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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' - new 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
9. Where are meetings held?
As the RCVS is currently in temporary office space, we cannot guarantee at present where future meetings of VN Council will take place, although we are aiming to hold around 50% of these meetings virtually. However, more information about where the RCVS will be holding its committee and VN Council meetings will be published in due course.
Related FAQs
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Yes, reasonable expenses are covered, including an overnight stay in London if that is required.
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New VN Council members are invited to an induction day where they meet the President and senior staff to find out more about the role of Council and the activities of the College.
VN Council members are happy to support newly-elected members, with informal advice and a more formal “buddy” system.
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For more information and an informal chat, you are welcome to contact Matthew Rendle RVN, Chair of VN Council ([email protected]); our Director of Veterinary Nursing, Julie Dugmore on [email protected]; or Annette Amato, Secretary to VN Council, on [email protected].
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Our Council members tell us that being on VN Council has broadened their horizons and allowed them to meet people and go places they never would normally have done. In some cases, it’s given them back the buzz about their profession that they enjoyed when they first qualified. They feel good about giving something back to their profession – and often the employers benefit too, from having someone on their team ‘at the heart’ of the governance of the profession.
Council work can count as CPD if you feel it has helped you meet your development objectives, and it’s even been rumoured that it can be fun….
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VN Council meetings are held in public and anyone is welcome to attend, providing there is space. Please contact Annette Amato on [email protected] for more information.
However, unfortunately, there is not a VN Council meeting during the candidate nomination period.
Paperwork from past VN Council meetings is available, which will give you an indication of the type of business conducted.