UK Enterprise Awards 2025

Aspire Ultrasound Consultancy Services Limited (Aspire UCS) is a veterinary ultrasound training company advocating for the veterinary profession to have the same standard of care and quality afforded to human medicine. With more than 70 years of expertise in clinical ultrasound between them, the team here are able to deliver a multidisciplinary approach to training that spans both online and practical, in-person sessions. Best Veterinary Ultrasound Training Company 2025 - North East Wales Focusing primarily on delivering comprehensive ultrasound training services to individuals and groups working at every level within the veterinary profession, Aspire UCS is proud to call many veterinary centres and specialist referral hospitals its valued clients. At the heart of the company’s offerings is a range of hybrid learning and ongoing mentorship programmes, with these having been meticulously designed to reflect how diagnostic clinical ultrasound is taught within the UK’s medical industry. On the back of this, the team at Aspire UCS – led by Managing Director Angie Lloyd-Jones Co-Director, Julie Burnage – recognised the need for their learners to be able to practise their skills before going out into the field. Based on a real-life ‘supermodel’, Lillie the dachshund, this model seamlessly recreates all of the internals and ultrasound characteristics of a dog, ensuring the success of future training workshops. Angie said: “After nearly three years of trials and tribulations, the ‘Lillie’ Canine Ultrasound Phantom Training Kit was launched at The London Vet Show in November, with the first kit sold there and then to an ultrasound systems distributor. Since then, we have provided quotes to veterinary schools and organisations across Europe and the USA.” It would be fair to say that Aspire UCS’ model is revolutionising how a professional masters ultrasound imaging from the beginning of their career. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has expressed how important it is to carry out an abdominal ultrasound on a cat or a dog (even calling it a “day one clinical competency”) and yet almost no ultrasound training is delivered at veterinary schools. Made by hand and delivered as a three-part solution so as to provide the user with the holistic training experience they deserve, this canine ultrasound kit comes equipped with the realistic model itself, a compact block to help with 3D mental mapping and hand-eye coordination, as well as a renal phantom to help refine motor skills and improve needle placement. The ‘Lillie’ Canine Ultrasound Training Phantom Kit is the ultimate tool for mastering ultrasound imaging in veterinary care. Whether they are just starting out or looking to refine their skills, this innovative training solution helps learners scan with confidence, enhance patient care, and elevate veterinary imaging standards. The kit delivers an ethical and more sustainable approach to training, moving away from the reliance of educational instructors on cadaveric training or the use of live animals, for the initial ultrasound system skills and basic techniques. If looked after correctly, unlike the traditional alternatives, these kits can be used year after year. It is not only through the above solution that Aspire UCS is forever raising the bar in the field of veterinary ultrasound, as the commitment the company has to setting a new gold standard can be seen across its mission and core values. Dedicated to helping increase the revenue for veterinary businesses’ ultrasound departments whilst also improving diagnostic outcomes for our pets, the values of purposefulness, quality, ownership, and customer service, see that this team consistently go above and beyond. Although they may not be vets by training – Angie and co. are all diagnostic sonographers in medicine by background – the scientific expertise they share not only positively influences practices within the veterinary profession, but it is also helps the company work towards its aim of enhancing the level of care delivered in this setting. To make sure this is the case, the training services Aspire UCS provides are all proactive and for life, with virtual mentorship going hand in hand with its training to see that professionals in the industry continuously hone their skills. Aspire UCS’s 'Lillie' Phantom Ultrasound Phantom Training Kit was previously shortlisted at the Pro-Manchester Innovation 'Trailblazer Tech 2025' award final this June. Recognised for its encompassing ultrasound training and mentorship programme, it is clear that Aspire Ultrasound Consultancy Services Limited is helping industry professionals to maximise their ultrasound system skills and become ultrasound empowered. For this, it is our pleasure to offer it a place in this programme. Contact: Angie Lloyd-Jones Company: Aspire Ultrasound Consultancy Services Limited Web Address: https://www.aspireucs.com/

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