Claire graduated from the University of Bristol in 2005 with a BSc (Hons) in Veterinary Nursing and Practice Administration. Following graduation, Claire joined a multidisciplinary referral hospital where she went onto lead various departments including surgery and medicine before becoming a head nurse and, finally, clinical nursing training manager. During this time Claire’s passion for feline medicine and surgery grew and I 2015 Claire left to take up the role of a Lead Nurse primarily in Feline Medicine and to help set up another multidisciplinary hospital in Hampshire, where she was instrumental in obtaining gold Cat-Friendly Clinic status as well as obtaining her diploma in feline nursing. Claire’s main interests are feline medicine/ surgery, and emergency and critical care.