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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. Naomi Nicholson
  183. Education Committee
  184. Primary Qualifications Subcommittee
  185. Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice Subcommittee
  186. Specialist Subcommittee
  187. VetGDP and CPD Compliance Subcommittee
  188. 9 May 2023
  189. 7 February 2023
  190. 15 November 2022
  191. 13 September 2022
  192. 10 May 2022
  193. 8 February 2022
  194. 16 November 2021
  195. 14 September 2021
  196. 11 May 2021
  197. 9 February 2021
  198. 20 November 2020
  199. 15 September 2020
  200. 5 May 2020
  201. 11 February 2020
  202. 12 November 2019
  203. 12 September 2023
  204. 14 November 2023
  205. 27 February 2024
  206. Veterinary Clinical Careers Pathway
  207. 21 May 2024
  208. 17 September 2024
  209. VetGDP and CPD Engagement Group
  210. 19 November 2024
  211. 27 February 2025
  212. Education Committee 20 May 2025
  213. Finance and Resources Committee
  214. Hardwick Street Refurbishment Group
  215. 29 February 2024
  216. 14 May 2024
  217. 26 September 2024
  218. 18 October 2024
  219. 5 November 2024
  220. 27 February 2025
  221. 13 May 2025
  222. Disciplinary Committee
  223. Dr Amy Hawthorn BVetMed MRCVS
  224. Dr Jeremy Kirk VetMB MRCVS
  225. Ms Helena Jones
  226. Dr Charles Ross BVMS MRCVS
  227. Ms Hilary Lloyd
  228. Ms Stephanie McIntosh
  229. Mr Peter Smith
  230. Dr Kathryn Elizabeth Peaty
  231. Dr Neil Slater MRCVS
  232. Mr Paul Francis Morris
  233. Mrs Helen Russell RVN
  234. Rt Hon David Heath CBE
  235. Mr Colin Childs
  236. Susan Ridge CB
  237. Dr Melanie Fleming MRCVS
  238. Dr James Wallace BVMS,GPCertEqP CertEM(IntMed) MRCVS
  239. Dr James Tong BVSC CertEP CertVR MRCVS
  240. Mr Christopher Sherpherd BVM&S MRCVS
  241. Mr James Hurden
  242. Ms Catharine Seddon
  243. Dr Karen Marguerite Coumbe
  244. Dr Andrea Jeffery RVN
  245. Charter Case Committee
  246. Charter Case Committee Protocol
  247. Charter Case Committee Rules
  248. Dr Andrew Alexander Gardiner MRCVS
  249. Ms Jane Kilgannon
  250. Mrs Rachel Cook
  251. Dr Rhian Louise Littlehales MRCVS
  252. Ms Cerys Jones
  253. Preliminary Investigation Committee and Disciplinary Committee Liaison Committee
  254. Registration Committee
  255. 22 October 2024
  256. 19 December 2024
  257. 6 February 2025
  258. 29 April 2025
  259. Preliminary Investigation Committee
  260. Mr Kenneth Caley
  261. Georgie Barnard
  262. Dr Robert Scott McRae MRCVS
  263. Mrs Victoria Smith
  264. Dr Bradley Viner BVetMed MSc(VetGP) DProf FRCVS
  265. Dr Laura Perez Klein MRCVS
  266. Ms Miranda Winram
  267. PIC Lay Observers
  268. Dr Caroline Queen MRCVS
  269. Dr Katharine Nelson FRCVS
  270. Mrs Jennifer Wright MRCVS
  271. Rosalyn Hayles
  272. Dr Emily Knapp
  273. Dr Victoria Emma King MRCVS
  274. Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee
  275. Veterinary Nurse Preliminary Investigation Committee
  276. Mr Damian Kearney
  277. Mr Mark Stobbs
  278. Mrs Susan Holt MRes BSc (Hons), RVN, Cert PM&A, PGCHE, FHEA
  279. Mrs Kelly Tillett RVN REVN
  280. Dr Jane Downes MRCVS
  281. Mrs Arlene Connor RVN
  282. Examinations Appeals Committee
  283. Specialist Recognition Appeals Committee
  284. Paper classification: some definitions
  285. Remuneration Subcommittee
  286. Nominations Subcommittee
  287. Accreditation Appeals Committee
  288. 05 February 2025
  289. Senior team
  290. Work for us
  291. Contact us
  292. Complaints about the College
  293. How to find us
  294. How we work
  295. The role of the RCVS
  296. Strategic Plan 2025 - 2029
  297. About us
  298. About this plan
  299. Royal Charter and legislation
  300. Royal Charters and Bye-Laws
  301. Government legislation
  302. Regulations, rules and the election scheme
  303. Honours & awards
  304. Recipients of RCVS Honours
  305. The Queen's Medal
  306. The Veterinary Nursing Golden Jubilee Award
  307. The RCVS International Award
  308. The RCVS Impact Award
  309. The RCVS Inspiration Award
  310. Honorary Associateship
  311. The RCVS Compassion Award
  312. The RCVS Student Community Award
  313. Our Service Promise
  314. Service Standards
  315. Complaints about the College
  316. Fees
  317. How to pay your fees
  318. Annual renewal fees from 2016
  319. Video Guides
  320. News & views
  321. News
  322. Features
  323. Blogs
  324. Webinars and podcasts
  325. Publications
  326. CPD poster
  327. Client/practice poster
  328. Our publications explained
  329. Events and meetings
