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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.
The 2019 Survey of the Veterinary Profession
1 February 2020 - 1701KB PDF
The report of a survey carried out with the veterinary profession by IES on behalf of the RCVS.
Survey on stakeholder perceptions of the RCVS - July 2019
30 January 2020 - 3075KB PDF
A survey conducted about perceptions of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons with stakeholder organisations to feed into the 2020 to 2024 Strategic Plan.
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.
Trust in the Profession Survey - 2019
12 December 2019 - 430KB PDF
An online public omnibus survey conducted in 2019 to explore levels of trust in the veterinary profession.
RCVS News (October 2019)
15 November 2019 - 633KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: poster to assist Schedule 3 delegation, CPD policy, Surrey vet degree approval, ViVet symposium and more.
RCVS News (September 2019)
15 October 2019 - 628KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: 'under care' review, Fellowship Day, Mind Matters research symposium, nominations open for awards and more.
RCVS News (August 2019)
14 October 2019 - 575KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: new CPD platform, Fellowship Day, CPD course for overseas vets & VNs, Innovation Symposium, emotional resilience courses and more.
RCVS News (July 2019)
1 August 2019 - 616KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: New President stresses importance of role models to inspire young vets and improve diversity, a showcase of 12 inspiring veterinary leaders, mental health research grant recipient announced, pioneering vet & researcher to speak at Fellowship Day, Countryfile Live and more.
RCVS News (June 2019)
29 July 2019 - 600KB PDF
RCVS News, our official newsletter, is emailed to all members on a monthly basis. This text-only version includes: Council agrees review of guidance on ‘under care’ and 24/7 cover, Council agrees changes to CPD policy, 2019 Surveys of Professions launched, Fellowship changes governance structure, Ethics Review Panel made permanent and more.