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- Council Members
- Role of Council Members
- Council meetings
- Council elections
- Previous election results
- Dr Louise Allum
- Dr Sam Bescoby
- Dr Andrew Clemence
- Dr Tshidi Gardiner
- Dr Reginald Godwin
- Paddy Gordon
- Dr Danielle Greenberg
- Dr Gerard Henry
- Dr Richard Hillman
- Dr Benjamin Kennedy
- Dr Tom Lonsdale
- Dr Darren Partridge
- Martin Peaty
- Alison Price
- Dr Peter Robinson
- Dr Jennifer Simmons
- Dr Sadie Spencer
- Dr Mary Thomas
- William Wilkinson
- Dr Lara Wilson
- Past-Presidents
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- Advancement of the Professions Committee
- Standards Committee
- Audit and Risk Committee
- Education Committee
- Disciplinary Committee
- Charter Case Committee
- Preliminary Investigation Committee and Disciplinary Committee Liaison Committee
- Registration Committee
- Preliminary Investigation Committee
- Paper classification: some definitions
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- About extra-mural studies (EMS)
- EMS requirements
- Information for vet students
- Information for EMS providers
- Information for vet schools
- Temporary EMS requirements
- Practice by students - regulations
- Health and safety on EMS placements
- EMS contacts and further guidance
- Extra-mural studies fit for the future
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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' - 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
- FAQs – Advertising of practice names
- GDPR – RCVS information and Q&As
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- Accrediting veterinary degrees
- Accrediting veterinary nursing qualifications
- Reasonable adjustments for student vets
- Health and disability in veterinary medicine study and practice
- The role of the veterinary schools and the RCVS
- Reasonable adjustments and the Equality Act 2010
- Reasonable adjustments and Day One Competences
- Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet students
- Annex
- Reasonable adjustments for student vets - summary
- Reasonable adjustments for student veterinary nurses
- Health and disability in veterinary nurse education and training
- Reasonable adjustments for students and the UK disability discrimination legislation
- Educational assessment of veterinary nurses
- Roles of key stakeholders in the application of reasonable adjustments
- Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet nurse students
- Embracing reasonable adjustments for student vet nurses - summary
- External review of the RCVS by ENQA
- Requirements for remote and online student assessments
5 June 2025
The agenda for the RCVS Council meeting of Thursday, 5 June 2025 is set out below.
Unclassified papers for this meeting can be downloaded as one PDF bundle from the ‘Related documents’ box.
View paper classification definitions.
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Paper title |
Category |
Rationale |
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| 1 |
President's Introduction |
Oral report | |
| 2 |
Apologies for Absence |
Oral report |
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| 3 |
Declarations of Interests |
Oral report |
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| 4 |
Vetlife update |
Orla report |
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| 5 |
Minutes of previous meetings held on 4 March and 13 March 2025 |
Refer to Council Minutes |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| 6 |
Matters arising |
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| 6a |
Obituaries |
Oral report |
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| 6b |
Council correspondence | Oral report |
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| 6c |
CEO update |
Oral report | |
| 7 |
Matters for decision by Council and for report |
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| 7a |
RCVS governance reform | Unclassified |
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| 7b |
Review of Charter Case Committee / Charter Case Protocol / ‘mini’ PIC meetings | Unclassified |
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| 7c |
Update to RCVS Honours and Awards |
Unclassified | |
| 7d |
RCVS Delegation Scheme |
Unclassified | |
| 7e |
Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 offences update |
Unclassified | |
| 8 |
Reports of standing committees - to note |
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| 8a |
Advancement of the Professions Committee |
Oral report |
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Audit and Risk Committee |
Oral report |
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| 8c | Education Committee | Oral report |
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| 8d |
Finance and Resources Committee |
Oral report |
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| 8e |
Registration Committee |
Oral report |
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| 8f |
Standards Committee |
Oral report |
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| 8g |
Veterinary Nurses Council |
Oral report |
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| 8h |
PIC/DC Liaison Committee |
Oral report |
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| 9 |
Reports of statutory committees - to note |
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| 9a |
Preliminary Investigation Committee |
Oral report |
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| 9b |
RVN Preliminary Investigation Committee |
Oral report |
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| 9c |
Disciplinary Committee and RVN Disciplinary Committee |
Oral report |
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| 10 |
Notices of Motion |
Oral report |
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| 11 |
Questions |
Oral report |
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| 12 |
Election of Chair, Advancement of the Professions Committee (re-run) |
Oral report |
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| 13 |
Any other College business (unclassified items) |
Oral report |
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| 14 |
Risk register, equality and diversity (unclassified) |
Oral report |
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| 15 |
Date of next meeting - Thursday, 2 October 2025 |
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| 16 | Matters for decision by Council and for report |
Confidential |
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| 16a | Groupage Export Facilitation Scheme |
Confidential |
1, 2 |
| 16b | Corporate Risk Register |
Confidential |
1, 3 |
| 16c | 2024 Draft Annual Report and Financial Statements | Confidential |
1, 2 |
| 16d | Registration and retention fees 2026-2028 |
Confidential |
1 |
| 16e | RCVS Audit tender process |
Confidential |
1, 2, 3 |
| 16f | Update on major projects |
Oral report, Confidential |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
| 16g | CMA update |
Oral report, Confidential |
1, 3, 4 |
| 16h | Vital signs | Confidential |
4 |
| 16i | Recruitment of external members - various | Private |
1, 5 |
| 16j | Legislative reform | Confidential |
1 |
| 16k | Brand and visual identity – update | Confidential |
1, 3 |
| 17 | Any other College business (confidential items) |
Confidential |
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| 17a | Comments of classified appendices |
Oral report, Confidential |
# TBC |
| 17b | Other business |
Oral report, Confidential |
# TBC |
| 18 | Confidential |
# TBC |