  330. Past events
  331. RCVS Question Times
  332. Royal College Day
  333. Veterinary Nurses Day
  334. Veterinary Nursing Diamond Jubilee
  335. VN Diamond Jubilee Events & Activities
  336. ECC 3 – 6 November 2021
  337. Neurodiversity
  338. Workforce Ambitions sessions
  339. International Postgraduate Veterinary Education Symposium
  340. Policy
  341. Veterinary Legislation Review
  342. Legislation Working Party
  343. Exemption Orders & Associates Working Party
  344. Information for MPs
  345. Mandatory Practice Regulation Working Party
  346. Our consultations
  347. Review of the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN) framework
  348. Standard 1 - Curricula and assessment
  349. Standard 2 - Educators and assessors
  350. Standard 3 - Learning culture
  351. Ensuring good governance
  352. A consultation on recommendations to reform the governance structure of RCVS Council and VN Council
  353. The RCVS Leavers survey
  354. Leaving the UK Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing Profession surveys: Privacy notice
  355. Review of 'under care' and 24/7 emergency cover
  356. Review of day one competences, skills and professional behaviours for veterinary nurses
  357. Draft Accreditation Standards and Accreditation Methodology for veterinary degree programmes
  358. Legislative reform consultation
  359. Executive summary
  360. Introduction
  361. Part 1: Embracing the vet-led team
  362. Part 2: Enhancing the VN role
  363. Part 3: Assuring practice regulation
  364. Part 4: Introduce a modern ‘Fitness to Practise’ regime
  365. Part 5: Modernising RCVS registration
  366. Conclusions
  367. Graduate Outcomes Consultation
  368. Proposed new framework for post-registration VN qualifications
  369. Review of the Standards Framework for Veterinary Nurse Education and Training
  370. Standard 1 - Learning culture
  371. Standard 2 - Governance and quality
  372. Standard 3 - Student empowerment
  373. Standard 4 - Educators and assessors
  374. Standard 5 - Curricula and assessment
  375. Standard 6 - Effective clinical learning
  376. Contact the press office
  377. Registration
  378. Join the Register of Veterinary Surgeons
  379. Statutory Membership Exam
  380. Seeing practice
  381. English language requirements
  382. Grenada
  383. Europe
  384. Australia
  385. Japan
  386. Canada
  387. New Zealand
  388. South Africa
  389. United Kingdom
  390. Join the Register Veterinary Surgeons - UK graduates
  391. USA
  392. Temporary registration
  393. Hong Kong
  394. Join the Register of Veterinary Nurses
  395. UK-qualified veterinary nurses
  396. Overseas-qualified veterinary nurses
  397. Veterinary nurse pre-registration exams
  398. Veterinary premises
  399. Check our Registers
  400. Registration categories
  401. Practising and registration scenarios
  402. About the Register of Veterinary Surgeons
  403. About the Register of Veterinary Nurses
  404. Renew or make changes to your registration
  405. Renew your registration
  406. Make changes to your registration
  407. Change your registration category
  408. Which registration category is right for me?
  409. Voluntary removal and restoration
  410. Disclose convictions and adverse findings
  411. Working abroad
  412. Find a Vet practice staff
  413. 'Working in the UK' online courses
  414. Fellowship
  415. How to apply for Fellowship
  416. Fellows Directory
  417. Fellowship Day
  418. Fellowship Day 2022
  419. Fellowship Week 2021
  420. Fellowship Evening 2020
  421. Fellowship Day 2019
  422. Fellows of the Future?
  423. Try, try and try again: some personal reflections on the development of the anaesthetic propofol
  424. Fellowship Day 2018
  425. Fellows of the Future?
  426. The importance of public engagement in science
  427. 'Fellows of the Future' student research submissions 2025
  428. Fellowship Science Advisory Panel
  429. Join the Fellowship Science Advisory Panel
  430. Apply for Lay Member role on the Fellowship Science Advisory Panel
  431. Credentials Panel recruitment
  432. Become a Fellowship Mentor
  433. Lifelong learning
  434. Students
  435. Veterinary students
  436. Veterinary nursing students
  437. Enrolling as a student veterinary nurse
  438. Approved Training Practices
  439. Student VNs - Forms & FAQs
  440. Extra-mural studies (EMS)
  441. About extra-mural studies (EMS)
  442. RCVS EMS policy placement for vet students
  443. EMS requirements
  444. Information for vet students
  445. EMS hints and tips for students
