Helen Tottey

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Helen Tottey qualified as a VN in 1996 and began a full-time nurse consulting in 1998. She has enjoyed a varied career, including owning her own veterinary practice for five years, as well as working for PetPlan and Onswitch.
Helen now works in the business support team at VetPartners, supporting practices as they develop their VN consults.

March 2020

Veterinary nurses: your secret weapon

Veterinary nurses provide the backbone of any successful practice, but sometimes their contribution can be overlooked. Here, former practice owner and RVN Helen Tottey explains why nursing teams must be kept front and centre...

27 mins

December 2019

Charging for VN consults: will owners pay for services?

Helen Tottey sought to find a solution to this conundrum by comparing RVNs’ views with those of the public.

20 mins

July 2018

Heading up VNs with honour

Helen Tottey, RVN and VN Times editorial board member, summarises and shares her thoughts on the College of Animal Welfare Head Nurse Congress 2018, which – fittingly – took place during Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month.

11 mins

June 2018

Customer experience and compliance

Helen Tottey RVN, explains the important link between positive pet owner practice visits and compliance, and how improving one can boost the other.

27 mins

January 2018

If I knew then what I know now

With the beginning of 2018 leading to the usual existential thoughts a new year tends to bring, RVN Helen Tottey sits her younger self down to share some profession and career learnings.

33 mins

August 2017

A change of view – when a VN becomes a pet owner

RVN Helen Tottey uses her experiences with a new pet to think about the owner view of practice, and why veterinary nurses should listen to what she has come to realise...

33 mins

March 2017

Are vets a barrier in preventing VN consults?

RVN Helen Tottey implores readers to tear down the walls stopping them from carrying out consultations, starting from within practice.

27 mins

March 2016

RCVS VN council election manifesto: Helen Tottey RVN

The biography and manifesto of Helen Tottey RVN, a candidate in the 2016 RCVS VN council election.

5 mins

September 2015

Veterinary nurse consulting – what, why and how?

The benefits of using nurses to communicate with clients, usually about preventive health care, have … more

24 mins

June 2012

Increases in pet insurance fraud: profession discusses evidence

Helen Tottey RVN, attended an annual insurance panel meeting where delegates discussed cases and presented … more

16 mins

June 2011

Veterinary nursing: job or career?

Helen Tottey RVN, draws on current debate surrounding the role of nurses and how this … more

15 mins