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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.
Guidance on Religious Clothing and Beliefs
26 July 2022 - 937KB PDF
A template document setting out guidance on accommodating religious clothing and beliefs in veterinary education and veterinary clinical placement settings.
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 Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021
29 June 2022 - 8762KB PDF
RCVS Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021
RCVS VSC BAME Student Support Working Group Report
23 June 2022 - 1769KB PDF
A report with recommendations for improving support for BAME veterinary students from the joint Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Schools Council BAME Student Support Working Group.
Post Registration Framework for Veterinary Nursing
17 June 2022 - 1966KB PDF
Post Registration Framework for Veterinary Nursing
The Future of EMS - Report of Stakeholder Day
11 May 2022 - 1742KB PDF
Report of a stakeholder event on the future of extra-mural studies (EMS) held at the Royal College of Surgeons on 22 November 2021.
RCVS Workforce Summit 2021: a report of the day
28 February 2022 - 4779KB PDF
On Tuesday, 30 November 2021, the RCVS convened over 80 stakeholders from a wide range of veterinary backgrounds and organisations for a Workforce Summit. Held under the auspices of the RCVS ViVet innovation project, the Summit used the ‘design thinking’ method to generate innovative suggestions for potential solutions to the key workforce challenges facing the UK veterinary sector.
Mind Matters Research Symposium November 2021 Report
15 February 2022 - 892KB PDF
A report of proceedings from the Mind Matters Research Symposium in November 2021.
Summary of findings from the Covid-19 Impact Surveys with veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses
13 January 2022 - 1112KB PDF
Infographics with summary of findings from the Covid-19 Impact Surveys with veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses