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Reading Time: 14 minutesHere is an post written by my husband, Jim Keir, in response to trying to persuade to me to play some computer games. It goes into great depth…. “Me? Play games? Hah! I’m too old for that” That’s a real… Continue Reading →
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Reading Time: 10 minutesBring up the subject of locums and sometime in the next few sentences you’re more or less guaranteed to hear the phrase “HOW much?”, either from the indignation of those that hire locums or employees jealous of the locum’s day… Continue Reading →
Reading Time: 8 minutesI’m sure you’ve come across plenty of difficult clients – it’s a given if you’ve worked in clinical practice in the past few years. Or perhaps as a practice owner or manager, you have some difficult employees. Maybe you have… Continue Reading →
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis article looks at burnout from a personal perspective and follows on from Mark Turner’s article in the July 2020 edition of Companion. Unlike other articles I have read on this topic which tend to be fairly high-level overviews, this… Continue Reading →
Reading Time: 9 minutesTrust. We have great difficulty in describing what trust is because it is just too big, complex and vague to understand – breaking it down into smaller parts makes it much more comprehensible. We often lack the skills or language… Continue Reading →
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhy I am taking a break to study plants on an ethnobotany course.
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis article discusses the importance of trust in the workplace, in particular the veterinary profession, and summaries examples of anti-trust.
Reading Time: 10 minutesAt the recent London Vet Show, it was clear there is an overwhelming negativity in the profession regarding recruitment and retainment in particular, and that somehow because of this the profession is broken. How did we get here? What can… Continue Reading →
Reading Time: 9 minutesMoney is a subject we shy away from talking about, whether it is with clients or our own financial situation. This is compounded by the attitude, in the UK at least, that it is not the done thing to talk… Continue Reading →