The RCVS is offering UK veterinary professionals practical support for navigating career transitions at a series of events coming up in May and June in London.

The CPD events, which are part of the College's Next Steps project, are aimed specifically at…

The RCVS is holding a session at the London Vet Show on Saturday 23rd October from 8:30am-9:30am to provide guidance and advice concerning the work the nursing team does in practice.

As the RCVS says, the recent Panorama programme "It shouldn't happen…

The RCVS Charitable Trust Library is marking National Libraries Day (4 February) with an open day and prize draws for library users.

The Library is inviting all vets and veterinary nurses - and librarians, staff and students from veterinary schools…

The RCVS is hosting a free webinar at which it will explain changes to the guidance on 24-hour emergency care at 8.30pm on Monday 28 July. 

Veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and other practice staff are all welcome to attend.

The webinar - 24/7…

The RCVS has announced that it will be holding a free lunchtime webinar next week about its alternative dispute resolution (ADR) trial and its outcomes.

The webinar, titled ‘Who ADRs wins’, takes place at 1pm on Monday 7 December via The Webinar Vet…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative and the Veterinary Practice Management Association have launched a series of courses designed to help those in a veterinary practice management role to support colleagues with mental health issues. 

The day-long courses…

The RCVS will be updating the profession about the VN Futures project and the Mind Matters initiative at the College of Animal Welfare’s Clinical Coach Congress taking place at the East of England Area and Events Centre in Peterborough on Monday 18th…

One of this year’s recipients of the RCVS Impact Award, Professor Sarah Freeman, will be talking about her pioneering public awareness project on equine colic at an upcoming Regional Question Time in Nottingham on 25th November 2019.

Sarah is a…

The RCVS ViVet innovation project is holding an interactive workshop to introduce veterinary professionals to creativity techniques that can help them develop innovative thinking within the practice team.

The two 60-minute interactive sessions are taking…

The RCVS ViVet innovation project is hosting a series of Zoom meetings which vet nurses are being encouraged to come and join, to reflect on the changes that have taken place in the delivery of veterinary services in the past few years and think about t…

The RCVS has launched a series of events and activities to celebrate 60 years of veterinary nursing, including webinars, podcasts, an eBook looking at the history of veterinary nursing and an online Diamond Jubilee activities area.

As well as marking…

The RCVS has announced that its third Mind Matters Mental Health Research Symposium will take place live online from 10am on Wednesday 24 November, and is now open for registration.

Professor Susan Dawson (pictured right), Chair of the Mind Matters Taskforce…

The RCVS has launched the Leadership Library, designed to support the development of leadership skills within the veterinary profession.

The College says the online library, which is free to access, aims to encourage people to develop their leadership…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has launched four free training courses for veterinary professionals, designed both to improve the mental health and wellbeing of individuals and to improve workplace culture for the benefit of all.

The courses are:

• VetLed…

RCVS Mind Matters (MMI) is leading a series of initiatives that aim to tackle incivility in the workplace, empower vet nurses to challenge it, and encourage work environments that make employee wellbeing a priority.

The College is currently collaborating…

The RCVS has launched a new digital learning platform, with free-to-access interactive CPD-qualifying courses for veterinary professionals.

Called the RCVS Academy, the new platform offers training in the following areas:

• Leadership and coaching
• Working…

The RCVS Academy has launched a free course to help veterinary nurses develop the skills they need to support and supervise student veterinary nurses.

The Clinical Supervisor course is designed to help RVNs to guide their students in developing the professional…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has launched a free new training programme to help the whole veterinary team better understand the multifactorial mental health and wellbeing challenges facing veterinary professionals.

The training sessions are taking place…

The RCVS has announced dates for a range of new mental health and wellbeing training opportunities for veterinary professionals this year.

Expanding on the training available in autumn 2022, which was launched based on the results of an extensive training…

The RCVS Academy has launched a new course which aims to give newly-registered veterinary nurses consistent, meaningful and personalised support during the transition from student to RVN.

‘RVN Starting out’ takes around 10 hours to complete…

The RCVS Academy has launched a free scenario-based course to help veterinary professionals respond to complaints with confidence and compassion.

Developed in partnership with the Veterinary Client Mediation Service (VCMS), the course uses practical examples…

The RCVS has announced that next January, its Mind Matters Initiative will be subsidising an online training course for veterinary nurses to qualify as Mental Health First Aid Champions

The course, which is led by Mental Health First Aid England, comprises…

The RCVS Academy has launched ‘Client confidentiality,’ a free course which offers guidance for situations when veterinary nurses and other members of the veterinary team feel it’s necessary to disclose confidential information without a client…

The RCVS Academy has launched a new course to help veterinary professionals recognise and challenge unconscious bias.

The course was developed with RCVS Leadership and Inclusion Manager, Gurpreet Gill (pictured), and aims to increase self-awareness of…

The RCVS Academy has launched a course to help veterinary nurses understand the RCVS concerns process.

The course explains what to expect if you’re a veterinary nurse who has had a concern raised about them.

Clare Stringfellow, Case Manager in the…