The RCVS Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) is introducing remote assessments to ensure standards are still being met during the pandemic. 

Specifically, remote assessments will make sure that practices are continuing to meet Veterinary Medicines Regulations…

The RCVS has announced that Council has approved a pathway for RVNs to become Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) Assessors.

The change to the Practice Standards rules means that RVNs who have at least five years’ experience within the profession are eligible…

The RCVS has published its Diversity & Inclusion Group (DIG) Strategy, setting out how it will help create a veterinary profession where everyone can flourish. 

The strategy, which is available to read at: www.rcvs.org.uk/diversity, lists six areas…

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…

Building on research undertaken by VetNurse.co.uk and VetSurgeon.org in 2017, the RCVS Mind Matters initiative has published the results of a survey which found that 96% of student and newly qualified veterinary nurses feel that bullying and incivility…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative is to hold new series of Campfire Chats: informal discussions on matters relating to veterinary health and wellbeing.

The new series comprises six online discussions taking place over the course of the spring, covering…

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…

Colin Whiting MRCVS has resigned his position on the RCVS Council after the College approved a new ‘How we work’ statement requiring Council members to publicly support all decisions taken by Council, even if they disagreed.

In his first ye…

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 VN Council has developed a definition of veterinary nursing, in order to provide greater clarity both to the veterinary profession and the public, about what the role entails. 

The definition agreed by VN Council is as follows:

Veterinary nursing…

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 Mind Matters Initiative has awarded £20,000 to a research project which will look at whether there is enough mental health education in the student veterinary nursing curriculum.

The grant has been awarded to Dr Faye Didymus and Dr Jackie…

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 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…

The RCVS Academy has launched ‘Communicating cost’, a free course designed to help vet nurses discuss treatment costs with clients.

The course offers practical tips and is also designed to help veterinary professionals understand their obligations…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative is to host its fifth biennial mental health research symposium to highlight current contributions to veterinary mental health research from around the globe on Friday 10th October from 9am to 5pm at The Eastside Rooms…

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…

The RCVS Academy has launched a course to help vet nurses navigate its guidance on responsible advertising and social media use.

The College says the course breaks down the supporting guidance to the Code of Professional Conduct into clear, practical…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has opened bookings for online and in-person ‘Managing Mental Health in the Workplace’ workshops for veterinary professionals.

The workshops have been co-authored with a workplace wellbeing company called Ultimate…

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 is hosting its second VN Educators’ Conference for veterinary nurse educators involved in student training on 17 June from 9am to 4.30pm at its London headquarters, focusing on how developments across the profession may shape the role of…

The RCVS has launched a new website for veterinary professionals, practices, students/careers and animal owners, bringing information and services into one site.

It replaces the College’s previous website, which dated back to 2011.

The main change…

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…

The RCVS has published its response to Defra’s consultation on reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, urging vet nurses to back Option 1 and retain a ‘Royal College that regulates’.

The College response welcomes Defra’s incorporation…