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  2. RCVS Council
  3. Council Members
  4. Role of Council Members
  5. Council meetings
  6. 8 June 2023
  7. 16 March 2023
  8. 19 January 2023
  9. 10 November 2022
  10. 9 November 2022
  11. 8 September 2022
  12. 6 July 2022
  13. 9 June 2022
  14. 21 April 2022
  15. 17 March 2022
  16. 20 January 2022
  17. 11 November 2021
  18. 9 September 2021
  19. 10 June 2021
  20. 18 March 2021
  21. 21 January 2021
  22. 22 December 2020
  23. 5 November 2020
  24. 8 October 2020
  25. 21 September 2020
  26. 3 September 2020
  27. 4 June 2020
  28. 16 April 2020
  29. 5 March 2020
  30. 7 September 2023
  31. 9 November 2023
  32. 18 January 2024
  33. 14 March 2024
  34. 6 June 2024
  35. 11 September 2024
  36. 7 November 2024
  37. 16 January 2025
  38. 13 March 2025
  39. 4 March 2025
  40. 5 June 2025
  41. Council elections
  42. Previous election results
  43. Dr Louise Allum
  44. Dr Sam Bescoby
  45. Dr Andrew Clemence
  46. Dr Tshidi Gardiner
  47. Dr Reginald Godwin
  48. Paddy Gordon
  49. Dr Danielle Greenberg
  50. Dr Gerard Henry
  51. Dr Richard Hillman
  52. Dr Benjamin Kennedy
  53. Dr Tom Lonsdale
  54. Dr Darren Partridge
  55. Martin Peaty
  56. Alison Price
  57. Dr Peter Robinson
  58. Dr Jennifer Simmons
  59. Dr Sadie Spencer
  60. Dr Mary Thomas
  61. William Wilkinson
  62. Dr Lara Wilson
  63. Past-Presidents
  64. VN Council
  65. VN Council members
  66. VN Council meetings
  67. 10 May 2023
  68. 8 February 2023
  69. 16 November 2022
  70. 14 September 2022
  71. 11 May 2022
  72. 9 February 2022
  73. 17 November 2021
  74. 15 September 2021
  75. 12 May 2021
  76. 10 February 2021
  77. 9 September 2020
  78. 6 May 2020
  79. 13 September 2023
  80. 15 November 2023
  81. 28 February 2024
  82. 22 May 2024
  83. 18 september 2024
  84. 13 November 2024
  85. 26 February 2025
  86. 21 May 2025
  87. Membership of committees & sub-committees
  88. VN Futures Project Board
  89. Veterinary Nurse Education Committee
  90. VN Council elections
  91. Previous results
  92. Bethan Louise Pinhey
  93. Hannah Frances Welsman
  94. Lauren Whittaker
  95. Officer Team
  96. Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE)
  97. Committees, subcommittees and groups
  98. Advancement of the Professions Committee
  99. Diversity & Inclusion Working Group (DIG)
  100. Fellowship Board
  101. Mind Matters Initiative Taskforce
  102. Vet Futures Project Board
  103. 7 February 2023
  104. 15 November 2022
  105. 13 September 2022
  106. 10 May 2022
  107. 8 February 2022
  108. 16 November 2021
  109. 14 September 2021
  110. 11 May 2021
  111. 10 November 2020
  112. 5 May 2020
  113. 11 February 2020
  114. 12 November 2019
  115. 9 May 2023
  116. 14 November 2023
  117. 7 February 2024
  118. 12 September 2023
  119. 08 May
  120. Standards Committee
  121. Certification Subcommittee
  122. Ethics Review Panel
  123. Routine Veterinary Practice Subcommittee
  124. Riding Establishments Subcommittee
  125. Practice Standards Group
  126. 21 February 2023
  127. 6 February 2023
  128. 7 December 2022
  129. 14 November 2022
  130. 10 November 2022
  131. 24 October 2022
  132. 12 September 2022
  133. 4 August 2022
  134. 16 June 2022
  135. 19 May 2022
  136. 9 May 2022
  137. 31 March 2022
  138. 7 February 2022
  139. 24 January 2022
  140. 15 December 2021
  141. 15 November 2021
  142. 26 October 2021
  143. 13 September 2021
  144. 25 August 2021
  145. 4 August 2021
  146. 16 July 2021
  147. 10 May 2021
  148. 4 March 2021
  149. 08 February 2021
  150. 12 January 2021
  151. 9 November 2020
  152. 15 December 2020
  153. 7 September 2020
  154. 27 April 2020
