{"id":18040,"date":"2025-04-03T15:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/careers\/?p=18040"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:51:43","slug":"annekas-ecc-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/careers\/news\/2025\/04\/03\/annekas-ecc-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"From Cutting Edge to leading Edge: Anneka\u2019s ECC journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than a decade since she graduated, Anneka Phillips says veterinary life has \u201ccome full circle\u201d. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/careers\/edge\/cutting-edge\/\">Vets Now\u2019s acclaimed Cutting Edge programme<\/a> that provided the vital stepping stone into the exciting world of ECC. Now<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/careers\/edge\/cutting-edge\/\"> Anneka, Principal Vet at Vets Now Bristol<\/a>, has gone from learning on the course to teaching it, as well as stepping up in other leadership roles.<\/p>\n<p>Anneka tells us of her career progression, her plans for the future \u2013 and why her clinic role is still at the heart of everything she does.<\/p>\n<p>Anneka, who\u2019s originally from Gibraltar, came to the UK to study and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>It only took a year for her to realise where she saw her career taking her, and that she needed help in getting there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in mixed animal practice, but it quite quickly became clear there was no longevity in that for me, and it would be a decision between small and large animal,\u201d said Anneka, who\u2019s 34. \u201cI just couldn\u2019t face endless consult blocks of vaccines and other very routine things, and a friend suggested going into emergency practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Joining Cutting Edge<\/h2>\n<p>As a relatively new graduate, suddenly stepping up to be in sole charge of a busy ECC clinic wasn\u2019t a realistic prospect, hence taking up Vets Now\u2019s offer to do Cutting Edge.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a decision Anneka has never regretted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wouldn\u2019t have been able to go sole charge in ECC without it,\u201d she admits. \u201cIt fills in the knowledge and practical gaps, all the things there isn\u2019t time to teach you about emergency practice at vet school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anneka worked at Vets Now Swindon before moving to Bristol and went on to complete her Postgraduate Emergency and Critical Care Certificate. 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