A veterinary nurse from Colwyn Bay has been removed from the Register by the RCVS Veterinary Nursing Disciplinary Committee after she was convicted of burglary involving the theft of veterinary drugs from her practice.

The nurse wrote to the College prior…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has suspended a Cambridgeshire-based vet for six months for importing and supplying medicines from India without a VMD certificate, in a case which highlights the importance of compliance with medicines regulations.

The charge…

A Cheshire-based veterinary nurse has been suspended by the RCVS VN Disciplinary Committee after admitting dishonesty over bile acid stimulation test (BAST) blood sampling.

The nurse was suspended from the Register for three months after admitting dishonesty…

The RVN Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS has removed an Armagh-based nurse from the Register after finding that she'd entered the details of four injections into clinical records when she had no reasonable basis for doing so.

During the four…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has dismissed a case against a veterinary surgeon said to have been dishonest in claims made against insurance following a dog's veterinary treatment.

At the end of the four-day hearing, the Committee found Sheena…

The RCVS DC has directed that a Wirral-based veterinary surgeon should be removed from the Register after finding that he had treated clients badly, kept inadequate clinical records, was dishonest in dealing with the RCVS, and that animals in his care…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has struck off the Register a veterinary surgeon who delayed attending a dog that had been run over at a farm, causing her to suffer unnecessarily.

Following a two-day hearing, the Disciplinary Committee found Munhuwepasi…

The RCVS has responded to the outcry sparked by the Disciplinary Committee striking off a veterinary surgeon that delayed an out-of-hours home visit to a dog that had been run over by its owner, a farmer.

The RCVS response addresses three main issues…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has directed that Somerset-based veterinary surgeon Dr Marcus Hutber be removed from the Register, having found him guilty of serious professional misconduct following multiple complaints made against him.

During the…

Vets Now has published a response to the RCVS DC ruling in which Munhuwepasi Chikosi, a locum working for the company, was struck off for delaying an emergency OOH home visit. 

The response is available in full here: http://www.vets-now.com/news/?item…

Ceredigion veterinary surgeon Robert Alun Merfyn Evans has been suspended from the Register for six months by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after he admitted to misconduct relating to tuberculin testing for cattle he owned and failing to register the…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has dismissed a case against Nottinghamshire-based Emma Frances Faulkner MRCVS.

It was alleged that in September 2015, she had acted inappropriately by striking a Shih Tzu/Toy Poodle cross puppy called Arnie on his head…

Carlos Egido Cortes, a Glamorgan-based practitioner, has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee following his conviction for possession of four indecent images of children and an extreme pornographic image involving an animal and a female.

Northamptonshire-based Hannah Wilde RVN has been struck off by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee following three criminal convictions for theft and issuing false prescriptions, allegations that she had held herself out as an RVN whilst she…

The RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee has ruled that Somerset-based William Kane is fit to practice after he was convicted of three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Mr Kane was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, suspended…

A former veterinary officer of the British Horseracing Authority, Miss Bethan Cook, has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after she forged communication from her GP as part of an internal BHA disciplinary process.

Miss Cook was charged…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has refused an application for restoration to the Register from a former Scarborough-based veterinary surgeon, Mr Matthew Makepeace.

Mr Makepeace was removed from the Register in 2024 after being convicted of assaulting…

Dr Tudor Herlea MRCVS has been reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee following a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol and driving while his licence was suspended.

Dr Herlea MRCVS was convicted on 15 January 2025 at the Cluj Court…

The RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee has reprimanded Manchester-based George Aspey RVN for treating an animal without veterinary direction, while clearing his colleague, Susan Howard RVN. 

Mr Aspey and Mrs Howarth, both lecturers in veterinary…

Rebecca Davies has been struck off by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee after acting without and against the direction of a veterinary surgeon on multiple occasions.

Miss Davies faced four charges:

1. That during a surgical procedure, she 

Christopher Butterworth MRCVS and Melissa Bexon MRCVS have been reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for dishonestly signing reports relating to non-existent tuberculosis advisory service (TBAS) visits to a farm.

Dr Butterworth’s practice was…

Julie Hickman has been suspended for six months by the RCVS Veterinary Nurses’ Disciplinary Committee after she admitted falling asleep and  leaving hospitalised animals unattended, and then falsifying clinical records.

Ms Hickman was charged with…

Dr Amir Kashiv has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after he was convicted of illegally removed a microchip from a labrador.

The DC heard how, in December 2022, a labrador called Bella had been stolen from its owner.

That same month, someone…

Isaco De Armas Jimenez has been suspended by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for eight months after finding he'd failed to take adequate steps when emergency attention was required, acted dishonestly and had no professional indemnity insurance in place…

Warwick Seymour-Hamilton, a former veterinary surgeon who was removed from the Register in 1994, has had his twelfth application to be restored to the Register of Veterinary Surgeons refused.

Mr Seymour-Hamilton was originally struck off in 1994 after his…