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- Advancement of the Professions Committee
- Standards 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
- Health and disability in veterinary medicine study and practice
- The role of the veterinary schools and the RCVS
- Reasonable adjustments and the Equality Act 2010
- Reasonable adjustments and Day One Competences
- Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet students
- Annex
- Reasonable adjustments for student vets - summary
- 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
- Embracing reasonable adjustments for student vet nurses - summary
- External review of the RCVS by ENQA
- Requirements for remote and online student assessments
SPVS Congress 2026
Date: Thursday 26th to Friday 27th February 2026
Opening times: 26 February 2026: 08:00 - 18:00 27 February 2026: 08:00 - 16:30
Venue: Hilton Birmingham Metropole
Details
The RCVS team are pleased to be attending the SPVS Congress from Thursday, 26 February - Friday, 27 February 2026.
Programme
Thursday, 26 February 2026
15:45 - 16:50 Business and Practice Management Stream: How we can all integrate Nurses into our Team: Sharing strategies and practical roadmap for change, Julie Dugmore RVN, Jill Macdonald RVN, RCVS
Friday, 27 February 2026
09:00 - 10:30 Business Club Live: Managing Mental Health in the Veterinary Workplace: an introduction to practical steps for managers, Angharad Belcher, Rapinder Newton, RCVS
The RCVS Stand
Throughout the Congress, we will have a team on hand to talk to you about our current projects and to answer any of your questions.
Event enquiries
If you have a question but unable to attend the Congress, please do get in touch by emailing the RCVS Events team.