FAQs

Yes in many circumstances you may. If you have taken time off the Register, for example of parental leave, but you have a total of three years on the UK-Practising Register you can sign up to become a VetGDP Adviser.

Please contact us to discuss [email protected]

No. If you are already enrolled on the PDP you should continue with that programme until you have completed it.

VNs who return to register after a period of 6-18 months will not need to pay a restoration fee.

One of the downsides to the PDP was it was one size fits all, whereas one of the key benefits of VetGDP is that it is personalised. You will be able to work through the aspects of your job and what’s relevant in your workplace which might be different to somebody else’s in a different job. In mixed practice your Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) would cover different aspects to those for, say, a government role or in equine practice.

It is mandatory for veterinary graduates to take part in the VetGDP as stipulated in the Code of Professional Conduct. Practices who wish to employ graduates are required to offer this to them.

The VetGDP training must be completed, and the declaration signed, before the new graduate begins work at the practice.

The detailed work of the College is already delegated to a series of committees and working groups. In some areas, they are empowered to make decisions themselves, in others to make recommendations to Council.

In addition to including Council members, committee and working party membership can already include those selected by co-option of people with the appropriate expertise.

This would continue under the new proposed model to ensure high levels of veterinary input at the appropriate stages.

If you have any questions about the Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMR) please contact the Veterinary Medicines Directorate who will be able to assist you.

If the wrong information is used to login on 5 successive attempts, you will be locked out of your account as a security measure. If your account is locked due to too many incorrect attempts, it will automatically unlock after 15 minutes and you may proceed to the 'Reset password' option if needed.

If you are on a vocational programme (Level 3 Diploma) your college will apply to your Awarding Organisation for your final certification. The Awarding Organisations send us a list of all students who have completed the Diploma, usually once a fortnight. We will then send you an email inviting you to apply to register as a veterinary nurse.

In the meantime, you will remain on the student database, provided you are still working in your approved training practice. You need to ensure that your email address details are up to date so that your registration link is sent to the correct address.

If you are a higher education (degree) student, your university will make arrangements to send us the pass list.  Once the RCVS receives the pass list from the university, your student status is changed to graduand, that means you are no longer a student, and not yet registered, therefore cannot undertake delegated schedule 3 procedures.   However, if you have found employment, you can apply for temporary registration which allows you to work under the supervision of a named veterinary surgeon.

Temporary registration will normally be considered where there is an interval of more than four weeks between the publication of the pass list and your graduation event. Temporary registration ends on the date of the graduation event regardless of whether you have applied for full registration with the RCVS or not.

Your university will be very familiar with the process and should be able to advise you appropriately.

You can email, fax or write to us to change your personal details, but we cannot change details over the telephone. Please email [email protected] with your new details and name and enrolment number to inform us of a change of address.