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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
VetGDP and CPD Compliance Subcommittee
Members
- Dr Abbie Calow
- Dr Olivia Cooke
- Dr Alice McLeish
- Dr Sue Paterson (Chair)
- Miss Alison Reid
- Dr Stephanie Richardson
- Mr Tim Walker
- Ms Judith Worthington
- Dr Sarah Williams
Terms of reference
- The CPD Policy and Compliance Subcommittee will report to the Education Committee and Veterinary Nurses Council.
- The subcommittee is responsible for monitoring and reviewing the RCVS CPD Policy and making recommendations for changes to the Education Committee and VN Council.
- The subcommittee is responsible for the RCVS CPD non-compliance policy and procedures, overall engagement with CPD and 1CPD and to make decisions on whether or not to refer individual cases of non-compliance or non-response to the Professional Conduct Department. The subcommittee will:
- develop and keep under review the RCVS CPD non-compliance policy and procedures;
- oversee any applications from veterinary surgeons or veterinary nurses to pause CPD;
- monitor and agree actions for CPD non-compliance cases;
- decide when cases of CPD non-compliance should be referred to the Professional Conduct Department;
- monitor and review ways to improve engagement with CPD and the RCVS recording portal 1CPD.
Membership
- The subcommittee will consist of:
- three veterinary nurses and one lay member nominated by the Veterinary Nurses Council;
- three veterinary surgeons and one lay member nominated by the Education Committee;
- two external stakeholders that will advise on policy matters only.
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The subcommittee has ten members in total with a with a quorum of 50% and at least one veterinary surgeon and one veterinary nurse must attend each meeting.
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The length of service would normally be 3 years, however this is not prescriptive and longer terms can be allowed for continuity or consistency of the subcommittee membership.
Meetings
- The subcommittee will meet at least three times a year. Meetings will be held virtually except for any exceptional circumstances when face to face meetings will be more beneficial.