{"id":19254,"date":"2026-06-23T09:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/professionals\/?p=19254"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:45:54","slug":"rcvs-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vets-now.com\/professionals\/2026\/06\/23\/rcvs-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Vets Now recognised at RCVS Knowledge Awards for advancing emergency care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re proud to have won the Quality Improvement to Lead Organisational Change Award at the RCVS Knowledge Awards 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The RCVS Knowledge Awards celebrate outstanding achievements across the veterinary profession, recognising projects that demonstrate exceptional use of quality improvement (QI) methods to advance care through innovation, leadership and evidence-based practice.<\/p>\n<p>Our award-winning project was recognised for improving emergency care for dogs with acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea syndrome (AHDS).<\/p>\n<p>Using data from more than 1,100 emergency cases across over 60 Vets Now sites, the project introduced a structured care framework, an integrated fluid therapy calculator and enhanced monitoring tools to support improvements in fluid therapy for dogs with AHDS.<\/p>\n<p>The results included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An increase in documented fluid therapy calculations from 8.7% to 40%<\/li>\n<li>A 25.1% reduction in antimicrobial use<\/li>\n<li>Improved prescribing accuracy<\/li>\n<li>Better patient monitoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to the project team \u2013 Lucy Leicester, Racheal Marshall and Monica Guzman \u2013 alongside the Clinical Standards team and everyone across Vets Now who contributed to this fantastic achievement.<\/p>\n<p>This award is a fantastic example of how quality improvement and collaboration can make a real difference to patient care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re proud to have won the Quality Improvement to 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