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- Council Members
- Role of Council Members
- Council meetings
- Council elections
- Previous election results
- Dr Louise Allum
- Dr Sam Bescoby
- Dr Andrew Clemence
- Dr Tshidi Gardiner
- Dr Reginald Godwin
- Paddy Gordon
- Dr Danielle Greenberg
- Dr Gerard Henry
- Dr Richard Hillman
- Dr Benjamin Kennedy
- Dr Tom Lonsdale
- Dr Darren Partridge
- Martin Peaty
- Alison Price
- Dr Peter Robinson
- Dr Jennifer Simmons
- Dr Sadie Spencer
- Dr Mary Thomas
- William Wilkinson
- Dr Lara Wilson
- Past-Presidents
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- Standards Committee
- Advancement of the Professions Committee
- Audit and Risk Committee
- Education Committee
- Disciplinary Committee
- Charter Case Committee
- Preliminary Investigation Committee and Disciplinary Committee Liaison Committee
- Registration Committee
- Preliminary Investigation Committee
- Paper classification: some definitions
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- About extra-mural studies (EMS)
- EMS requirements
- Information for vet students
- Information for EMS providers
- Information for vet schools
- Temporary EMS requirements
- Practice by students - regulations
- Health and safety on EMS placements
- EMS contacts and further guidance
- Extra-mural studies fit for the future
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- Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
- Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses
- Contact the Advice Team
- XL Bully dog ban
- 'Under care' - guidance
- Advice on Schedule 3
- Controlled Drugs Guidance – A to Z
- Dealing with Difficult Situations webinar recordings
- FAQs – Common medicines pitfalls
- FAQs – Routine veterinary practice and clinical veterinary research
- FAQs – Advertising of practice names
- GDPR – RCVS information and Q&As
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- Accrediting veterinary degrees
- Accrediting veterinary nursing qualifications
- Reasonable adjustments for student vets
- Reasonable adjustments for student veterinary nurses
- Health and disability in veterinary nurse education and training
- Reasonable adjustments for students and the UK disability discrimination legislation
- Educational assessment of veterinary nurses
- Roles of key stakeholders in the application of reasonable adjustments
- Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet nurse students
- External review of the RCVS by ENQA
- Requirements for remote and online student assessments
Document library
Raising concerns about a colleague who is a veterinary surgeon
20 May 2025 - 78KB DOCX
This form should be used to let us know about any concerns you may have about a veterinary surgeon. It can be completed electronically and emailed back to us.
What Matters To You: Conversation Guide for Leaders
19 May 2025 - 276KB PDF
Adapted by RCVS Knowledge from the original Institute for Healthcare Improvement framework, this resource is intended to support leaders within the veterinary sector in introducing the Joy in Work concept to their teams. This conversation guide will support you in setting up initial and follow-up conversations with your team to identify any ‘pebbles in your shoes’ (aka workplace frustrations) and to engage and empower the team to identify potential solutions to problems.
RCVS Convictions Disclosure Form for Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Nurses
16 May 2025 - 43KB DOCX
This form can be used by a veterinary surgeon when making any disclosure of a caution, conviction or adverse finding.
VN Council Committee papers May 2025
16 May 2025 - 1478KB PDF
Unclassified papers for the meeting of Veterinary Nurses Council on 21 May 2025
Overseas Trained VNs Application Form A
14 May 2025 - 357KB DOCX
Application for a veterinary nurse trained outside the UK to have their qualification(s) and experience assessed to determine eligibility of an application for inclusion on the RCVS Register of Veterinary Nurses. Application Form A - Word version
Central Qualifications Accreditation Report 2025
1 May 2025 - 633KB PDF
Central Qualifications Accreditation Report 2025
Results of the 2025 RCVS Council and VN Council elections
29 April 2025 - 205KB PDF
The report of voting from the 2025 RCVS Council and VN Council elections, published by Civica Election Services
Georgescu, Razvan, April 2025, Decision of Unfitness to Practise and Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect
28 April 2025 - 222KB PDF
Georgescu, Razvan, April 2025, Decision of Unfitness to Practise and Disgraceful Conduct in a Professional Respect