Meet the PSS Assessors

Practice assessment visits are carried out around the country by a team of Assessors, who are listed below, together with some general requirements for becoming an Assessor.

You can click on the Assessor's name below to read more about them on their biography pages. See an overview of PSS Assessor training.

Who can be an Assessor?

All Assessors are veterinary surgeons or a registered veterinary nurse and must meet the following criteria:

• to have been members of the RCVS for at least 5 years;
• to be in full- or part-time veterinary practice, or to have been so within the past 3 years; and,
• to have been approved as having suitable experience for undertaking inspections.

Assessors are appointed as employees of the RCVS, they are expected to attend an annual training day(s), buddied assessments and are subject to annual appraisal by the lead Assessor.

Lead Assessor

David Ashcroft BVSc CertSAO MRCVS

Senior Assessors

Richard Killen BVSc MRCVS

Bob Lehner BVM&S PHD CertVR MRCVS

Anne Lawson BVMS MRCVS

Assessors

Sophie Aylett BVSc MRCVS

Cees Bennett BVetMed MRCVS

Alexandra Best BVetMB MA MRCVS

Victoria James BVetMed CertAVP MRCVS

Richard Byrne BVetMed MRCVS

David Donovan BVSc MRCVS

Alice Duvernois BVetMed MRCVS

Laura Fletcher BVetMed MRCVS

Mary Glassbrook BVSc MRCVS

Emma Robinson BVM&S MRCVS

Rudo Ruvangu BVSC(Hons) MRCVS

Sally Stockton BVSc CertAVP MRCVS

Nick Stuart BVM&S MRCVS

Charles Thursby-Pelham MA VetMB CertEP MRCVS