The RCVS has launched a new digital learning platform, with free-to-access interactive CPD-qualifying courses for veterinary professionals.

Called the RCVS Academy, the new platform offers training in the following areas:

• Leadership and coaching
• Working…

Uxbridge-based Daniel Doherty MRCVS has been suspended by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee from the Register for one month after being convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

Mr Doherty was convicted, with others (who were also convicted…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has ruled that whilst the care given to a diabetic dog by Paul Roger MRCVS fell short, it did not amount to serious professional misconduct. 

Mr Roger faced three charges: that he had failed to provide adequate care, failed…

The RCVS has published the results of the 2022 VN Council elections which saw Holly Witchell and Jessica Beckett elected to RCVS VN Council 

This year, eight veterinary nurses stood for two available places on VN Council.

1,740 veterinary nurses voted, a turnout…

Craig Mostert MRCVS has been suspended from the Register for 18 months by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after pleading guilty in the USA to providing false statements about exported flea and tick medicines and subsequently not declaring the convictio…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has launched four free training courses for veterinary professionals, designed both to improve the mental health and wellbeing of individuals and to improve workplace culture for the benefit of all.

The courses are:

• VetLed…

The RCVS is marking Neurodiversity Celebration Week by launching a new ‘neurodiversity resource hub’ area of its website and adding new modules on the topic to its Mind Matters Initiative Kite App.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide…

Claudia Elena Surdila has been warned and reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee following a conviction in Romania of unlawfully obtaining funds from the EU for a bee-keeping enterprise.

The Disciplinary Committee heard that the offence took place…

The RCVS has set up a new Working Party tasked with increasing disabled people's access to the veterinary profession.

The aim of the Working Party is to compare options, such as limited licensure, for increasing inclusion, source evidence both from…

Anke Hill has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after being convicted of conspiracy to abduct an eight year old child which she and her five co-conspirators claimed was a victim of satanic abuse. 

Ms Hill and Wilfred Wong snatched the…

The RCVS President Kate Richards has issued a statement in support of Ukraine, whilst one practitioner, dental Specialist Bob Partridge, has donated a day's takings and is encouraging others to do the same. 

Kate said: "In recent days we have watched…

The RCVS has published a report of the Veterinary Workforce Summit 2021, which includes potential solutions to the workforce crisis that were discussed at the event.

The Veterinary Workforce Summit was held last November, when 80 stakeholders from independent…

The RCVS Veterinary Nurses Council has agreed to continue its trial of giving newly-qualified veterinary nurses e-certificates in place of paper certificates, when they join the Register.

The trial, which was launched last November, will now continue until…

Reading-based Walter Dingemanse has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after he was convicted by Oxford Magistrates’ Court and subsequently sentenced at Oxford Crown Court for possessing indecent images of children and extreme animal abuse…

The RCVS has published a report summarising the latest research presented by mental health and wellbeing researchers at last November's Mind Matters Initiative Research Symposium. 

The plenary speaker was Professor Rory O’Connor, Chair of Health Psychology…

Essex-based Anne Mullen has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for a series of clinical failures and failing to respond to requests from the regulator.

Mrs Mullen faced four charges against her.

The first was that she failed to provide information…

The RCVS Standards Committee has decided to end the temporary dispensation allowing remote prescribing of prescription-only veterinary medicines on Monday 14th March 2022.

The dispensation was originally introduced during the spring 2020 lockdown to safeguard…

The RCVS has announced the candidates for the 2022 VN Council elections, and is calling on members to submit questions to candidates ahead of the start of the voting period.

There are nine candidates standing in this year’s election for VN Council, the…

RCVS Council has announced there will be no increase in annual renewal fees this year, but the alternative fee payment arrangements brought in to reduce financial pressures on vet nurses during the pandemic will now come to an end. 

Annual renewal fees for…

Dr Marthinus Ryk Botes has been struck off after he carried out total hip replacements (THR) on four dogs which did not uphold the animals’ health and welfare and without consulting with their owners about alternatives (including more conservative treatment…

The RCVS has bought new premises at 1-2 Hardwick Street, Clerkenwell, London.

Having sold Belgravia House – its Westminster offices since 1995 – to a private investor in March 2021 for £14.5m, RCVS Council agreed the purchase of the new building for £20…

The RCVS has published two reports on the impact of the pandemic on the personal and professional lives of veterinary nurses and veterinary surgeons since March 2020.

The reports summarise the results of two surveys that were conducted between July and…

The RCVS has launched the Leadership Library, designed to support the development of leadership skills within the veterinary profession.

The College says the online library, which is free to access, aims to encourage people to develop their leadership…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has refused an application from Leeds-based Gary Cassius Samuel for restoration to the Register on the grounds that his history of causing harm to animals means that he poses a continued risk to animal welfare.

Mr Samuel…

The RCVS has published two preliminary reports which bring together the quantitative and qualitative research it has conducted into the current workforce crisis in the profession. 

Lizzie Lockett, RCVS CEO, said: “It’s clear that there are a number of…