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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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- 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
- 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
Features
We regularly publish longer articles, stories and guest columns in our own print publications, and provide similar features for publication in the veterinary and animal owner press.
You can browse through our archive of features here, or use the search tool below to find exactly what you're looking for.
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Standards & advice update: January 2019
February 2019
This feature summarises some of the changes made to the supporting guidance to the Code of Professional Conduct following the most recent meeting of the Standards Committee on 30 January 2019.

Practical case studies on communication and consent in clinical practice
October 2018
This series of case studies highlights some of the issues commonly encountered in practice around gaining sufficient levels of consent for procedures, with learning points from the College about how the process could have been improved.

RCVS Day 2018 speeches - Liz Cox, outgoing Chair of VN Council
August 2018
Liz Cox looks at the story of the veterinary nursing profession through time, and the challenges VNs face, both then and now.

RCVS Day 2018 speeches - Lizzie Lockett, RCVS CEO
August 2018
Our CEO explains the work undertaken by Council and staff around leadership, innovation, culture change, and improving our regulatory framework and service standards.

RCVS Day 2018 speeches - Professor Stephen May, outgoing RCVS President
August 2018
Stephen May reflects on a year of projects and challenges and the way that they all converge on our dual facets, our empowerment as a Royal College and our statutory responsibilities as a regulator.

RCVS Day 2018 speeches - Amanda Boag, incoming RCVS President
August 2018
RCVS President Amanda Boag outlines the principles she sees becoming prominent in the coming and future years.

Complying with HSE ionising radiation policy
June 2018
This article features advice and guidance from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), the independent regulator of workplace health and safety, about how veterinary practices can ensure they comply with its policies on ionising radiation.

Navigating Schedule 3 delegation in practice: some case studies
June 2018
This series of case studies aims to assist both veterinary nurses and veterinary surgeons in navigating the legal framework contained in Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act relating to delegating tasks and procedures to VNs and student VNs.

Managing expectations: a vastly underutilised skill
June 2016
An advice article from our Professional Conduct Department about how managing your clients' expectations from the very outset and effective communication can prevent concerns being raised with the College.

Tips for talking to clients about medicines and prescriptions
January 2016
We have published some tips to help with an increasing number of concerns from clients regarding medicines, which often centre on communication and consent.
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