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A message to our learning community After much consideration, we’ve made the decision to close the Improve Veterinary Practice platform on 13 January 2026. Improve Veterinary Practice was built to support vets and nurses at every stage of their career, and while this chapter is ending, a new one is starting at Improve Veterinary Education. We couldn’t be more grateful for the community you’ve helped us build and hope to see you on this exciting next step. Find out more

Elaine Skelton

Elaine Skelton is a director at BHP with over 35 years’ experience in tax. She specialises in inheritance tax, capital gains tax and overseas issues and is a qualified professional will writer. She is also a dementia champion, a trustee of the dementia charity Lost Chord and works voluntarily for Tax Help for Older People.

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