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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' - new 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
- GDPR – RCVS information and Q&As
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 recommendations for future veterinary legislation
13 October 2021 - 471KB PDF
This report presents recommendations from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on the future of veterinary legislation.
Draft RCVS Standards and Guidance for the Accreditation of Veterinary Degree Programmes
16 July 2021 - 288KB PDF
Consultation document
RCVS Annual Report and Financial Statements 2020
18 June 2021 - 9611KB PDF
RCVS Annual Report and Financial Statements 2020
Legislative Review Consultation Report 2021
11 June 2021 - 1721KB PDF
Report of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)Legislative Reform Consultation.
An independent audit of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ Professional Conduct investigation process and recommendations to reduce its impact on mental health and wellbeing, together with RCVS responses
9 June 2021 - 1895KB PDF
An independent audit of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ Professional Conduct investigation process and recommendations to reduce its impact on mental health and wellbeing, together with RCVS responses.
Coronavirus: economic impact on veterinary practice #6
24 March 2021 - 406KB PDF
Results from RCVS survey #6 conducted between 25 February and 4 March 2021
VetGDP Programme Guidance 2021
18 March 2021 - 2100KB PDF
Our RCVS Veterinary Graduate Development Programme (VetGDP) Guidance provides an overview of what UK practices need to do to prepare for this summer’s roll-out of the programme.
RCVS Diversity and Inclusion Group Strategy
17 February 2021 - 7524KB PDF
Our Diversity & Inclusion Group (DIG) Strategy sets out how we will work to help create veterinary professions where everyone can flourish and which have no place for discrimination.
Coronavirus: economic impact on veterinary practice #5
23 December 2020 - 464KB PDF
Results from RCVS survey #5 conducted between 25 November and 1 December 2020