The RCVS Council has announced its agreement with wholesale reform of the College’s governance arrangements to improve the efficiency and accountability of its decision-making processes.

The changes agreed by Council included almost halving the…

The RCVS has announced the results of the 2016 Veterinary Nurses Council elections.

Voter turnout was more or less the same this year as last: 10.9% (or 1,435) of those eligible to vote. The average over the past 10 years is an 8.8% turnout.

The two places…

The RCVS has announced that over the next 6 months, it is investing £225,000 in its Professional Conduct Department’s concerns investigation process.

The investment is being made to increase the speed at which concerns are either closed or…

The RCVS has announced it will be launching a new nine-month alternative dispute resolution (ADR) trial this autumn which will be administered by the law firm that runs the General Optical Council’s ADR scheme.

Nockolds Solicitors was approved…

3,357 members of the profession, 69% of them veterinary surgeons and 30% veterinary nurses, have responded to the RCVS consultation asking for their views on proposals to move towards a more structured approach to continuing professional development.

The RCVS has held the first meeting of its Brexit Presidential Taskforce.

The taskforce was established following the EU referendum result on 24 June, with the central purpose of putting the profession in charge of its future by maximising the opportunities…

The RCVS has contacted all registered veterinary nurses reminding them that their annual renewal fee for 2016-17 is now due.

As with last year the RCVS has sent the annual renewal notice to the majority of veterinary nurses by email. This year only 1…

The RCVS has responded to a petition from Danny Chambers MRCVS and 1,100 of its members which called for veterinary surgeons to be banned from prescribing homeopathic treatments to animals.

In a letter to Danny, RCVS President Christopher Tufnell wrote:

The RCVS and the BVA have sent a joint letter to the Prime Minister with their concerns over how Brexit, and its impact on EU migration, may affect the veterinary profession.

The letter outlines how the organisations want to work with the government…

The RCVS is now accepting nominations from veterinary nurses who wish to stand as candidates in next year’s Veterinary Nurses Council elections.

The nomination period runs up until 5pm on Tuesday 31 January 2017 and, in order to stand, candidates…

The RCVS Council has approved a pilot of a new outcomes-based approach to measuring and recording continuing professional development (CPD).

In June the College held a six-week consultation with the profession, asking for opinions on its proposal for…

The RCVS is reminding veterinary nurses that they need to pay their annual renewal fee before the end of the year or they will be removed from the Register.

Just over 1,000 veterinary nurses have not yet paid their annual renewal fee of £61 and if this…

The RCVS is reminding the profession that the deadline is approaching for nominations from veterinary nurses who wish to stand as candidates in next year’s RCVS Veterinary Nurses Council elections.

The nomination period runs up until 5pm on Tuesday…

The RCVS has removed 247 veterinary nurses from its Register for failing to pay their annual renewal fee.

The College says that the number of veterinary nurses removed at the beginning of this year is significantly down from 2016 when 692 VNs were removed…

The RCVS has announced the candidates standing in the 2017 Veterinary Nurses (VN) Council elections and is inviting veterinary nurses to put their questions to them directly in this year's 'Quiz the candidates'.

Four veterinary nurses are…

The RCVS has announced the launch of an online consultation asking for the views of the veterinary and veterinary nurse professions on the use of telemedicine in veterinary clinical practice. 

Telemedicine can be defined as any clinical healthcare service…

The RCVS has published its plan for navigating the risks posed to the veterinary industry by the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, while maximising the opportunities it offers.

Underlying the plan are three 'Brexit Principles', devised…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has completed its training of a number of volunteers recruited to trial a proposed new outcomes-based system of measuring and recording learning and development.

The trial is the result of a six-week consultation…

Voting in this year's RCVS VN Council elections has now opened, and veterinary nurses who are eligible to vote can do so either online or by post.

The College points out that there is a new voting platform this year, designed to make it easier to…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has set up a Working Party to consider whether the time has come for new legislation to regulate the profession.

The Legislation Working Party was set up on the recommendation of the College’s Brexit Taskforce…

The RCVS has announced the results of the 2017 Veterinary Nurses Council elections, which saw a record proportion of veterinary nurses casting a vote for their preferred candidates.

14.5% (or 2,092) of veterinary nurses that are eligible to vote did…

The RCVS has launched a consultation about Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, which defines what acts of minor veterinary surgery can be performed by veterinary nurses.

For veterinary nurses, Schedule 3 is arguably one of the most important aspects…

The RCVS has announced that Kit Sturgess will officially take up the post of Treasurer at RCVS Day, tomorrow.

Kit was appointed by RCVS Council at its June meeting, making him responsible for maintaining an overview of the College’s financial affairs…

RCVS Council members have unanimously agreed the establishment of an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) service to help resolve lower-level complaints about veterinary services through mediation.

Since 2014 the RCVS has trialled two different ADR services…

South African Peter Keniry has been given a three year prison sentence at Taunton Crown Court for using the identity of a legitimately registered veterinary surgeon fraudulently to practise as a vet.

The RCVS played a proactive role in Mr Keniry’s arrest…