farm Vets

    Antimicrobial Stewardship
    Tonia reduced antibiotic use and improved clinical documentation by auditing surgical calf castrates, significantly enhancing antimicrobial stewardship.
    Quality improvementOne HealthFarm animalsAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
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  • 2023Champion

    White Lodge Veterinary Surgery

    Antimicrobial Stewardship
    White Lodge reviewed their use of antibiotics for cat bite abscesses and were able to treat 86% patients without antibiotics, by introducing checklists and CPD.
    Quality improvementOne HealthSmall animalsAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
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  • 2023Champion

    David Charles, Scarsdale Vets

    Quality Improvement in Practice
    David achieved improved ewe and lamb outcomes by auditing ovine obstetrics, significantly enhancing antibiotic use, analgesia, and infection control.
    Quality improvementFarm animalsSurgery and anaesthesia
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