Exciting news - RCVS knowledge awards 2025

The RCVS Knowledge Awards celebrate outstanding achievements across the veterinary profession — recognising teams who are using QI methods to advance the quality of care through innovation, leadership, and evidence-based practice.

North West Equine Vets have been selected as a Highly Commended in the “RCVS Knowledge Antimicrobial Stewardship Award”, for improving responsible antimicrobial prescribing using clinical audit and recognised Quality improvement (QI) techniques. It was noted that…

“Over a number of years, it's easy to see the impact you have had, and one would hope this could be rolled out to inspire many other equine practitioners. Especially as a sector where QI needs championing. It is not only important to demonstrate reduction in antimicrobial use but also to be able to demonstrate that this does not result in an increase in post castration complications to clients and to the veterinary teams.”

Congratulations to Alice and the whole team!