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A feature on the latest updates to the Supporting Guidance to the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct.

An update on the changes to the Code of Professional Conduct and its supporting guidance including decisions made by the RCVS Standards Committee.

This month’s Standards & Advice update covers changes to the rules around the prescribing cascade for Great Britain and Northern Ireland following the end of the UK-EU transition period and the signing of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement as well as the arrangements within the Northern Ireland Protocol agreed between the UK and the EU in 2019.

Following on from the RCVS’ series discussing key recommendations from its Legislation Working Party (LWP), RCVS registrar and director of legal services Eleanor Ferguson considers short-term proposals for reforming the RCVS disciplinary process.

While much of our Standards & Advice Team’s work since the last update in June this year has been dominated by the increasing complexity of the coronavirus-related restrictions across the four nations of the UK, the team and our Standards Committee has still been busy looking at how we can improve, refine and update the Supporting Guidance to the Code, and advice to the profession, both on an ongoing basis, and in response to particular circumstances.

In this article exploring some of the key recommendations from the RCVS Legislation Working Party (LWP), RCVS registrar and director of legal services Eleanor Ferguson discusses disciplinary reform.

In this series, key recommendations by the RCVS Legislation Working Party (LWP) are explored by those directly involved in making them. Here, former RCVS council member Amanda Boag discusses proposals for revalidating vets and limited licensure.

Veterinary nurse member of RCVS Council Liz Cox discusses the Legislation Working Party's recommendations around the principle of paraprofessional regulation.

The speech given by outgoing Veterinary Nurses Council Chair Racheal Marshall at Royal College Day on Friday 10 July 2020

The speech given by incoming Chair of Veterinary Nurses Council Matthew Rendle at Royal College Day on Friday 10 July 2020.