  155. 10 February 2020
  156. 11 November 2019
  157. 15 May 2023
  158. 25 August 2023
  159. 11 September 2023
  160. 13 November 2023
  161. 14 February 2024
  162. 16 April 2024
  163. 12 June 2024
  164. 24 September 2024
  165. 23 October 2024
  166. 3 December 2024
  167. 12 February 2025
  168. 9 April 2025
  169. 11 June 2025
  170. Audit and Risk Committee
  171. Elizabeth Butler
  172. Victor Olowe
  173. Judith Rutherford
  174. Janice Shardlow
  175. 13 February 2024
  176. 14 May 2024
  177. Kalwant Grewal
  178. 10 September 2024
  179. 12 November 2024
  180. 4 February 2025
  181. 13 May 2025
  182. Education Committee
  183. Primary Qualifications Subcommittee
  184. Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice Subcommittee
  185. Specialist Subcommittee
  186. VetGDP and CPD Compliance Subcommittee
  187. 9 May 2023
  188. 7 February 2023
  189. 15 November 2022
  190. 13 September 2022
  191. 10 May 2022
  192. 8 February 2022
  193. 16 November 2021
  194. 14 September 2021
  195. 11 May 2021
  196. 9 February 2021
  197. 20 November 2020
  198. 15 September 2020
  199. 5 May 2020
  200. 11 February 2020
  201. 12 November 2019
  202. 12 September 2023
  203. 14 November 2023
  204. 27 February 2024
  205. Veterinary Clinical Careers Pathway
  206. 21 May 2024
  207. 17 September 2024
  208. VetGDP and CPD Engagement Group
  209. 19 November 2024
  210. 27 February 2025
  211. Finance and Resources Committee
  212. Hardwick Street Refurbishment Group
  213. 29 February 2024
  214. 14 May 2024
  215. 26 September 2024
  216. 18 October 2024
  217. 5 November 2024
  218. 27 February 2025
  219. 13 May 2025
  220. Disciplinary Committee
  221. Dr Amy Hawthorn BVetMed MRCVS
  222. Dr Jeremy Kirk VetMB MRCVS
  223. Ms Helena Jones
  224. Dr Charles Ross BVMS MRCVS
  225. Ms Hilary Lloyd
  226. Ms Stephanie McIntosh
  227. Mr Peter Smith
  228. Dr Neil Slater MRCVS
  229. Mrs Helen Russell RVN
  230. Mr Paul Francis Morris
  231. Dr Kathryn Elizabeth Peaty
  232. Rt Hon David Heath CBE
  233. Mr Colin Childs
  234. Susan Ridge CB
  235. Dr Melanie Fleming MRCVS
  236. Dr James Wallace BVMS,GPCertEqP CertEM(IntMed) MRCVS
  237. Dr James Tong BVSC CertEP CertVR MRCVS
  238. Mr Christopher Sherpherd BVM&S MRCVS
  239. Mr James Hurden
  240. Ms Catharine Seddon
  241. Dr Karen Marguerite Coumbe
  242. Dr Andrea Jeffery RVN
  243. Charter Case Committee
  244. Charter Case Committee Protocol
  245. Charter Case Committee Rules
  246. Dr Andrew Alexander Gardiner MRCVS
  247. Ms Jane Kilgannon
  248. Mrs Rachel Cook
  249. Dr Rhian Louise Littlehales MRCVS
  250. Ms Cerys Jones
  251. Preliminary Investigation Committee and Disciplinary Committee Liaison Committee
  252. Registration Committee
  253. 22 October 2024
  254. 19 December 2024
  255. 6 February 2025
  256. 29 April 2025
  257. Preliminary Investigation Committee
  258. Mr Kenneth Caley
  259. Georgie Barnard
  260. Mrs Anna Hammond MRCVS
  261. Dr Robert Scott McRae MRCVS
  262. Mrs Victoria Smith
  263. Dr Bradley Viner BVetMed MSc(VetGP) DProf FRCVS
  264. Dr Laura Perez Klein MRCVS
  265. Ms Miranda Winram
  266. PIC Lay Observers
  267. Dr Caroline Queen MRCVS
  268. Dr Katharine Nelson FRCVS
  269. Mrs Jennifer Wright MRCVS
  270. Rosalyn Hayles
  271. Dr Emily Knapp
  272. Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee
  273. Veterinary Nurse Preliminary Investigation Committee
  274. Mr Damian Kearney
  275. Mr Mark Stobbs
  276. Mrs Susan Holt MRes BSc (Hons), RVN, Cert PM&A, PGCHE, FHEA
  277. Mrs Kelly Tillett RVN REVN
  278. Dr Jane Downes MRCVS
  279. Mrs Arlene Connor RVN
  280. Examinations Appeals Committee
  281. Specialist Recognition Appeals Committee
