Contextualised care: why now and what next?

Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast series to support veterinary teams in the delivery of contextualised care. In this episode RCVS Knowledge chief executive officer Katie Mantell interviews a panel of experts from veterinary and human healthcare on the topic of contextualised care. The guests on the panel are: Sally Everitt – RCVS Knowledge clinical lead Dr Sue Paterson – veterinary surgeon, RCVS Knowledge trustee and former Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) president Andrea Taylor – human healthcare researcher and pet owner We are grateful to SPVS Educational Trust for supporting this series of podcasts. The following resources are referenced in the podcast: How to achieve contextualised care: insights from the veterinary sector and pet owners Contextualised care: a roadmap Read the transcript here.

Welcome to this special episode of the RCVS Knowledge podcast about the National Audit for Small Animal Neutering, or NASAN. We invited Harry Connock, a veterinary surgeon from Shepton Vets, and James Poff, Head Veterinary Surgeon from Cedar Vets to talk about their experiences of using the NASAN. Read the NASAN report. Find out more about the NASAN. Read the transcript.

This special episode of the RCVS Knowledge podcast features Fiona Lovatt of RCVS Knowledge and the Sheep Antibiotic Guardian Group, David Black - President of the BCVA, and Mark Jelley of the Cattle Antibiotic Guardian Group. The panel discuss the UK ruminant antibiotic stewardship roadmap, a project that aims to drive more responsible antibiotic usage in the ruminant sector.  Read the transcript.   Take the survey.

The Linnaeus Medical Quality team won the RCVS Knowledge Award in the Quality Improvement for Organisational Change in 2025 for their project that focused on building a culture of psychological safety and learning.  Clinical Lead Lou Northway sat down with Sam Thompson and Aarti Hogan to learn more about their award-winning project. Read the case example Read the transcript

In this Knowledge Natter podcast, Amy Wells from Wildbore Vetstop talks to Lou Northway about her team's audit to investigate feeding plans, Resting Energy Requirements (RER), inappetence rates and interventions, and what food was being offered to inpatients. The team were named Quality Improvement Champions in the 2025 Knowledge Awards. Read the case example Read the transcript

In this Knowledge Natter, Lou Northway talks to Helen Garbett from Paragon Veterinary Referrals, Linnaeus about how her team reduced errors in practice with ‘Huddle Up for Safer Care (HUSH) huddles'. The team were named Quality Improvement Champions in the 2025 Knowledge Awards. Read the case example Read the transcript

In this episode, RCVS Knowledge chair Amanda Boag speaks with Plowright Prize winner Professor Fiona Tomley who won the Plowright Prize in 2024. Prof. Tomley discusses her career so far, her Plowright Prize win, and how she's using the prize money to give back to the academic community. Read the transcript.

In this podcast Pam Mosedale, Sally Everitt and Rachel Dean discuss Quality Improvement, evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) and contextualised care and how they all fit together.   Read the transcript  

In this podcast interview, RCVS Knowledge Chair Amanda Boag speaks to Brian Pound, founder of CVS group and a former RCVS Knowledge trustee. Brian reflects on his five decades of experience working in the sector as a non-clinician, and the changes he's observed over that time. Read the transcript

In this RCVS Knowledge Award overview, Sean Cameron from the Linnaeus Oral Health Working Group explains the team project focused on improving clinical quality of dentistry in their first opinion practices across the company by increasing the percentage of tooth extractions receiving nerve blocks and increasing the percentage of dental radiographs being taken.  This project was awarded Champion in the 2025 RCVS Knowledge QI to Lead Organisational Change Awards. Read the transcript.