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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
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.
VN Education (May 2015)
19 May 2015 - 1999KB PDF
VN Education is published twice a year and deals with veterinary nurse training and education issues. This issue includes changes to the process for recognising international qualifications, details of new handbooks for VN trainers and educators, our review of the current Day One Skills document and our campaign to protect the title veterinary nurse, among other topics.
RCVS News (March 2015)
25 March 2015 - 2291KB PDF
RCVS News is our official newsletter, which we publish three times a year in March, June and November. This issue includes: Dr title, New vice-President, Mind Matters, governance review, ADR extension, advanced practitioners...
VN Education (December 2014)
16 December 2014 - 1710KB PDF
VN Education is published twice a year and deals with veterinary nurse training and education issues. This issue includes VN Council elections, ACOVENE audit, Charter update, VN survey, Period of Supervised Practice, Vetnnet report, exam dates and staff list.
Helping you help others
17 November 2014 - 82KB PDF
Advice for veterinary professionals who would like to support a colleague who is feeling suicidal
RCVS News (November 2014)
17 November 2014 - 5844KB PDF
RCVS News is our official newsletter, which we publish three times a year in March, June and November. This issue includes: new Royal Charter approved, update on postnoms, revamped complaints process, CEO overview, Councils nominations, conviction disclosures...
Fitness to Practise - A Guide for UK Veterinary Schools and Veterinary Students
13 November 2014 - 2804KB PDF
This guide is split into two parts: the first provides guidance for veterinary schools on recognising and addressing fitness to practise concerns. Part two sets out the broad principles of fitness to practise that students should follow and which veterinary schools should expect and uphold.
RCVS Survey of the Veterinary Nursing Profession (2014)
24 September 2014 - 885KB PDF
RCVS Survey of the Veterinary Nursing Profession, 2014
RCVS Survey of the Veterinary Profession (2014)
24 September 2014 - 992KB PDF
RCVS Survey of the Veterinary Profession, 2014
RCVS Survey of the Veterinary Professions - Synthesis Report (2014)
24 September 2014 - 780KB PDF
RCVS Survey of the Veterinary Professions - Synthesis Report, 2014
RCVS News (June 2014)
27 June 2014 - 2556KB PDF
RCVS News is our official newsletter, which we publish three times a year in March, June and November. This issue includes: 24/7 guidance, new Treasurer, postnominals decision, Queen's medal, fees frozen, election results, Charter progress, Fellowship proposals, new complaints process, dispute resolution...