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In this podcast transcript, Margaret Mary Devaney, who was Assistant Director for Quality and Risk at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust at the time of recording, and Anita Malana, Team Leader for Trauma, Orthopaedics and Private Theatres at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust at the time of recording, draw on personal experiences to give a thought-provoking overview of quality improvement, approaches to safety and a learning culture in the NHS.

This emotive presentation was made at RCVS Knowledge’s National Summit for Supporting Quality Improvement in Veterinary Care 2019.

This is a transcript of the podcast episode 'Veterinary Evidence Student Award Winners 2024'.

In this podcast transcript, Mark Turner, a practicing veterinary surgeon, and member of the BSAVA’s Education Committee, discusses the importance of practice culture in veterinary settings, emphasizing the significance of psychological safety and its impact on team dynamics, patient care, and overall organisational success. Mark also covers the role of QI in maintaining a positive learning culture within veterinary practices.

In this podcast transcript, Laura Playforth BVM&S MSc Adv HCP (Open) MRCVS, Vice-Chair of QIAB talks to Pam Mosedale, QI Clinical Lead BVetMed MRCVS, Chair of QIAB, about the importance of empathy and psychological safety when supporting teams after an adverse event, and the steps we can all take to improve team morale and build a positive culture in practice.

CVS South 4 Region used ‘Plan, Prevent, Protect’ to devise strategies to reduce antibiotic use, including team training and guidance documents. The team achieved an impressive 70% reduction in the use of long-acting antibiotics in the treatment of bite wounds and superficial skin infections in cats, without compromising patient welfare. This improved their overall responsible use of Highest Priority, Critically Important Antibiotics (HPCIAs), achieving a 65% reduction in their average use.

In this Knowledge Award audio summary transcript, Hannah Jones from Avenue Veterinary Centre, explains how her team approached a prospective audit using post-operative pain scoring to assess the analgesia protocols for neutering in feline patients. A change in the protocols led to a 61% reduction in the number of cats requiring rescue analgesia post-operatively.   

In this Highly Commended award winning case example, Hannah Jones and the team from Avenue Veterinary Centre (Malvern) carried out a prospective audit using post-operative pain scoring to assess the analgesia protocols for neutering in feline patients. A change in the protocols led to a 61% reduction in the number of cats requiring rescue analgesia post-operatively.

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