  282. Paper classification: some definitions
  283. Remuneration Subcommittee
  284. Nominations Subcommittee
  285. Accreditation Appeals Committee
  286. Senior team
  287. Work for us
  288. Contact us
  289. Complaints about the College
  290. How to find us
  291. How we work
  292. The role of the RCVS
  293. Strategic Plan 2025 - 2029
  294. About us
  295. About this plan
  296. Royal Charter and legislation
  297. Royal Charters and Bye-Laws
  298. Government legislation
  299. Regulations, rules and the election scheme
  300. Honours & awards
  301. Recipients of RCVS Honours
  302. The Queen's Medal
  303. The Veterinary Nursing Golden Jubilee Award
  304. The RCVS International Award
  305. The RCVS Impact Award
  306. The RCVS Inspiration Award
  307. Honorary Associateship
  308. The RCVS Compassion Award
  309. The RCVS Student Community Award
  310. Our Service Promise
  311. Service Standards
  312. Complaints about the College
  313. Fees
  314. How to pay your fees
  315. Annual renewal fees from 2016
  316. Video Guides
  317. News & views
  318. News
  319. Features
  320. Blogs
  321. Webinars and podcasts
  322. Publications
  323. CPD poster
  324. Client/practice poster
  325. Our publications explained
  326. Events and meetings
  327. Past events
  328. RCVS Question Times
  329. Royal College Day
  330. Veterinary Nurses Day
  331. Veterinary Nursing Diamond Jubilee
  332. VN Diamond Jubilee Events & Activities
  333. ECC 3 – 6 November 2021
  334. Neurodiversity
  335. Workforce Ambitions sessions
  336. Policy
  337. Veterinary Legislation Review
  338. Legislation Working Party
  339. Exemption Orders & Associates Working Party
  340. Information for MPs
  341. Mandatory Practice Regulation Working Party
  342. Our consultations
  343. Review of the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN) framework
  344. Standard 1 - Curricula and assessment
  345. Standard 2 - Educators and assessors
  346. Standard 3 - Learning culture
  347. Ensuring good governance
  348. A consultation on recommendations to reform the governance structure of RCVS Council and VN Council
  349. The RCVS Leavers survey
  350. Leaving the UK Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing Profession surveys: Privacy notice
  351. Review of 'under care' and 24/7 emergency cover
  352. Review of day one competences, skills and professional behaviours for veterinary nurses
  353. Draft Accreditation Standards and Accreditation Methodology for veterinary degree programmes
  354. Legislative reform consultation
  355. Executive summary
  356. Introduction
  357. Part 1: Embracing the vet-led team
  358. Part 2: Enhancing the VN role
  359. Part 3: Assuring practice regulation
  360. Part 4: Introduce a modern ‘Fitness to Practise’ regime
  361. Part 5: Modernising RCVS registration
  362. Conclusions
  363. Graduate Outcomes Consultation
  364. Proposed new framework for post-registration VN qualifications
  365. Review of the Standards Framework for Veterinary Nurse Education and Training
  366. Standard 1 - Learning culture
  367. Standard 2 - Governance and quality
  368. Standard 3 - Student empowerment
  369. Standard 4 - Educators and assessors
  370. Standard 5 - Curricula and assessment
  371. Standard 6 - Effective clinical learning
  372. Contact the press office
  373. Registration
  374. Join the Register of Veterinary Surgeons
  375. Statutory Membership Exam
  376. Seeing practice
  377. English language requirements
  378. Grenada
  379. Europe
  380. Australia
  381. Japan
  382. Canada
  383. New Zealand
  384. South Africa
  385. United Kingdom
  386. Join the Register Veterinary Surgeons - UK graduates
  387. USA
