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14 May 2021

VET Honours finalists revealed 

The awards are the result of a collaboration between VET Festival, MWI Animal Health and Vet Times, and have been created to honour practice staff for their heroic efforts during the pandemic.

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VET Honours finalists revealed 

 

Vets, vet nurses and practice staff are to be honoured for their heroic efforts during the past year at the VET Honours, as judges unveil the finalists for each category.

The past year has seen the veterinary sector take on unprecedented challenges due to the devastating pandemic.

Exceptional

Despite these tumultuous times, individuals and practices have continued to provide exceptional care to patients, and adapted ways of working to fulfil the added pressures of safeguarding both staff and clients.

In response to this, VET Festival, MWI Animal Health and Vet Times have joined forces to create the VET Honours awards.

Community

These honours celebrate the veterinary community’s commitment to providing the very best service and care to their communities.

They also seek to highlight how certain extraordinary individuals and practices have gone above and beyond the call of duty.

Finalists

Practice of the Year

  • Ash Tree Vets
  • Ashworth Vets
  • Friars Moor Vets
  • The London Vet

Vet Honour Award

  • Lizzie and Colin Whiting – Vet CW Surgical
  • Emma Bird – Vale Vets
  • Catriona Wood – RSPCA
  • Hamsworth and Cara Golden – Whiteley Village

Vet Nurse

  • Amy Newbould – Copeland Veterinary Surgeons
  • Kathleen Gamble – Ash Tree Vets
  • Kate Etridge – Fit4dogsuk Canine Hydrotherapy Centre and Gordon Lochrie Veterinary Surgery
  • Robyn Lowe – Vets4Pets Wigan, Lancashire

Practice Management Honour

  • Allie Butler – Ash House Vets
  • Justine Turnball – Friars Moor Animal Health
  • Louise Craggs – Darlington Vet Clinic
  • Kate Shorer – Blue Cross, Hammersmith

Excellence in Therapy

  • Carol Ann Batchelor  – Valiant Veterinary Physiotherapy
  • Kirsty Skeates – Fit4dogsuk Canine Hydrotherapy Centre
  • Matthew Scott – Synergy Small Animal Rehabilitation
  • Heather Venables – PawFit Veterinary Physiotherapy

Support Staff

  • Lorna Faulkenbridge – Peasebrook Equine Clinic
  • Francesca Smith – Fit4dogsuk Canine Hydrotherapy Centre
  • Tina Rhodes – Hunts Vets
  • Lauren Blake – Cromlyn House Vet Hospital

Voting open

Voting is now open on the VET Festival website until 31 May.

Winners will be announced on 5 June and receive a £500 cash prize, a bespoke trophy, a wellness hamper and a lifetime ticket to VET Festival.