  446. Financial support for EMS students
  447. EMS booking database tutorials for students
  448. Information for EMS providers
  449. The role of the EMS provider
  450. Why become an EMS provider
  451. EMS database tutorials for placement providers
  452. Information for vet schools
  453. Temporary EMS requirements
  454. Practice by students - regulations
  455. Health and safety on EMS placements
  456. EMS contacts and further guidance
  457. Extra-mural studies fit for the future
  458. Background
  459. A changing landscape of veterinary education
  460. Making EMS sustainable for the future
  461. A new approach to support students, providers and vet schools in delivering EMS
  462. Summary
  463. Next steps
  464. Appendix 1
  465. VetGDP
  466. VetGDP Advisers
  467. VetGDP Adviser declaration
  468. E-portfolio user guide for VetGDP Advisers
  469. VetGDP Adviser case studies
  470. Practices and workplaces
  471. VetGDP Practice or Workplace Declaration
  472. Graduates and students
  473. VetGDP Graduate Declaration and exemptions
  474. Preparing to submit your VetGDP
  475. E-portfolio user guide for veterinary graduates
  476. VetGDP Graduates Case Studies
  477. VetGDP information to help you get started
  478. VetGDP e-portfolio
  479. VetGDP guidance
  480. VetGDP FAQs
  481. Overseas vets
  482. Vets returning to the UK Practising Register after 5+ years away
  483. Professional Development Phase (PDP)
  484. Meet the Postgraduate Deans
  485. Continuing professional development (CPD)
  486. CPD webinars
  487. Postgraduate and post-registration qualifications
  488. Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (CertAVP)
  489. Enrolment
  490. Module subjects
  491. Designated certificates
  492. Synoptic assessment
  493. Accredited university contact details
  494. Information for universities
  495. Frequently asked questions
  496. Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing
  497. Professional accreditation
  498. Advanced Practitioner status
  499. Specialist status
  500. Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
  501. Reasonable Adjustments campaign
  502. Disability inclusion
  503. Equality Act guidance    
  504. Reasonable adjustments: a legal duty
  505. Real stories and insights
  506. RCVS Leadership Library
  507. Delegation
  508. Difficult Conversations
  509. Inclusive Leadership
  510. Leading and Working in Teams
  511. Quality Improvement
  512. Leading and Managing Change
  513. RCVS Academy
  514. Setting standards
  515. Practice Standards Scheme
  516. Applying to the PSS
  517. The PSS assessment process
  518. PSS awards
  519. Meet the PSS team
  520. Meet the PSS assessors
  521. PSS assessor training
  522. Meet the Practice Standards Group
  523. PSS updates
  524. Environmental sustainability module and award
  525. PSS accreditation levels
  526. Using the Stanley system
  527. Updating your practice information
  528. Promoting your RCVS accreditation
  529. PSS training and resources
  530. Advice & guidance
  531. Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
  532. Supporting guidance
  533. Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses
  534. Supporting guidance
  535. Contact the Advice Team
  536. XL Bully dog ban
  537. 'Under care' - guidance
  538. Under care: practice scenarios
  539. Advice on Schedule 3
  540. Controlled Drugs Guidance – A to Z
  541. Dealing with Difficult Situations webinar recordings
  542. FAQs – Common medicines pitfalls
  543. FAQs – Routine veterinary practice and clinical veterinary research
  544. FAQs – Advertising of practice names
  545. GDPR – RCVS information and Q&As
  546. Accrediting primary qualifications
  547. Accrediting veterinary degrees
  548. Accreditation Standards
  549. Visitations
  550. RCVS Accreditation Panel Members
  551. Accrediting veterinary nursing qualifications
  552. Accreditation visitation reports
  553. Accreditation visitors
  554. RCVS Day One Competences, Skills and Professional Behaviours for Veterinary Nurses: Introduction
  555. Reasonable adjustments for student vets
  556. Health and disability in veterinary medicine study and practice
  557. The role of the veterinary schools and the RCVS
  558. Reasonable adjustments and the Equality Act 2010
  559. Reasonable adjustments and Day One Competences
  560. Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet students
  561. Annex
  562. Reasonable adjustments for student veterinary nurses
  563. Health and disability in veterinary nurse education and training
