The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has restored Portsmouth-based Simon Wood MRCVS to the Register. 

Mr Wood was removed from the Register in 2018 after being convicted of posessing indecent images of children and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order…

Clwyd-based veterinary surgeon, Alina Grecko has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for obtaining a prescription-only medicine knowing that it was for human and not veterinary use.

Mrs Grecko faced two charges. 

The first was that she got…

RCVS Council has decided to delay the implementation of new 'under care' guidance covering the prescription of POM-V parasiticides until 12th January 2024.

The decision was made after Council heard increasing reports that practices have not been…

The RCVS has launched its new Charter Case Committee (CCC), which aims to provide an alternative, compassionate and streamlined way of dealing with less serious cases of professional misconduct.

The Committee has been named after the Supplementary Royal…

Northumberland-based Melanie Jane Herdman RVN has been suspended for three months by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee for supplying controlled drugs to a friend.

Miss Herdman faced three charges.

The first was that she indicated to a friend…

The RCVS has published the recording of a second webinar it held two weeks ago to help the profession better understand the forthcoming ‘under care’ guidance.

The webinar was hosted by RCVS Senior Vice-President Dr Melissa Donald, with Standards…

Andrew Dobson has had his application for restoration to the Register refused by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after failing to attend the hearing or provide information to support his application. 

Mr Dobson was struck off in 2021 after the DC found…

Former vet Warwick Seymour-Hamilton, who was removed from the Register in 1994, has had his eleventh attempt at restoration rejected by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee.

Mr Seymour-Hamilton was removed from the Register after his Kent practice was found…

Newly-invested RCVS President, Dr Sue Paterson FRCVS, has announced that her focus for this year will be on widening access to the veterinary profession to those from different socioeconomic, ethnic and religious groups.

She said: “My theme will be focussed…

Pavels Antonovs MRCVS, a Humberside-based locum veterinary surgeon, has been reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for working whilst under the influence of alcohol.

Mr Antonovs faced three charges.

The first was that in September 2020 whilst in practice…

The RCVS has published a recording of its recent webinar about its new ‘under care’ guidance.

During the webinar, which took place earlier this month, senior officers and staff from the College explained the new guidance, what it will mean…

The RCVS has published its Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2022, in which it details its strategic achievements for the year.

They include the launch of the RCVS Academy, reforms to the RCVS concerns investigation process, the publication of…

The RCVS is to hold its fourth Mental Health Research Symposium at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Tuesday 10th October.  

The symposium will be launched by Dr Leah Quinlivan (pictured right), a research fellow and chartered psychologist at the University…

The RCVS) is calling on veterinary nurses to help it recruit around 30 animal owners and keepers for a new Public Advisory Group to help guide the College's policies.

The group is being set up to ensure that the College meets its objective of working in…

Northamptonshire-based Joanna Wicksteed has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after being convicted of theft and fraud, and found to be dishonest and misleading in not declaring a police caution and an adult restorative disposal to the…

The RCVS and British Veterinary Chronic Illness Support (BVCIS) are asking all vet nurses and student vet nurses to take part in a survey into disability and chronic illness within the veterinary sector.

The aim of the survey is to provide a better understanding…

The RCVS has announced the results of this year's VN Council elections. 

1,927 veterinary nurses voted, representing an 8.8% turnout. 

Whilst marginally better than 2022's turnout of 8.4%, it's still less than half that seen in 2020. 

Matthew Rendle…

Miss Libby Morris has been suspended by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee after leaving a dog that was in her care at a Devon practice unattended for over two hours on Christmas Day, and covering it up dishonestly.

Miss Morris faced three charges…

Katharine Power MRCVS has been cleared of serious professional misconduct by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee.

Dr Power faced a number of charges relating to alleged clinical and communications failings surrounding surgery carried out on two separate dogs on…

Cardiff-based Nicola Jade Burrows MRCVS has been restored to the Register by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee, following her removal in May 2021 for dishonesty over insurance claims.

At the hearing, the Disciplinary Committee considered whether she had accepted…

RCVS Council has approved a trial protocol which will allow the College to launch private prosecutions against unqualified individuals breaching the Veterinary Surgeons Act from April 2023.

Under the protocol trial, the RCVS can launch private prosecutions…

RCVS Council has approved final changes to its guidance on prescribing prescription-only veterinary medicines (POM-Vs) to an animal that is ‘under care’ of a veterinary surgeon, and confirmed it will come into effect on 1st September 2024.…

Voting has opened for the 2023 RCVS Council elections.

There are 5 candidates standing this year and vet nurses can vote for up to two of them until 5pm on Friday 21st April 2023:

• Sarah Jane Batt-Williams RVN
• Heather Jane Mathieson Kirkness RVN
• Katherine…

The RCVS has announced that it will increase its fees, including registration and annual renewal fees for veterinary nurses, by 4% for the 2023/24 financial year.

The increase, which was approved by the Privy Council on Thursday 2 March, will mean that…

Simon Leroy Hutton MRCVS has been reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for kicking a horse in the abdomen after it kicked him during an examination. 

The DC heard that Mr Hutton had attended to a horse called Angel at a livery yard in Sheffield.