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Publishing weekly 39   articles in the archive Updated 28 Apr 2026 Reading time 4–14 min
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PIMS
PIMS 28 Apr 2026 3 min read

Why Your Veterinary PMS Isn't Always Working the Way You Need It To

Most practices feel they're working around their PMS rather than with it. The fix is rarely a new system, it's how the existing one is configured and used.

JACK PEPLOE
People
People 23 Apr 2026 3 min read

Veterinary Receptionists Are Drowning in Information – Here's What Needs to Change

Reception teams have quietly become the information hub of the whole practice. The answer isn't more staff, it's better systems wrapped around the people you have.

JACK PEPLOE
People
People 9 Apr 2026 2 min read

What a Psychologically Healthy Practice Looks Like

Burnout in veterinary practice is treated as an individual problem when it's overwhelmingly an environmental one. Clinical psychologist Jason Spendelow on what to fix.

JACK PEPLOE
Cyber security
Cyber security 25 Mar 2026 4 min read

Cybersecurity Hygiene for Veterinary Practices: Everyday Habits That Reduce Risk

Most cyber incidents in veterinary practice start with everyday actions, not technical failures. The habits that matter, and how to embed them across the team.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 10 Mar 2026 3 min read

5 Signs Your Veterinary Practice Has Outgrown Its IT Setup

The infrastructure built for a smaller team rarely scales quietly. Five practical warning signs that your practice has outgrown its current IT, and what to do next.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 2 Mar 2026 4 min read

Top 10 IT Mistakes Independent Veterinary Practices Make (And How to Avoid Them)

Ten avoidable IT mistakes that quietly hold independent practices back, from reactive support to consumer routers to no downtime protocol, and the structured fix for each.

JACK PEPLOE
PIMS
PIMS 16 Feb 2026 5 min read

Cloud vs On-Premise PMS for Veterinary Practices: Which Is Better in 2026?

An eight-factor framework for choosing between cloud and on-premise PMS infrastructure, cost, resilience, GDPR exposure, scalability and the connectivity reality of UK practices.

JACK PEPLOE
Cyber security
Cyber security 11 Feb 2026 5 min read

Cybersecurity for UK Veterinary Practices: What Are the Real Risks in 2026?

The five cyber threats UK veterinary practices actually face in 2026, the GDPR exposure that comes with them, and a five-layer model for proportionate defence.

JACK PEPLOE
AI
AI 3 Feb 2026 3 min read

Why Transparency Matters for AI Diagnostic Tools in Veterinary Medicine

AI diagnostic tools are arriving fast, but performance data rarely is. Why condition-level transparency should be the baseline expectation in veterinary AI.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 27 Jan 2026 3 min read

Automation Isn't Exciting – But It's What Actually Makes Practices Work

AI gets the headlines; automation gets the results. Where unglamorous workflow design quietly returns hours per week to veterinary teams, and where AI fits around it.

JACK PEPLOE
People
People 20 Jan 2026 3 min read

Four Themes Emerging from Recent Conversations Across the Veterinary Profession

Four recurring patterns from recent Modern Veterinary Practice Podcast episodes, culture, burnout, the consult room and visible leadership.

JACK PEPLOE
People
People 30 Dec 2025 3 min read

Where You're Going – Building a Digitally Confident Veterinary Team for 2026

Part 4 of the 2026-readiness series, turning software access into genuine team confidence through routine learning, workflow fit and a culture that rewards trying.

JACK PEPLOE

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