Chanticleer

December 2020

Chanticleer casts a weather eye over more topics in his final 2020 column.

20 mins

September 2020

Chanticleer discusses the "complex knot of uncertainties" that the COVID-19 issue has created in his latest column.

17 mins

April 2020

Chanticleer discusses an important issue in the veterinary profession in his latest Vet Times column.

19 mins

December 2019

In his final column of the year, Chanticleer casts a weather eye over the potentially troubled waters ahead.

17 mins

October 2019

Chanticleer discusses the decline in vaccination rates – both in veterinary and human medicine – and why action is needed to reverse the trend.

17 mins

September 2019

Chanticleer delves into the world of tech, and its usage in – and potential implications for – the veterinary profession in the latest column for Veterinary Times.

19 mins

July 2019

Chanticleer likens the profession to a swan, and says correspondence in veterinary journals suggests real concerns exist about the nature of the workload, the variance in standards of training and working conditions.

18 mins

April 2019

Chanticleer casts a weather eye over more areas of discussion within the veterinary sector.

20 mins

February 2019

“Today’s graduates have the disadvantage of having to fit into the matrix we created within what largely remains as a hierarchical profession. Tomorrow’s graduates will want to change things in ways millennials are more likely to accept.”

18 mins

December 2018

Chanticleer looks at some of the areas of uncertainty affecting the profession and wider world.

17 mins

November 2018

Chanticleer discusses manager training and the importance of front-of-house staff in his latest column.

18 mins

October 2018

Chanticleer discusses coverage of the cascade in the latest column for Veterinary Times.

17 mins

Chanticleer looks at more veterinary issues from the day, this time the widening divide between independent and corporate practice.

19 mins

September 2018

Chanticleer casts a weather eye over more subjects, and their parallels to the veterinary world.

18 mins

Chanticleer delves into some of the reasons behind the current recruitment crisis and calls for a unified position to tackle the issue.

16 mins

July 2018

“I wonder if any vet, anywhere, has avoided the feeling something may have gone wrong somewhere in our training... and it may just be a matter of time before they find out?”

17 mins

June 2018

Chanticleer, finding himself far from home but far from the middle of nowhere, recalls a trip when wifi, mobile signal and the trusty red phone box all let him down.

21 mins

April 2018

From his regular Vet Times column: Chanticleer discusses problems of abusive behaviour at work – and how everyone has a duty to tackle it.

18 mins

March 2018

Chanticleer tackles the scourge of spam email in his latest musings from Veterinary Times.

19 mins

January 2018

Chanticleer with the first offering of 2018, from issue 1 of Veterinary Times.

20 mins

December 2017

Chanticleer sings from the rooftops in his final Veterinary Times column of the year.

17 mins

October 2017

Chanticleer sings from the rooftops on more subjects from or affecting the veterinary sector.

20 mins

September 2017

Chanticleer sings from the rooftops on another subject in the veterinary field.

18 mins

August 2017

“Dinosaurs like me should take comfort in the realisation today’s young are far less likely to be influenced by the egos of news presenters, because they seek information from a far wider range of digital sources.”

18 mins

July 2017

Chanticleer runs the rule over more current topics, and relates them to the veterinary profession.

15 mins

June 2017

Chanticleer muses on how the winds of change are affecting the veterinary profession.

13 mins

May 2017

Chanticleer discusses the merits of a circular economy in his latest column for Veterinary Times.

13 mins

April 2017

Chanticleer looks at issues of trust, relationships and corporate culture.

13 mins

February 2017

Chanticleer runs the rule over more issues affecting life and the veterinary profession.

13 mins

Chanticleer casts a weather eye over some more topics – global as well as veterinary.

13 mins