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…

There will be no election for Veterinary Nurses Council this year because only two candidates came forward for the two available elected places.

Meghan Conroy RVN and Lauren Hargrave RVN will take up their three-year terms at the RCVS Annual General Meeting…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has published an updated framework governing how veterinary nursing educators develop and deliver the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN).

The CertAVN was introduced in 2019 as a modular…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons will require veterinary practices to implement suicide prevention plans from 1 April 2026.

The change marks an expansion of practice standards beyond physical workplace safety into psychological and suicide-risk…

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…

The Mind Matters Initiative and the Veterinary Nursing Department at the RCVS have awarded a joint £40,000 research grant to a project that aims to integrate mental health training into veterinary nursing education.

The snappily titled "Veterinary…

The RCVS has the results of research into why veterinary surgeons and nurses leave the profession and the most common reason veterinary nurses gave for their decision was 'pay and stress'.

The research took the form of a voluntary survey asking…

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…

The RCVS has launched a WhatsApp broadcast channel which members can use to keep abreast of the College's activities, and relaunched its podcast series for veterinary professionals.

The College says that its new WhatsApp channel will give alerts of upcoming…

The RCVS has launched the nomination period for its 2026 Honours and Awards.

The RCVS Honours and Awards programme recognises veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and laypeople, both in the UK and overseas, who are carrying out exemplary work across…

The RCVS has revealed its updated brand and visual identity.

RCVS President Tim Parkin said: “The aim of our brand review was to make it easier for people to understand our purpose and the unique role we have as a Royal College that regulates.

“Our…

The RCVS Academy has launched the ‘Appointed Senior Veterinary surgeon’ course, designed to help veterinary clinical practices implement the role effectively.

PSS accredited practices are required to nominate an Appointed Senior Veterinary…

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…

The RCVS is re-running its Workforce Ambitions Revisited webinar series, which is designed to stimulate useful discussions about veterinary workforce challenges and how culture change, career development and leadership can improve retention, attract new talent…

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…

The RCVS is encouraging more vets to come to a series of events designed to help them make better use of veterinary nurses, after a poor turnout at the first two.

The College wants more vets to come and share their ideas and insights into how the role of…

The RCVS and the BVNA have announced the retirement of their VN Futures project, because it has reached its natural conclusion. 

The project was launched in 2016 to identify and find solutions to some of the specific issues facing the veterinary nursing…

The new RCVS President Tim Parkin will be hosting two RCVS Regional Question Time sessions, one in Salisbury on Thursday 4th September and the other in London on Wednesday 15th October.

The RCVS Regional Question Time sessions give members of the profession…

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…

The RCVS is inviting all members of the veterinary practice team to attend one of a series of free CPD events it is hosting to share how it believes veterinary nurses can be more effectively integrated within multidisciplinary veterinary teams, and explore…

Bedfordshire-based Siew Loong Ng has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after being found guilty of clinical failures, poor record keeping and dishonesty.

Mr Ng faced seven charges:

• In July and August 2020, he failed to clean the wound of…

Professor Stephen May FRCVS, Emeritus Professor at the Royal Veterinary College, and Kulin Patel MRCVS, Veterinary Advisor for International Trade at Defra, have been awarded OBEs in King Charles III’s Birthday Honours List

Stephen was recognised…

The RCVS has moved into its funky-looking new HQ in Clerkenwell, London. 

The six-floor building, which the College bought for £22.3m in 2022, was originally a warehouse.

Over the years it has been home to a range of businesses from leather manufacturers…