-
-
- 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
-
- Standards Committee
- Advancement of the Professions 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
-
-
-
-
-
- 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
-
-
- 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
-
- 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
Power of One Health to be discussed at Royal College Day 2025 by public health leader
11 June 2025
The veterinary role in animal, human and environmental health will be highlighted at this year’s Royal College Day, with a speech from a public health veterinary surgeon at the forefront of tackling animal disease.
Dr Klara Saville MRCVS (pictured), Veterinary Head of Exotic Diseases at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), will be the guest speaker at Royal College Day 2025 – our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and awards day – on Friday, 4 July at One Great George Street, Westminster.
Her speech is titled ‘The power of One Health; a global perspective on the role of vets in animal health, pandemic prevention and food security’, and will draw upon her experience leading teams of veterinary experts in developing policy and coordinating responses to outbreaks of notifiable animal disease. She is also the founder of the international coalition Action for Animal Health (A4AH) advocating for global recognition and investment in the animal health system and in previous roles she led international engagement on antimicrobial resistance, as well as international development in animal health.
RCVS President Linda Belton MRCVS (pictured), said: “In line with our new Strategic Plan’s focus on how collaboration can influence change and improve outcomes with a one health approach, I’m delighted that Klara will be our guest speaker. Her work demonstrates the value and impact that the veterinary perspective brings into so many issues
“Some of these issues are ones which we intuitively associate with veterinary professionals – for example, food safety and disease prevention - but there are others for which we might not so readily appreciate the veterinary role, which Klara will discuss.
“Hearing from Klara at Royal College Day 2025 will give us all, whatever our role, a chance to reflect on the potential that veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and the entire veterinary team can have to effect change to benefit both animals and people.”
The AGM starts at 11am and is open to all registered veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses to attend for free and includes an update from our CEO Lizzie Lockett on what we have achieved in the past year.
As part of the AGM proceedings, newly elected and appointed members of both RCVS Council and RCVS Veterinary Nurses Council will be welcomed for their terms, and the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2024 will be presented for approval. There will also be an opportunity for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses to ask questions about the Annual Report. Further details on how to submit questions will be made available when the Annual Report is published.
The awards ceremony starts around 1pm and is open for all to attend for free, including award holders, their friends and family, and anyone with an interest in the achievements and advancements within the veterinary professions. A full list of this year’s award winners can be found on our website.
Each award will be presented by Linda Belton who will then give an address reflecting on her presidential year, before the investiture of Professor Tim Parkin FRCVS as RCVS President for 2025-26.
During the afternoon speeches will also be given by Belinda Andrews-Jones, Chair of VN Council and Tim Parkin as the newly-invested president. Klara Saville’s guest speech will bring an end to the day.
Those who wish to attend Royal College Day can register for free via the Royal College Day 2025 Eventbrite page.