The British Equine Veterinary Association has passed a resolution giving veterinary nurse members the right to vote and stand for BEVA council.

The move enables RVNs to participate in major decision-making processes for the Association.

Marie Rippingale…

RCVS Council has voted on the changes to its governance structure proposed in its ‘Good Governance’ public consultation held earlier this year. 

Council members voted in favour of becoming a fully-appointed governing Council, and for VN Council…

The RCVS has launched a consultation on its Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN) framework and is asking veterinary nurses to take part.

The CertAVN was launched in May 2019 as a modular, advanced professional qualification allowing veterinary…

The RCVS has appointed Clare Paget as its new Registrar and Director of Legal Services.

Clare (pictured) who is currently the General Dental Council’s Interim Executive Director for Legal and Governance, will be joining the RCVS as its most senior legal…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an overview of its emerging views about how the veterinary services market is working.

The overview starts with the CMA noting how it has had significant dealings with many vets and nurses from…

There has been a notable change to the RCVS council elections this year: candidates are now required to answer a number of insightful questions so that voters can better understand what they would bring to the party if elected. 

In previous years, candidates…

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate has ruled that it will likely censor any individual or journalist who talks about a veterinary prescription medicine on social media.

The VMD's ruling sets a chilling precedent for the curtailment of free speech b…

The RCVS has announced that RVN renewal fees will increase by 4%.

The 4% increase was approved by the Privy Council and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. 

Dr Tshidi Gardiner, RCVS Treasurer, said: “As with last year, RCVS Council recognises…

Tim Hutchinson MRCVS has been elected to serve as the Junior Vice-President of the RCVS.

Tim, who is Managing Partner of Larkmead Vets and also a Director at the independent veterinary community XLVets, graduated from Liverpool Vet School in 1994 and…

The RCVS has published new rules for vets which dictate the factors that they will now need to take into account when offering contextualised care.

From next month, practices will be required to ask all clients, both new and existing, a series of questions…

The RCVS has published its 2025-2029 strategic plan, which lays out how the College will work with and for stakeholder groups.

Underlying the strategic plan are what the College says are its four updated values of compassion, collaboration, clarity and…

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is inviting feedback from vet nurses and other interested parties about the legislation which regulates the manufacture, marketing, supply and distribution of veterinary medicines. 

The review will consider whether the…

The BVA has raised serious concerns over the findings of a new parliamentary committee report on biosecurity at the UK borders, which warns that significant volumes of meat are being illegally imported into the UK, with some entering the food chain, and…

The RCVS has revealed its updated brand and visual identity.

RCVS President Tim Parkin said: “The aim of our brand review was to make it easier for people to understand our purpose and the unique role we have as a Royal College that regulates.

“Our…

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded that there are competition problems within the veterinary services market and proposed a series of remedial actions. 

However, many of the causes of above-inflation increases in the cost of veterinary…

Less than 10 days after the Competition and Markets Authority announced the provisional decision of its veterinary market investigation, CVS Group has announced its intention to move from the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange to…

The British Veterinary Association has responded to the Competition and Markets Authority provisional decision, broadly welcoming measures to improve transparency but denouncing the watchdog's veterinary medicines proposals.

The CMA proposed that…

The Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill introduced as a private members Bill earlier this year by Winchester MP, Danny Chambers MRCVS, has passed into law.

The new law allows the Government to: 

• raise the minimum age at which dogs and cats…

The UK Government has opened an eight-week consultation on reforming the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, describing it as the biggest overhaul of veterinary regulation in 60 years — with the most notable shift being towards regulating veterinary practices…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons will require veterinary practices to implement suicide prevention plans from 1 April 2026.

The change marks an expansion of practice standards beyond physical workplace safety into psychological and suicide-risk…

There will be no election for Veterinary Nurses Council this year because only two candidates came forward for the two available elected places.

Meghan Conroy RVN and Lauren Hargrave RVN will take up their three-year terms at the RCVS Annual General Meeting…

The RCVS has published its response to Defra’s consultation on reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, urging vet nurses to back Option 1 and retain a ‘Royal College that regulates’.

The College response welcomes Defra’s incorporation…