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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

Colin Whiting MRCVS has resigned his position on the RCVS Council after the College approved a new ‘How we work’ statement requiring Council members to publicly support all decisions taken by Council, even if they disagreed.

In his first ye…

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 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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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 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 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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…