  388. Temporary registration
  389. Hong Kong
  390. Join the Register of Veterinary Nurses
  391. UK-qualified veterinary nurses
  392. Overseas-qualified veterinary nurses
  393. Veterinary nurse pre-registration exams
  394. Veterinary premises
  395. Check our Registers
  396. Registration categories
  397. Practising and registration scenarios
  398. About the Register of Veterinary Surgeons
  399. About the Register of Veterinary Nurses
  400. Renew or make changes to your registration
  401. Renew your registration
  402. Make changes to your registration
  403. Change your registration category
  404. Which registration category is right for me?
  405. Voluntary removal and restoration
  406. Disclose convictions and adverse findings
  407. Working abroad
  408. Find a Vet practice staff
  409. 'Working in the UK' online courses
  410. Fellowship
  411. How to apply for Fellowship
  412. Fellows Directory
  413. Fellowship Day
  414. Fellowship Day 2022
  415. Fellowship Week 2021
  416. Fellowship Evening 2020
  417. Fellowship Day 2019
  418. Fellows of the Future?
  419. Try, try and try again: some personal reflections on the development of the anaesthetic propofol
  420. Fellowship Day 2018
  421. Fellows of the Future?
  422. The importance of public engagement in science
  423. Fellowship Science Advisory Panel
  424. Join the Fellowship Science Advisory Panel
  425. Apply for Lay Member role on the Fellowship Science Advisory Panel
  426. Credentials Panel recruitment
  427. Become a Fellowship Mentor
  428. Lifelong learning
  429. Students
  430. Veterinary students
  431. Veterinary nursing students
  432. Enrolling as a student veterinary nurse
  433. Approved Training Practices
  434. Student VNs - Forms & FAQs
  435. Extra-mural studies (EMS)
  436. About extra-mural studies (EMS)
  437. RCVS EMS policy placement for vet students
  438. EMS requirements
  439. Information for vet students
  440. EMS hints and tips for students
  441. Financial support for EMS students
  442. EMS booking database tutorials for students
  443. Information for EMS providers
  444. The role of the EMS provider
  445. Why become an EMS provider
  446. EMS database tutorials for placement providers
  447. Information for vet schools
  448. Temporary EMS requirements
  449. Practice by students - regulations
  450. Health and safety on EMS placements
  451. EMS contacts and further guidance
  452. Extra-mural studies fit for the future
  453. Background
  454. A changing landscape of veterinary education
  455. Making EMS sustainable for the future
  456. A new approach to support students, providers and vet schools in delivering EMS
  457. Summary
  458. Next steps
  459. Appendix 1
  460. VetGDP
  461. VetGDP Advisers
  462. VetGDP Adviser declaration
  463. E-portfolio user guide for VetGDP Advisers
  464. VetGDP Adviser case studies
  465. Practices and workplaces
  466. VetGDP Practice or Workplace Declaration
  467. Graduates and students
  468. VetGDP Graduate Declaration and exemptions
  469. Preparing to submit your VetGDP
  470. E-portfolio user guide for veterinary graduates
  471. VetGDP Graduates Case Studies
  472. VetGDP information to help you get started
  473. VetGDP e-portfolio
  474. VetGDP guidance
  475. VetGDP FAQs
  476. Overseas vets
  477. Vets returning to the UK Practising Register after 5+ years away
  478. Professional Development Phase (PDP)
  479. Meet the Postgraduate Deans
  480. Continuing professional development (CPD)
  481. CPD webinars
  482. Postgraduate and post-registration qualifications
  483. Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (CertAVP)
  484. Enrolment
  485. Module subjects
  486. Designated certificates
