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- Role of Council Members
- Council meetings
- Council elections
- Previous election results
- Dr Louise Allum
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- Dr Andrew Clemence
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- Dr Reginald Godwin
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- Dr Danielle Greenberg
- Dr Gerard Henry
- Dr Richard Hillman
- Dr Benjamin Kennedy
- Dr Tom Lonsdale
- Dr Darren Partridge
- Martin Peaty
- Alison Price
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- Past-Presidents
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- 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
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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
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- Accrediting veterinary degrees
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- 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
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Standards & advice update: November 2020
November 2020
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.
LWP update 4: towards a ‘fitness to practise’ regime
August 2020
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.
LWP update 3: revalidation and limited licensure
August 2020
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.
LWP update 2: paraprofessional regulation
July 2020
Veterinary nurse member of RCVS Council Liz Cox discusses the Legislation Working Party's recommendations around the principle of paraprofessional regulation.
Royal College Day 2020 speeches: outgoing VN Council Chair Racheal Marshall
July 2020
The speech given by outgoing Veterinary Nurses Council Chair Racheal Marshall at Royal College Day on Friday 10 July 2020
Royal College Day 2020 speeches: incoming VN Council Chair Matthew Rendle
July 2020
The speech given by incoming Chair of Veterinary Nurses Council Matthew Rendle at Royal College Day on Friday 10 July 2020.
Royal College Day 2020 speeches: outgoing President Niall Connell
July 2020
Dr Niall Connell's final speech as outgoing President for 2019 - 2020 given at Royal College Day on Friday 10 June 2020.
Royal College Day 2020 speeches: incoming RCVS President Mandisa Greene
July 2020
A speech by incoming RCVS President for 2020-21 Dr Mandisa Greene at Royal College Day on Friday 10 July 2020.
LWP update 1: assuring practice regulation
July 2020
Lay member of RCVS Council, Claire McLaughlan, discusses our Legislation Working Party's recommendations around the principle of assuring practice regulation. (Courtesy: Vet Record)
Standards and advice update: euthanasia, wildlife, indemnity insurance, certification, and social media
June 2020
It has been quite a while since we have had an update on recent changes to the supporting guidance to the Code of Professional Conduct, meaning that we have something of a bumper edition this month covering updates to guidance on social media use, professional indemnity insurance, treatment of wildlife, certification and euthanasia.
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