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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

Rob Simmons

Rob Simmons is a director and advanced breeding clinician at Paragon Vets in Cumbria. Having qualified from Glasgow in 2009, he followed his interests into farm-only practice following a short stint as a mixed vet. As a farm clinician, Rob developed a keen interest in reproduction, which led to him joining Paragon in 2016. Since then, he has been developing the company’s commercial in vitro fertilisation (IVF) services and maintaining a strong research and development pathway. Alongside his work at Paragon, he also provides consultancy services to ovum pick-up (OPU) teams throughout Europe.

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