  487. Synoptic assessment
  488. Accredited university contact details
  489. Information for universities
  490. Frequently asked questions
  491. Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing
  492. Professional accreditation
  493. Advanced Practitioner status
  494. Specialist status
  495. Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
  496. Reasonable Adjustments campaign
  497. Disability inclusion
  498. Equality Act guidance    
  499. Reasonable adjustments: a legal duty
  500. RCVS Leadership Library
  501. Delegation
  502. Difficult Conversations
  503. Inclusive Leadership
  504. Leading and Working in Teams
  505. Quality Improvement
  506. Leading and Managing Change
  507. RCVS Academy
  508. Setting standards
  509. Practice Standards Scheme
  510. Applying to the PSS
  511. The PSS assessment process
  512. PSS awards
  513. Meet the PSS team
  514. Meet the PSS assessors
  515. PSS assessor training
  516. Meet the Practice Standards Group
  517. PSS updates
  518. Environmental sustainability module and award
  519. PSS accreditation levels
  520. Using the Stanley system
  521. Updating your practice information
  522. Promoting your RCVS accreditation
  523. PSS training and resources
  524. Advice & guidance
  525. Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
  526. Supporting guidance
  527. Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses
  528. Supporting guidance
  529. Contact the Advice Team
  530. XL Bully dog ban
  531. 'Under care' - guidance
  532. Under care: practice scenarios
  533. Advice on Schedule 3
  534. Controlled Drugs Guidance – A to Z
  535. Dealing with Difficult Situations webinar recordings
  536. FAQs – Common medicines pitfalls
  537. FAQs – Routine veterinary practice and clinical veterinary research
  538. FAQs – Advertising of practice names
  539. GDPR – RCVS information and Q&As
  540. Accrediting primary qualifications
  541. Accrediting veterinary degrees
  542. Accreditation Standards
  543. Visitations
  544. RCVS Accreditation Panel Members
  545. Accrediting veterinary nursing qualifications
  546. Accreditation visitation reports
  547. Accreditation visitors
  548. RCVS Day One Competences, Skills and Professional Behaviours for Veterinary Nurses: Introduction
  549. Reasonable adjustments for student vets
  550. Health and disability in veterinary medicine study and practice
  551. The role of the veterinary schools and the RCVS
  552. Reasonable adjustments and the Equality Act 2010
  553. Reasonable adjustments and Day One Competences
  554. Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet students
  555. Annex
  556. Reasonable adjustments for student veterinary nurses
  557. Health and disability in veterinary nurse education and training
  558. Reasonable adjustments for students and the UK disability discrimination legislation
  559. Educational assessment of veterinary nurses
  560. Roles of key stakeholders in the application of reasonable adjustments
  561. Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet nurse students
  562. External review of the RCVS by ENQA
  563. Requirements for remote and online student assessments
  564. Riding Establishments
  565. Riding Establishment Inspectorate List
  566. Memorandum to veterinary surgeons
  567. Licensing riding establishments in Scotland and Wales
  568. Licensing riding establishments and other premises / Hiring out horses in England
  569. Guidance on the inspection
  570. Notification to local authorities
  571. Riding Establishment Training and Induction Course
  572. Concerns
  573. Veterinary professionals: how to raise a concern
  574. I want to raise a concern about a veterinary surgeon
