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This is a transcript of the RCVS Knowledge podcast episode 'An interview with Brian Pound'.

In this RCVS Knowledge Award overview, Caitlin Burchill describes how the team at Cockburn Vets used clinical audit to improve their responsible use of antibiotics in dog and cat dental cases.

The team at Cockburn Vets were awarded Champion in the 2025 RCVS Knowledge Antimicrobial Stewardship Awards.

In this RCVS Knowledge Award overview, Helen Garbett from Paragon Veterinary Referrals outlines how the team implemented an innovative team-based approach to improving patient safety. The daily huddles introduced by the team focus on preventing medication and dispensing errors by embedding key principles, including involving all members of the clinical and non-clinical teams to identify at-risk patients and agree on actions to mitigate that risk.

Paragon Veterinary Referrals received a Champion Award in the 2025 RCVS Knowledge QI in Practice Awards.

In this RCVS Knowledge Award overview transcript, Tighearnan Mooney from Animal Trust, Dewsbury, explains how the team approached reducing the unnecessary use of highest-priority, critically important antibiotics (HPCIAs) and ensuring that any use followed the principles of good antimicrobial stewardship. 

The team at Animal Trust, Dewsbury, received a Champion Award in the 2025 RCVS Knowledge Antimicrobial Stewardship Awards. 

In this RCVS Knowledge Award overview transcript, Emily Hudson outlines how the team at Vets Now, Bristol, conducted an audit to investigate whether fluid therapy rates for dehydrated patients were being calculated in accordance with current guidelines, given the risk of fluid overload in critically ill patients.

The Vets Now, Bristol team were awarded Champion in the 2025 RCVS Knowledge QI in Practice Awar

In this RCVS Knowledge Award overview transcript, Amy Wells from Wildbore Vetstop describes the team audit that investigated the use of feeding plans, Resting Energy Requirements (RER), inappetence rates, interventions, and the types of food offered to inpatients.

The team at Wildbore Vetstop were awarded Champion in the 2025 RCVS Knowledge QI in Practice Awards.

In this RCVS Knowledge Award overview transcript, 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 2026 RCVS Knowledge QI to Lead Organisational Change Awards.

This report presents data from 72,256 neutering procedures involving dogs, cats, and rabbits, carried out across the UK between 2005 and 2024. It offers a valuable overview of current practices and trends in small animal neutering.

We encourage you to share this report with your team, within your organisation, or on social media to help promote learning and improvement across the profession.
If you refer to this report or use any of its data, please cite it as:

RCVS Knowledge (2025). National Audit for Small Animal Neutering Report 2024. [Online]. Available at www.rcvsknowledge.org/NASAN-Report

In this insightful podcast transcript, Julie Gibson, Quality Improvement Clinical Lead at RCVS Knowledge, and Pam Mosedale, Chair of the RCVS Knowledge Quality Improvement Advisory Board, discuss the importance of clinical audit and celebrate Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2025. They discuss the benefits of clinical audits in veterinary practice, emphasising their role in improving patient outcomes, enhancing team collaboration, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Pam and Julie share practical advice and success stories, providing you with valuable insights and resources that will help veterinary teams effectively implement and sustain clinical audits.