The RCVS has announced the names of this year's candidates for VN Council. 

There are 5 candidates standing for two available places on RCVS VN Council this year. They are:

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

The RCVS Council has voted to approve proposed changes to how 'under care' is defined in the supporting guidance for the Guide to Professional Conduct.

The new guidance will remove the absolute requirement for veterinary surgeons to perform a physical…

The RCVS has announced dates for a range of new mental health and wellbeing training opportunities for veterinary professionals this year.

Expanding on the training available in autumn 2022, which was launched based on the results of an extensive training…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has suspended Aberdeenshire-based James Gracey from the Register for six months after he was found guilty of conduct that risked undermining procedures designed to promote  public health and animal welfare.

At the beginning…

Dr Donal Johnston MRCVS, a former County Down-based veterinary surgeon who made fraudulent pet insurance claims to fund a gambling addiction has had his RCVS Disciplinary Committee sanction hearing postponed after he agreed to enter into undertakings.

Veterinary nurses who want to play a part in determining how the RCVS regulates professional standards and education, as well as advancing the profession through its Royal Charter activities, can now put themselves forward as candidates in next year’s…

The RCVS has published a Workforce Action Plan which sets out ways to mitigate the ongoing workforce crisis in the veterinary profession. 

The Action Plan presents what the College is doing to tackle the issue and explains how collaboration, culture change…

An unnamed veterinary nurse has been struck off by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee after they were convicted of offences related to indecent images of children.

The individual was granted anonymity by the Committee to protect their and…

The RCVS has opened the nomination period for its 2023 Honours & Awards, to recognise veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and laypeople, both in the UK and overseas, who are doing their utmost for animal health and welfare, the professions and society…

Katherine Heyes RVN has been reprimanded and warned as to her future conduct by the RCVS VN Disciplinary Committee after she was convicted of being drunk in an aircraft. 

At first glance, one might ask why? After all, who - other than the pilot - would…

Stephen Prichard has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after he was found to have taken and used controlled drugs, reported for work while unfit to do so, and ignored requests from the College to respond to the concerns raised against him…

From the start of next month, RCVS will be introducing a streamlined new concerns investigation process, with cases being considered by Preliminary Investigation Committees from the outset.

Under the previous system, complaints made about a veterinary…

Chelsea Jade Strangeway has been struck off by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee after she admitted falsifying a number of clinical records and holding herself out as a veterinary nurse whilst not being registered.

Ms Strangeway faced eight…

RCVS Council has been considering the costs, advantages and disadvantages of bringing private prosecutions against people and organisations that breach the Veterinary Surgeons Act. 

A paper introduced by the RCVS Registrar Eleanor Ferguson looked at the…

The RCVS has opened an online Book of Remembrance following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, to allow all members of the veterinary professions to pay their respects.

The online book invites veterinary nurses to leave written messages of condolence, and…

The RCVS Academy has launched a free course to help veterinary nurses develop the skills they need to support and supervise student veterinary nurses.

The Clinical Supervisor course is designed to help RVNs to guide their students in developing the professional…

Suffolk-based Stephanie Hazelwood has been suspended by the RCVS VN Disciplinary Committee for three months after she admitted stealing a prescription-only veterinary medication and pet food from the veterinary practice where she worked.

Ms Hazelwood faced…

An unnamed veterinary nurse, of an unspecified gender, working at an undisclosed location, has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for drug-related offences.

Jane (or John) Doe was charged with having stolen midazolam, butorphanol and promethazine…

The RCVS is to hold a series of in-person and virtual question times, starting this autumn.

The sessions will allow members of the profession to find out about upcoming College projects and put questions to the RCVS Officer Team, RCVS Council members and senior…

The RCVS has begun the final stage of its review of the definition of ‘under care’ and the provision of 24/7 emergency cover, and is now consulting veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses, students and the wider veterinary team on its proposed new guidance…

The new President of the RCVS), Dr Melissa Donald MRCVS, has promised to spend much of the year listening to veterinary professionals and communities across the UK, to better understand the issues affecting them.

Melissa, who was invested at the RCVS…

The RCVS has updated its Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) with new environmental sustainability requirements, updates to current standards to incorporate sustainability and a new Environmental Sustainability Award.

The new changes are being introduced in…

On the 1st July, the RCVS will publish new guidelines about whether procedures count as routine veterinary practice (RVP), clinical veterinary research (CVR) or as experimental.

The new guidance replaces Chapter 25 of the Supporting Guidance to the Code of…

The RCVS and the Veterinary Schools Council (VSC) have published recommendations on how support for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) veterinary students can be improved.

The report is the culmination of the work of a joint RCVS and VSC BAME Student…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the Veterinary Schools Council (VSC) have jointly published new guidelines on accommodating religious clothing and beliefs in veterinary education and clinical settings.

Although developed by the RCVS and VSC BAME…