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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
- 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
- External review of the RCVS by ENQA
- Requirements for remote and online student assessments
Derek Bray
Biography
Derek has been the Chief Executive of several large NHS organisations ranging from a large hospital to commissioning organisations with budgets of over £3 billion.
He has been a visiting professor from the University of Derby and has worked at a senior level in the private sector.
Council Member category
- Appointed lay member: 2018-2026
Committee membership
- Examinations Appeals Committee
- Fellowship Appeals Committee
- Standards Committee
Declaration of interests
Directorships
None
Relevant financial interests, eg shareholdings, bonds and derivatives
None
Consultancies
None
Appointments to other bodies
- Non-executive, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (November 2020 - end October 2026)
- Parole Board (1 October 2019 - end September 2029)
- Lay Member of Accreditation, General Pharmaceutical Council (February 2020 - end October 2020)
- Non-executive, Architects Registration Board (November 2020 - end February 2024)
Membership of other veterinary or allied organisations
None
Employment
None
Qualifications (other than veterinary qualifications listed in the Register)
BA Hons (Leeds)
LLB (Birmingham)
MPhil (Cambridge)
Interests relating to immediate family or close friends
None
Other relevant information
St. Peter's School, Gringley-on-the-Hill: Governor - April 2025 - present