RCVS CPD requirements for vet nurses to change

RE: RCVS CPD requirements for vet nurses to change

raggydoll — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 22:53:26 GMT

I do not see this being a problem to be perfectly honest, 15 hrs over the period of a year, really is not too much to ask, especially considering the amount of online cpd available.

RE: RCVS CPD requirements for vet nurses to change

Arlo Guthrie — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:35:54 GMT

[mention:cfbec311840a42d7a8cc68f3b7d69537:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] Different bits start at different times, but the first requirement, which is 15 hours per annum rather than 45 over a rolling 3 year period, starts next year.

RE: RCVS CPD requirements for vet nurses to change

Faye Mc — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:44:45 GMT

When does this start?

RE: RCVS CPD requirements for vet nurses to change

Sal the 1st — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:33:23 GMT

I am waiting to see a prescriptive list of what constitutes 'relevant CPD' and the companies that supply it because I can see that one coming next. What is relevant to one practice or nurse may not be relevant to another. I am spending loads of time on H+S at the moment- boring as hell but its what the practice needs. I always cover my CPD requirement and then some but there are years when I do a lot more than others just because that year there may have been more CPD relevant to me available. Whatever was wrong with a 3y rolling tally? I agree with Ian M this is going to force nurses off the register rather than retain them and once off the register are they really going to want to come back?- So we have a shortage of nurses now - how is this going to improve matters?

RE: RCVS CPD requirements for vet nurses to change

Ian M — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:04:34 GMT

Have they missed the point - a predominantly female profession, which means a higher than level of mat leave. Some nurses are the household second incomes and thus would want to take full advantage of a year of Mat Leave. Others might be gap yearing or working in another jurisdiction.

This would leave no option but to come off the register at that time - surely not a positive step.