Speaker bio page for Gillian Page
Gillian Page
BSc RVN Cert (B&PS)
Bio
Gillian was co-founder of Ayrton Veterinary Hospital, near Edinburgh. The business opened from a cold start in 1999 progressing to a purpose-built Veterinary Hospital in 2006; Gillian was part of the design team and co-project managed the build. In Dec 2017 Gillian led the sale of Ayrton to Independent Vetcare Ltd and she stayed as Business Director until January 2021.
An initial VN training at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh was followed by both clinical and teaching roles. As Centre Manager for CAW, she was Deputy Programme Leader in the setting up of Scotland’s first honours degree in Veterinary Nursing. Gillian’s interest is in clinical workflow, Leadership & practice standards; believing that structure and standardisation in practice can help achieve quality assurance and professional confidence.
Gillian sat as Director on the Board of the Veterinary Management group (VMG) from June 2016 – June 2022 and she served as President of VMG from 2019 – 2020.