The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Charitable Trust has awarded five new bursaries in its latest grants round.

Two student bursaries were for UK veterinary undergraduates to attend the British Science Festival in Aberdeen from 4-9 September…

Veterinary Nurse Sarah Hancill has won the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Charitable Trust’s 'Driving Practice Innovation' competition, with her peripheral venous catheter care checklist.

Sarah's competition submission reads as follows…

The RCVS has published new guidance for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses on the use of social media and online forums, such as those on VetSurgeon.org and VetNurse.co.uk.

The guidance sets out the professional standards expected of veterinary…

The RCVS has removed 362 registered/listed veterinary nurses from the Register/List following the end of the annual renewal period for veterinary nurses.

This figure, which includes both removals for non-payment and voluntary removals, is down from a…

The RCVS has extended its alternative dispute resolution (ADR) trial until October 2015 and broadened its remit, allowing more cases to be considered.

The idea of the ADR is to provide an alternative form of resolution for the many concerns raised with…

As of today, veterinary surgeons in the UK can call themselves 'Doctor', following a decision made by the RCVS Council.  

The decision to allow the use of the courtesy title followed a consultation which received 11,202 responses, of which 81%…

The RCVS has announced that Dot Creighton has been given its Veterinary Nursing Golden Jubilee Award for her pioneering work to raise awareness of the role that nurses play.

Dot, who was President of the BVNA from 2003 to 2004, devised the concept of…

The RCVS has published a guide for student veterinary nurses and providers of veterinary nursing education regarding fitness to practise issues.

The new guide, entitled Fitness to Practise – A Guide for UK Providers of Veterinary Nursing Education and…

Louise O’Dwyer, a Wigan-based veterinary nurse has been named as the fifth recipient of the RCVS Golden Jubilee Award – an honour bestowed on one veterinary nurse each year in honour of exceptional achievement.

Louise is the first to receive…

The RCVS has announced a number of improvements to its Nursing Progress Log (NPL), the optional online assessment tool for student veterinary nurses.

The College developed the optional NPL specifically for student veterinary nurses to be able to track…

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 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…

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…

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.

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative and the Doctors’ Support Network (DSN) have now signed up seven ambassadors for their AndMe (#AndMe) mental health campaign, designed to de-stigmatise mental ill-health within the healthcare professions.

The College…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has published A Guide to Enhancing Wellbeing and Managing Work Stress in the Veterinary Workplace.

Written in association with Dr Elinor O’Connor, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Psychology at Alliance Manchester Business…

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 has confirmed that surgical insemination in dogs is prohibited by animal welfare laws and amended Section 27 of the supporting guidance to the Code of Professional Conduct so that it now sits alongside tail docking, dew claw removal, prosthetic…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has published a blog by a veterinary nurse in which she shares her experience of mental illness and how she managed it whilst progressing her career.

The blog is part of a mental health anti-stigma campaign called '&me…

The RCVS Council has today announced a 'wide-ranging' review of a number of key provisions of the supporting guidance to the Code of Professional Conduct, following ongoing discussions around trialling the development of telemedicine services, including…

The RCVS has announced far-reaching changes to the CPD requirements for veterinary surgeons, agreed by Council at its June meeting.

The proposals put to Council by the Education Committee included six key recommendations for changes to CPD policy: 

The RCVS has produced a checklist poster for use in practice to help veterinary surgeons remember the things they need to consider when delegating work to veterinary nurses under Schedule 3.

Under Schedule 3, vets can delegate medical treatment and minor…

The RCVS Veterinary Nurses Council has approved a new standards framework for veterinary nurse education which it says will allow for greater flexibility and innovation in how courses are delivered and a greater focus on student empowerment.

The new…

The RCVS has launched 'Veterinary care from your kind of vets', a new campaign to raise awareness of the Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) amongst animal owners.

The two-month campaign is comprised of a series of very polished videos which are now…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has awarded £40,000 to two research projects, one looking into moral injury and the other at racial discrimination in the veterinary profession.

For those not familiar with the term, moral injury is the damage to…