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Retention fees to increase by 2% in 2011

The RCVS and VN Councils have each agreed to raise registration and retention fees for the financial year 2011-12 by 2%. This means the annual retention fee for a home-practising veterinary surgeon will...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Thu, 24 Jun 2010 7:12 PM

Female veterinary students continue to dominate

Less than a quarter of veterinary students starting their degrees in 2009 were male (24%), according to figures released today in RCVS Facts . This is up slightly from 23% last year, but down from just...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 2:57 PM

RCVS Trust announces 2010 grants awards

The RCVS Trust has announced 34 grants totalling approximately £165,000, being made to veterinary surgeons, universities and higher education (HE) establishments, to fund high-quality research projects...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Mon, 07 Jun 2010 3:21 PM

First veterinary nurse to sit on RCVS Council

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has announced that Andrea Jeffery, the first veterinary nurse to sit on RCVS Council, will take up her place from July this year. According to the RCVS, the move...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Mon, 24 May 2010 12:48 PM

RCVS List / Register of Veterinary Nurses to be re-issued

The recently-published RCVS List of Veterinary Nurses Incorporating the Register of Veterinary Nurses 2010 will be reprinted and re-issued towards the end of May, due to printing errors. Although the data...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 5:14 PM

What on earth was that?

The RCVS has released the results of a competition held at BSAVA Congress earlier this month, in which veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and other members of the practice team were asked to identify...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 6:32 PM

RCVS announces OOH public awareness campaign

The RCVS is to embark on a communications campaign over the next few months to raise awareness amongst the general public of the difficulties that vets face in providing out-of-hours emergency cover, and...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 6:50 PM

No election for RCVS VN Council this year

Only two nominations have been received for the RCVS Veterinary Nurses Council and there were two places up for contest, so there will be no VN Council election this year. The two places will be filled...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:28 AM

Call for independent register of veterinary physiotherapists

The National Association of Veterinary Physiotherapists (NAVP) is calling for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) to establish an independent register of veterinary physiotherapy practitioners...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 1:28 PM

Last chance to complete RCVS surveys

The completion date for the RCVS surveys of the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions is Monday 8 February, and the College is urging anyone who has not yet completed their survey to do so. The...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:26 AM

Veterinary nursing exam results published

Last year's pass rate has been maintained by VN candidates taking their Level 3 Practical exams - with the number of VN students sitting exams having seen an increase across the year. The RCVS sent...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 7:10 PM

Last call for RCVS & VN Council candidate nominations

The deadline for candidate nominations for the RCVS and VN Council elections is fast approaching - so please hurry if you plan to stand. There are six seats on the RCVS Council, and two on the VN Council...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:06 AM

RCVS surveys to measure wellbeing in the profession

All veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and VN students are to be invited to take part in an RCVS survey of their profession and, for the first time, these surveys will measure mental wellbeing at a...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 3:24 PM

CPD survey finds RVNs working hard to keep current

The first ever survey of Registered Veterinary Nurses' Continuing Professional Development has found that the average RVN appears to do substantially more than the minimum required amount of CPD. Libby...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:32 AM

New veterinary learning tool online thanks to RCVS Trust

The WikiQuiz project - a free online question and answer tool which enables vets, vet students and vet nurses to test their knowledge - is now online thanks to £4,770 of funding from the RCVS Trust...

Published Arlo Guthrie on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 7:33 PM

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