  575. What you need to know first
  576. Tell us about your concern
  577. How we assess and investigate concerns
  578. How we make decisions
  579. Our terms explained
  580. I want to raise a concern about a registered veterinary nurse
  581. What you need to know first
  582. Tell us about your concern
  583. How we assess and investigate concerns
  584. How we make decisions
  585. Our terms explained
  586. Confidential Reporting Line
  587. Animal owners: how to raise a concern
  588. Disciplinary Committee hearings
  589. Charter Case Committee decisions
  590. A concern has been raised about me
  591. Information for veterinary surgeons
  592. How we assess and investigate concerns
  593. How we make decisions
  594. Our terms explained
  595. Information for veterinary nurses
  596. How we assess and investigate concerns
  597. How we make decisions
  598. Our terms explained
  599. Professional Conduct (ProfCon) Investigation Support
  600. Veterinary Client Mediation Service (VCMS)
  601. Reference information
  602. A note on negligence
  603. Being a witness at a Disciplinary Committee hearing – Frequently Asked Questions
  604. Vet Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC) decision-making guidance (Stage 1)
  605. The Stage one PIC
  606. Areas of particular concern
  607. Areas not likely to result in referral to Stage two
  608. Factors to be taken Into account in appropriate cases
  609. Vet PIC decision-making guidance (Stage 2)
  610. The aim of the Preliminary Investigation Committee
  611. The referral of cases
  612. Outcome
  613. Previous cases before the Disciplinary Committee
  614. Cases unlikely to result in referral
  615. Aggravating and mitigating factors
  616. RVN Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC) decision-making guidance (Stage 1)
  617. The Stage one RVNPIC
  618. Areas of particular concern
  619. Areas not likely to result in referral to Stage two
  620. Outcome
  621. RVN PIC decision-making guidance (Stage 2)
  622. The RVN Preliminary Investigation Committee
  623. Progressing a case to the RVN Disciplinary Committee
  624. Outcome
  625. Previous cases before the Disciplinary Committee
  626. Cases unlikely to result in the referral to the RVN Disciplinary Committee
  627. Aggravating and mitigating factors
  628. RCVS protocol on handling of convictions, cautions and adverse findings declared by veterinary surgeons
  629. Background
  630. Code of Professional Conduct
  631. About this document
  632. What am I required to disclose to the RCVS?
  633. What are the minor offences excluded from disclosure?
  634. What is a ‘protected’ spent conviction?
  635. When do I have to disclose?
  636. What are the consequences of failing to make an appropriate disclosure?
  637. How should I disclose convictions to the RCVS?
  638. What happens once convictions are disclosed to the RCVS?
  639. Closed cases
  640. Annex A - Convictions and cautions protected for the purpose of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
  641. How to request a review of a decision
  642. Illegal veterinary practice
  643. Contact
  644. Feedback
  645. Site map
  646. A to Z
  647. Find a Vet
  648. Accessibility
  649. Document library
  650. Search tips
  651. Requests for data from third parties
  652. Publication scheme
  653. Who we are and what we do
  654. What we spend and how we spend it
  655. What our priorities are and how we are doing
  656. How we make decisions
  657. Our policies and procedures
  658. Lists and Registers
  659. The services we offer
  660. Accessing information policy
  661. Privacy policy
  662. Cookie policy
  663. Cookie settings
  664. How to certify documents