Mr. Bill Cashman:

The whole world has moved on. Cars are better and phones are better, or worse. That is just the pressure of life. I think vets have adapted quite well. For example, one of the big things was that we moved from film X-ray to digital X-ray literally in about five years, it was that quick, and that was just in the first-opinion practices. The specialist practices that have developed worldwide have now arrived here as well. It is all down to what people want and what they can afford. However, it still comes back to the point that the only person who can pay for that service at the moment is the person who owns the animal. There are no hidden subsidies, aids or state aids, and the only supports I can remember getting were the Covid payment and the electricity subsidies, which were extremely welcome, but everybody has to deal with those.