The RCVS is inviting all vet nurses to attend its Annual General Meeting, taking place online, on Friday, 9 July 2021.

The proceedings will begin at 10am with the formal adoption by RCVS Council of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2020, which…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has reprimanded David Henry Eccles MRCVS and warned him about his future conduct after he admitted to clinical failings relating to his treatment of a cat.

Mr Eccles had first appeared before the Disciplinary Committee in…

The RCVS Practice Standards Group (PSG) has published the results of its five-year review of the Practice Standards Scheme (PSS), with major changes surrounding the role of nurses, clinical governance and staff health and wellbeing.  

From now on, accredited…

The RCVS ViVet innovation project is hosting a series of Zoom meetings which vet nurses are being encouraged to come and join, to reflect on the changes that have taken place in the delivery of veterinary services in the past few years and think about t…

The RCVS has updated its Code of Professional Conduct to require that before euthanasing an otherwise healthy dog, veterinary surgeons must first scan the animal for the presence of a 'rescue backup'.

The updated guidance follows a public campaign…

The RCVS is running a survey to get the views and opinions of UK veterinary surgeons about 24/7 emergency cover and the definition of 'under care'.

The survey is the second stage of a three stage review recommended to RCVS Council by the College…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has launched a revamped, online-only course aimed at veterinary surgeons and nurses who have qualified outside of the UK and recently started practising, or intend to practise, in the UK.

The ‘Introduction…

The RCVS has published a set of frequently asked questions to help members of the profession avoid the most commonly encountered pitfalls regarding veterinary medicines.

The FAQs cover everything within the College’s guidance on veterinary medicines,…

The RCVS has announced the results of the 2021 Council election in which Danny Chambers MRCVS, founder of the Facebook group Veterinary Voices, achieved the largest number of votes in the College's 177 year history. 

Fourteen veterinary surgeons stood…

The RCVS has announced the winners of its 2021 Honours and Awards, which this year included one veterinary nurse for her work in the field of canine arthritis, and another for her work at the Blue Cross. 

The VN Golden Jubilee Award was given to Kirsty Cavill…

Kate Richards has been elected by RCVS Council to become its Junior Vice President with immediate effect and President from July.

Kate’s election means that, come July and subject to ratification by RCVS Council, the offices of RCVS President, Senior…

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that the RCVS has completed the sale of its offices in Westminster, the College has now announced plans to move its headquarters offshore.

In a statement issued this morning, the College explained that…

The RCVS has completed the sale of its Westminster offices to a private investor for £14m. 

The deal includes an option for the College to lease the building for up to two years to give it time to consider its options for the future, and how they…

The RCVS has published its sixth Covid impact survey, finding that despite continuing lockdown conditions, the situation has been improving in terms of staffing levels and practice cash-flow.

201 practices took part in the survey between 25th February and…

The RCVS is publishing new Covid recovery guidance for the veterinary professions in the UK.

The new guidance, which can be found at www.rcvs.org.uk/coronavirus, will gradually replace the current emergency guidance and aims to help veterinary practices…

Voting has now opened in the 2021 elections for RCVS VN Council.

There are a record 14 candidates standing for the RCVS Veterinary Nurses (VN) Council this year, none of whom are currently members of VN Council. They are:

• Samantha Jayne Anderson RVN

RCVS Junior Vice-President (JVP) Professor David Argyle has resigned from RCVS Council and his position as its Junior Vice-President, after the Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC) closed a case against him and decided to take no further action. 

The RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee has struck off an unnamed veterinary nurse after they were convicted of grooming someone they believed to be aged under 16 for the purposes of sexual gratification.

The Disciplinary Committee took the unusual…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has reprimanded Dr Vanja Fures MRCVS for giving a false (and startlingly bad) excuse for his conviction for drink driving. 

Dr Fures was convicted of driving with excess alcohol in the Dublin Criminal Courts of Justice in…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has accepted an undertaking from Lanarkshire vet Robert Andrew Crawford to voluntarily remove himself from the Register and to not apply to re-join.

At the hearing, Dr Crawford made no admissions to the charges against…

The RCVS has pledged £20,000 for the Vetlife Health Support Service through its 'Mind Matters' initiative.

The charity reports that 2020 was its busiest year ever, with 3,921 calls to its Helpline - a 25% increase over 2019.

Similarly, Vetlife…

The RCVS has announced that it is extending the nomination period for this year's VN Council election after only one veterinary nurse nurse put herself forward. 

This means there is still a remaining seat on VN Council which remains unfilled.

As a result…

The RCVS Veterinary Nurses Disciplinary Committee has ordered that Karen Tracey Hancock be removed from the Register after finding that she had been dishonest about an injury she claimed to have sustained while working in practice in August 2015.

The inquiry…

Liz Law-Bartle MRCVS has written a new guide for veterinary nurses: How to survive an RCVS hearing. 

In writing the guide, Liz has drawn upon her own experience of the disciplinary process to offer practical advice to others who find themselves in the…

The RCVS and the BVA have issued a joint statement following yesterday's announcements that Scotland and England will go into new national lockdowns as the UK coronavirus alert level has been raised to 5.

"We are urgently looking at what these new national…