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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
Our consultations
From time to time we launch our own consultations in order to gain input into our activities from the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions and the general public.
Our current and previous consultations from the last five years are set out out below.
Open consultations
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Closed consultations
The following RCVS consultations have now closed, but may still be viewed by clicking on the relevant links below.
- Review of the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN) framework (2025)
- Ensuring good governance: a consultation on recommendations to reform the governance structure of RCVS Council and VN Council (2024)
- Review of the Standards Framework for Veterinary Nurse Education and Training (2024)
- Under Care Review (Stage 3) (2022)
- Review of day one skills, competences and professional behaviours for veterinary nurses (2021)
- Draft Accreditation Standards and Accreditation Methodology for Veterinary Degree Programmes (2021)
- Under Care Review (Stage 2) (2021)
- Legislative reform consultation (2020 - 2021)
- Graduate Outcomes Consultation (2018 - 2019)
- Proposed new framework for post-registration qualifications for veterinary nurses (2018)
Further information
If you would like further information on any of these consultations, including older consultations, please contact Ben Myring, RCVS Public Affairs and Policy Manager, on 020 7202 0783 or [email protected].