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Former RCVS President, Professor Sandy Trees, will be appointed to the House of Lords as a non-party-political (cross-bench) peer, following recommendation by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

A meeting of the Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS as constituted under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, will be held at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Belgravia House, 62-64 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AF, on:

Electoral Reform Services (ERS), the independent body that carries out the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ Council election, has offered reassurance that the election was fair, in spite of a number of voters being sent duplicate ballot papers.

The votes for the 2012 RCVS Council and Veterinary Nurse Council elections have been counted and the results are now in.

We would like to advise veterinary practices that we are not currently carrying out a data-gathering exercise and that phone calls prompting the return of a survey, and requesting mobile phone numbers, are not being made on behalf of the College.

The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons yesterday (18 April 2012) dismissed charges of serious professional misconduct against a veterinary surgeon and former employee of Medivet (Watford).

We would like to invite veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and other members of the practice team from the County Tyrone area to put their questions to us at a ‘Question Time’ meeting, to be held at the Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown, on Thursday 17 May.

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee on Wednesday [11 April 2012] reprimanded an Exeter-based veterinary surgeon for practising whilst not on the RCVS Register.

We are launching new Codes of Professional Conduct for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses today, at the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) World Congress in Birmingham

Nominations are now sought for the VN Golden Jubilee award,deadline 8 May 2012.