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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.
RCVS Annual Report (2013)
19 June 2014 - 1920KB PDF
Annual report and audited financial statements of the RCVS for the year ended 31 December 2013.
VN Education (May 2014)
22 May 2014 - 852KB PDF
VN Education is published twice a year and deals with veterinary nurse training and education issues. This issue includes changes to the student enrolment process, a warning about forged documentation, advice for Training Practices and information on exam appeals, among other topics.
Could you be a veterinary nurse?
12 May 2014 - 1170KB PDF
Veterinary nursing is the supportive care of animals receiving treatment within a veterinary practice. This leaflet explains more about the role of the veterinary nurse, what qualifications you need and how to enter into training.
Hardcopy price: Free
RCVS Strategic Plan (2014 - 2016)
9 December 2013 - 660KB PDF
The RCVS Strategic Plan (2014 - 2016) was approved by Council at its November 2013 meeting.
RCVS News (November 2013)
14 November 2013 - 3146KB PDF
RCVS News is our official newsletter, which we publish three times a year in March, June and November. This issue includes: strategy plan, draft Charter, Council nominations, Queens medal, AMR, student behaviour, PSS review, Advanced Pracitioners
RCVS Survey of Recent Graduates, IES (2013)
22 October 2013 - 461KB PDF
RCVS Survey of Recent Graduates, produced by the Institute for Employment Studies, 2013
VN Education (September 2013)
23 September 2013 - 1823KB PDF
VN Education is published twice a year and deals with veterinary nurse training and education issues. This issue includes possible new awarding institutions, Code mobile app, external examiners needed, final Vectar conference, enrolment advice and BVNA Congress.
Vectar Voice (Summer 2013)
12 August 2013 - 499KB PDF
Vectar Voice keeps you updated on the Vectar (Veterinary European Clinical Training and Assessment Record) project.
Vectar is a Leonardo da Vinci-funded project that aims to support and enhance clinic-based learning for veterinary nursing students across Europe.
Vectar is a Leonardo da Vinci-funded project that aims to support and enhance clinic-based learning for veterinary nursing students across Europe.
RCVS Facts (2013)
2 July 2013 - 1275KB PDF
RCVS Facts 2013 comprises Part 2 of our annual report for this year. It provides information on everything from the number of UK veterinary students, through the distribution of veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses across the country, to our summary accounts.
RCVS News (June 2013)
18 June 2013 - 3291KB PDF
RCVS News is our official newsletter, which we publish three times a year in March, June and November. This issue includes: fees frozen, new disciplinary committees, CEO update, veterinary research, steroids & horses, first-rate regulator, CertAVP, Lay Observers report