Veterinary
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Agilio Live | 25th September
25 September 2026 • The Brewery, London Behind Every Great Practice Agilio Live! An Exclusive Event for Practice Leaders You run a great practice. Agilio is the engine behind it – the technology that takes care of the operational back end, so your team can…
Agilio Live | 25th September
25 September 2026 • The Brewery, London Behind Every Great Practice Agilio Live! An Exclusive Event for Practice Leaders You run a great practice. Agilio is the engine behind it – the technology that takes care of the operational back end, so your team can focus on patients. Join the UK’s largest gathering of independent…
Why pricing complaints are often a communication problem, not a cost problem
The CMA received more than 45,000 responses from pet owners flagging concerns about rising veterinary bills, sparking a profession-wide conversation about pricing . With the outcome of the investigation emphasising cost transparency, veterinary practices may need to review how pricing information, estimates and treatment options are communicated to clients. For many teams, this will be…
Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month 2026: recognising your nursing team in a year of real change
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…
The state of the UK veterinary workforce in 2026: what the data tells us
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…
Why non-clinical CPD is the most overlooked investment in veterinary practice
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…
Agilio launches iTeam Rota to end the pain of spreadsheet scheduling in vet practices
iTeam Rota gives veterinary practice owners and managers role-specific scheduling and clear visibility across their teams, so rotas are fairer, more transparent and easier to maintain. One of the hardest parts of running a veterinary practice is managing the rota fairly and consistently. Practice managers can spend hours fine tuning spreadsheet rotas, then rebuilding from…
RCVS CPD requirements: complete guide for vets and vet nurses (2026)
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,…
Rota planning for veterinary practices: a complete guide (2026)
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…
Rota spreadsheets vs rota software: what’s right for your veterinary practice?
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…