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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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- 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
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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
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.

Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024
23 June 2025 - 1736KB PDF
RCVS Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024

The RCVS Academy brochure
23 June 2025 - 1073KB PDF
The RCVS Academy brochure - a detailed guide to our free digital learning platform to support veterinary surgeons and nurses to meet professional standards.

Embracing people with disabilities in the veterinary profession
19 June 2025 - 415KB PDF
'Embracing people with disabilities in the veterinary profession' provides guidance for veterinary schools, their students, and staff on making reasonable adjustments for vet students - or applicants - with disabilities.
It outlines high-level principles to support consistent, fair decision-making and to clarify how reasonable adjustments align with competence standards. Through accreditation of veterinary degree programmes, schools are expected to uphold educational standards while also meeting the diverse needs of their students.
This guidance includes examples of possible adjustments and is intended to support schools in meeting their responsibilities while maintaining the rigour of accredited programmes.
It outlines high-level principles to support consistent, fair decision-making and to clarify how reasonable adjustments align with competence standards. Through accreditation of veterinary degree programmes, schools are expected to uphold educational standards while also meeting the diverse needs of their students.
This guidance includes examples of possible adjustments and is intended to support schools in meeting their responsibilities while maintaining the rigour of accredited programmes.

Embracing Reasonable Adjustments for Student Veterinary Nurses
19 June 2025 - 348KB PDF
'Embracing Reasonable Adjustments for Student Veterinary Nurses' provides guidance for veterinary nurse education and training providers, their students and staff on supporting veterinary nursing students - or applicants - with disabilities.
It sets out high-level principles to aid fair, consistent decision-making, and clarifies how reasonable adjustments align with competence standards.
It sets out high-level principles to aid fair, consistent decision-making, and clarifies how reasonable adjustments align with competence standards.

VN Vision: the future of team-based veterinary healthcare
11 June 2025 - 3602KB PDF
‘VN Vision: the future of team-based veterinary healthcare’ is a dynamic new report that sets out how veterinary nurses see the future of their profession, and how they wish to shape it.
Co-authored by RCVS VN Futures Lead Jill Macdonald and RCVS Director of Veterinary Nursing Julie Dugmore, the report provides valuable insights into the evolving role of veterinary nurses.
Drawing on the voices of a diverse cross-section of registered veterinary nurses (RVNs) and student veterinary nurses (SVNs), it explores how team-based veterinary healthcare can be reimagined to maximise efficiency, enhance job satisfaction, and improve access to care for animal owners.
Co-authored by RCVS VN Futures Lead Jill Macdonald and RCVS Director of Veterinary Nursing Julie Dugmore, the report provides valuable insights into the evolving role of veterinary nurses.
Drawing on the voices of a diverse cross-section of registered veterinary nurses (RVNs) and student veterinary nurses (SVNs), it explores how team-based veterinary healthcare can be reimagined to maximise efficiency, enhance job satisfaction, and improve access to care for animal owners.

RCVS Strategic Plan 2025 to 2029
21 May 2025 - 4031KB PDF
The RCVS Strategic Plan for 2025 to 2029 - Stronger together, with animal health and welfare at our heart.

RCVS Facts 2024
9 May 2025 - 1391KB PDF
RCVS Facts is published annually and contains a detailed selection of facts and figures about veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in the UK and overseas. It is available to download as a PDF.

VN Education April 2025 Edition
7 April 2025 - 1559KB PDF
Introducing our new VN Educator Conference

RCVS Facts 2023
24 January 2025 - 1116KB PDF
RCVS Facts is published annually and contains a detailed selection of facts and figures about veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in the UK and overseas. It is available to download as a PDF.

Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN) framework - For consultation January 2025
20 January 2025 - 1948KB PDF
Reference document alongside January 2025 consultation on proposed new Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN) framework.