  564. Reasonable adjustments for students and the UK disability discrimination legislation
  565. Educational assessment of veterinary nurses
  566. Roles of key stakeholders in the application of reasonable adjustments
  567. Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet nurse students
  568. External review of the RCVS by ENQA
  569. Requirements for remote and online student assessments
  570. Riding Establishments
  571. Riding Establishment Inspectorate List
  572. Memorandum to veterinary surgeons
  573. Licensing riding establishments in Scotland and Wales
  574. Licensing riding establishments and other premises / Hiring out horses in England
  575. Guidance on the inspection
  576. Notification to local authorities
  577. Riding Establishment Training and Induction Course
  578. Concerns
  579. Veterinary professionals: how to raise a concern
  580. I want to raise a concern about a veterinary surgeon
  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. I want to raise a concern about a registered veterinary nurse
  587. What you need to know first
  588. Tell us about your concern
  589. How we assess and investigate concerns
  590. How we make decisions
  591. Our terms explained
  592. Confidential Reporting Line
  593. Animal owners: how to raise a concern
  594. Disciplinary Committee hearings
  595. Charter Case Committee decisions
  596. A concern has been raised about me
  597. Information for veterinary surgeons
  598. How we assess and investigate concerns
  599. How we make decisions
  600. Our terms explained
  601. Information for veterinary nurses
  602. How we assess and investigate concerns
  603. How we make decisions
  604. Our terms explained
  605. Professional Conduct (ProfCon) Investigation Support
  606. Veterinary Client Mediation Service (VCMS)
  607. Reference information
  608. A note on negligence
  609. Being a witness at a Disciplinary Committee hearing – Frequently Asked Questions
  610. Vet Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC) decision-making guidance (Stage 1)
  611. The Stage one PIC
  612. Areas of particular concern
  613. Areas not likely to result in referral to Stage two
  614. Factors to be taken Into account in appropriate cases
  615. Vet PIC decision-making guidance (Stage 2)
  616. The aim of the Preliminary Investigation Committee
  617. The referral of cases
  618. Outcome
  619. Previous cases before the Disciplinary Committee
  620. Cases unlikely to result in referral
  621. Aggravating and mitigating factors
  622. RVN Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC) decision-making guidance (Stage 1)
  623. The Stage one RVNPIC
  624. Areas of particular concern
  625. Areas not likely to result in referral to Stage two
  626. Outcome
  627. RVN PIC decision-making guidance (Stage 2)
  628. The RVN Preliminary Investigation Committee
  629. Progressing a case to the RVN Disciplinary Committee
  630. Outcome
  631. Previous cases before the Disciplinary Committee
  632. Cases unlikely to result in the referral to the RVN Disciplinary Committee
  633. Aggravating and mitigating factors
  634. RCVS protocol on handling of convictions, cautions and adverse findings declared by veterinary surgeons
  635. Background
  636. Code of Professional Conduct
  637. About this document
  638. What am I required to disclose to the RCVS?
  639. What are the minor offences excluded from disclosure?
  640. What is a ‘protected’ spent conviction?
  641. When do I have to disclose?
  642. What are the consequences of failing to make an appropriate disclosure?
  643. How should I disclose convictions to the RCVS?
  644. What happens once convictions are disclosed to the RCVS?
  645. Closed cases
  646. Annex A - Convictions and cautions protected for the purpose of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
  647. How to request a review of a decision
  648. Illegal veterinary practice
  649. Contact
  650. Feedback
  651. Site map
  652. A to Z
  653. Find a Vet
  654. Accessibility
  655. Document library
  656. Search tips
  657. Requests for data from third parties
  658. Publication scheme
  659. Who we are and what we do
  660. What we spend and how we spend it
  661. What our priorities are and how we are doing
  662. How we make decisions
  663. Our policies and procedures
  664. Lists and Registers
  665. The services we offer
  666. Accessing information policy
  667. Privacy policy
  668. Cookie policy
  669. Cookie settings
  670. How to certify documents
  671. 02 October 2024
  672. 07 May 2025