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So joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio, we're talking again to Rosie Alistair. Thank you, Rosie for joining us.

No problem. It's nice to be here.

Rosie, in our mind, you're synonymous with vet life.

And I imagine, is that your full-time appointment at the moment, or are you involved in other projects?

I know.

So I spend part of my time with vet life, which is a charity that supports the veterinary community.

I help to run the helpline at VetLife, which is a 24-hour day, 365-day, a year,

helpline for everyone in the veterinary community.

But as well as doing that, I work in academic research, and particularly around veterinary mental health, the transition to practice, veterinary identity and veterinary suicide prevention.

And I'm also involved in a number of other projects as well.

Obviously, keep yourself busy.

And before we went on over, we were talking about trying to stop your dog from chasing squirrels as

well so it keeps you occupied outside of the working environment as well I think um I suppose

maybe we should we should start with the elephant in the room being COVID-19 and the and the fall

out from that and when we were speaking last year, it was quite early days in the lockdown period.

And I suppose how has vet life managed with the, I suppose, the continuation of lockdown

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