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2026 has not been a quiet year for veterinary practice. The CMA published its final decision in March, bringing confirmed changes that will affect how practices operate, communicate with clients and handle prescriptions. The ongoing push for legislative protection of the veterinary nurse title has continued to gather pace and across the profession, the pressure…

Nine in ten vets and vet nurses describe their work as stressful. If you are running a veterinary practice, you already know what sits behind that number. The question is what to do about it. The RCVS Survey of the Professions is the most comprehensive look at the UK veterinary workforce, conducted every four to…

Emma Barnes is Managing Director for Veterinary at Agilio Software. Before joining Agilio, she spent four years as Chief Operating Officer at Linnaeus, where she helped grow the group to 165 practices and over 3,000 staff. She’s a certified business coach and has spent her career helping veterinary organisations build the operational foundations that allow…

Summary – Veterinary surgeons must complete, record and reflect on 35 hours of CPD every calendar year.– Registered veterinary nurses must complete 15 hours of CPD annually. Hours cannot be rolled over.– Non-clinical CPD counts – communication, management, HR, business skills and wellbeing all qualify.– All CPD must be logged using the RCVS 1CPD app,…

Effective rota planning in a veterinary practice means scheduling vets, nurses, receptionists, and ACAs across consults, ops, wards, and on-call, while keeping shifts fair and gaps visible. Most independent UK practices still use spreadsheets, which create admin burden, communication errors, and unfair patterns. Purpose-built rota software solves this by centralising scheduling, absence tracking, and shift…

Spreadsheets are free and familiar, but they create invisible gaps, unfair patterns, and rota admin that costs practice managers hours every week. Dedicated rota software solves these problems from around £10 per month. For most practices with five or more staff, the time saving justifies the cost within the first month. Why most vet practices…

If you’re still managing rotas from a spreadsheet, you’re not alone. Most independent practices are. These questions cover the things practice managers and owners ask most about making the switch to dedicated rota software, and what a difference it can make to your team.