Opinion Archives

21 May 2021

“Unless you are having a bit of a laugh my feeling is that you’re not learning as well as you could”

14 May 2021

“It is okay and only natural to make mistakes – we are all human after all, no matter how many letters are after your name”

26 April 2021

Lockdown prices: a horse seller’s market… or is it?

23 April 2021

“It’s so much more satisfying knowing why you are doing something, rather than doing it because the books tell you”

12 April 2021

“Drawing the line between concern and paralysing fear comes with the experience of passing many humdrum days where nothing very exciting happens”

8 March 2021

“Nurses often ask me how to persuade vets to let them do more procedures”

1 March 2021

“Maybe I have spent too long dealing with cattle sheds and pneumonia, but ‘please open some windows!’”

1 March 2021

“Please engage with this consultation process and make your views known”

1 March 2021

“‘Every day is a school day’, so it would be very sad if I felt I had learned everything I could”

1 February 2021

“It often takes a period of adversity to force change that, if guided and nurtured, will turn out to be change for the better”

1 February 2021

“Where is the evidence on the virucidal efficacy of hand sanitisers?”

7 December 2020

“Plot spoiler: none of her readers will end up dead”

7 December 2020

“Let’s give the Official Veterinarians engaged in export certification a voice to speak their minds”

7 December 2020

“Social media regularly misrepresents exotic animals as suitable pets and downplays the problems”

7 December 2020

“Kindness goes a long way, but bullying and cruel comments can stay with people forever”

2 November 2020

“I have been mainly singing the song of ‘trying to run and work in a veterinary practice’ to the tune of a global pandemic”

2 November 2020

“How do we choose from the plethora of keen teens wanting to be vets?”

1 October 2020

“The idea that anyone would expect us to use these accounts as some sort of benchmark for current working practices is ludicrous”

1 October 2020

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“Unless you are having a bit of a laugh my feeling is that you’re not learning as well as you could”

“It is okay and only natural to make mistakes – we are all human after all, no matter how many letters are after your name”

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Lockdown prices: a horse seller’s market… or is it?

“It’s so much more satisfying knowing why you are doing something, rather than doing it because the books tell you”

“Drawing the line between concern and paralysing fear comes with the experience of passing many humdrum days where nothing very exciting happens”

“Nurses often ask me how to persuade vets to let them do more procedures”

“Maybe I have spent too long dealing with cattle sheds and pneumonia, but ‘please open some windows!’”

“Please engage with this consultation process and make your views known”

“‘Every day is a school day’, so it would be very sad if I felt I had learned everything I could”

“It often takes a period of adversity to force change that, if guided and nurtured, will turn out to be change for the better”

“Where is the evidence on the virucidal efficacy of hand sanitisers?”

“Plot spoiler: none of her readers will end up dead”

“Let’s give the Official Veterinarians engaged in export certification a voice to speak their minds”

“Social media regularly misrepresents exotic animals as suitable pets and downplays the problems”

“Kindness goes a long way, but bullying and cruel comments can stay with people forever”

“I have been mainly singing the song of ‘trying to run and work in a veterinary practice’ to the tune of a global pandemic”

“How do we choose from the plethora of keen teens wanting to be vets?”

“The idea that anyone would expect us to use these accounts as some sort of benchmark for current working practices is ludicrous”

“Often, our fear of the virus seems more paralysing than the disease itself”

Your browser is out-of-date!

“Unless you are having a bit of a laugh my feeling is that you’re not learning as well as you could”

“It is okay and only natural to make mistakes – we are all human after all, no matter how many letters are after your name”

Your favourite columns

Lockdown prices: a horse seller’s market… or is it?

“It’s so much more satisfying knowing why you are doing something, rather than doing it because the books tell you”

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“Drawing the line between concern and paralysing fear comes with the experience of passing many humdrum days where nothing very exciting happens”

“Nurses often ask me how to persuade vets to let them do more procedures”

“Maybe I have spent too long dealing with cattle sheds and pneumonia, but ‘please open some windows!’”

“Please engage with this consultation process and make your views known”

“‘Every day is a school day’, so it would be very sad if I felt I had learned everything I could”

“It often takes a period of adversity to force change that, if guided and nurtured, will turn out to be change for the better”

“Where is the evidence on the virucidal efficacy of hand sanitisers?”

“Plot spoiler: none of her readers will end up dead”

“Let’s give the Official Veterinarians engaged in export certification a voice to speak their minds”

“Social media regularly misrepresents exotic animals as suitable pets and downplays the problems”

“Kindness goes a long way, but bullying and cruel comments can stay with people forever”

“I have been mainly singing the song of ‘trying to run and work in a veterinary practice’ to the tune of a global pandemic”

“How do we choose from the plethora of keen teens wanting to be vets?”

“The idea that anyone would expect us to use these accounts as some sort of benchmark for current working practices is ludicrous”

“Often, our fear of the virus seems more paralysing than the disease itself”

Have you heard about our
IVP Membership?