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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
Text version of demographics data on Veterinary surgeons
Average age
The average age of male vets is 51
The average age of female vets is 40
Gender
58% of vets are female
42% of vets are male
Sexual orientation
89.4% of vets identify as heterosexual/straight
2.6% of vets identify as bisexual
2% of vets identify as gay men
0.9% of vets identify as gay women
0.6% of vets self-describe
5.5% of vets prefer not to say
Ethnic background
In 2019 3.5% of vets were from black and ethnic minority backgrounds
In 2014 2% of vets were from black and ethnic minority backgrounds
Place of qualification (top 5)
63.9% of vets qualified in UK
21% of vets qualified in EU/EEA (excluding Republic of Ireland)
4.7% of vets qualified in Republic of Ireland
2.9% of vets qualified in South Africa
2.6% of vets qualified in Australia
Social mobility
37.9% of vets attended non-selective state schools
31.4% of vets attended independent/fee-paying schools
28.5% of vets attended selective state schools
Disability or medical condition (physical or mental) that limits work
In 2019 there were 858 vets with a disability, which is 6.7%
In 2019 there were 12,017 vets without a disability, which is 93.3%
The total amount of vets who responded to this survey was 12,875