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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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- 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 vet students
- 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
Publications
We keep in touch with veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses through a range of publications, including RCVS News and the annual report (RCVS Review and RCVS Facts).
From time to time we also publish surveys and reports.
All of these can be downloaded for free here – including archive copies from the past five years.
The 2024 Survey of the Veterinary Nursing Profession infographics
27 November 2024 - 781KB PDF
Infographics relating to the results of the 2024 Survey of the Veterinary Nursing Profession
RCVS Standards Framework for Veterinary Nurse Education and Training - For consultation February 2024
22 February 2024 - 1369KB PDF
Reference document alongside February 2024 Consultation on proposed new Standards Framework for Veterinary Nurse Education and Training.
Extra-Mural Studies fit for the future: Improving learning, flexibility and opportunity
31 October 2022 - 1015KB PDF
RCVS proposals for EMS policy from autumn 2024
Royal College Day 2022 Programme
12 July 2022 - 2097KB PDF
Programme for Royal College Day 2022 including information about retiring RCVS Council and VN Council members, RCVS Honours & Awards, and the Honours & Awards recipients.
RCVS News (July 2020)
21 August 2020 - 642KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: virtual AGM, new Day One Competences, new Fellows admitted, Knowledge Awards expanded and more.
RCVS News (June 2020)
12 June 2020 - 586KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: legislative changes, consultation on changes to disciplinary system, Black Lives Matter statement, new Junior Vice-President and more.
RCVS News (February 2020)
16 March 2020 - 580KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: survey of professions, Councils elections, Plowright Prize nominations and more.
RCVS News (January 2020)
16 March 2020 - 597KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: education reforms, new 1CPD platform, 5-year strategic plan and more.
RCVS News (December 2019)
30 December 2019 - 603KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: new resources on CPD policy changes, veterinary profession survey results, Mind Matters Initiative Research Symposium and more.
RCVS News (November 2019)
30 December 2019 - 575KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: RCVS-accredited practice campaign, CPD policy, RCVS & VN Council elections and more.