RCVS Council has voted to make it a requirement that remote prescribing (without physically examining the animal) can now only be carried out by veterinary surgeons who can 'provide a 24/7 follow-up service involving physical examination, plus or minus…

In light of the currently worsening situation across the UK, the Welsh Government’s decision to impose a further lockdown, and the potential for tighter lockdown restrictions elsewhere in the country, the RCVS has produced two flow charts and two…

The RCVS has issued a statement supporting its Junior Vice-President, Professor David Argyle, after he faced accusations of bullying at the University of Edinburgh.

Allegations were reported both in The Times, and the Veterinary Record.

In its statement…

The RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee has directed that London-based veterinary nurse Paul Chaney is removed from the Register after he was found guilty of a stealing, possessing and unlawfully administering various veterinary drugs, and that…

The RCVS and the Veterinary Schools Council (VSC) have launched a joint survey of new grads from UK vet schools to determine if and how the coronavirus pandemic has affected them.

The survey has been sent to 984 veterinary surgeons who graduated from one…

The RCVS ViVet Programme is hosting a webinar to introduce veterinary professionals to the concept of ‘design thinking’ and how it can be used in the context of veterinary practice, at 12:30pm on Wednesday 2nd December. 

The College says that…

The RCVS has launched a new campaign to help veterinary practices and students prepare for a new graduate development programme which is launching next summer to provide structured support to aid the transition of newly-registered veterinary surgeons…

Volunteers are needed for a research project looking at the impact of moral injury on veterinary professionals, being carried out at King’s College London and funded by the RCVS Mind Matters Initiative. 

Morally injurious events are defined as experiences…

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…

The RCVS has announced that Council has approved a pathway for RVNs to become Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) Assessors.

The change to the Practice Standards rules means that RVNs who have at least five years’ experience within the profession are eligible…

The RCVS has published its Diversity & Inclusion Group (DIG) Strategy, setting out how it will help create a veterinary profession where everyone can flourish. 

The strategy, which is available to read at: www.rcvs.org.uk/diversity, lists six areas…

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 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 ViVet innovation project is holding an interactive workshop to introduce veterinary professionals to creativity techniques that can help them develop innovative thinking within the practice team.

The two 60-minute interactive sessions are taking…

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 RCVS ViVet innovation project is hosting a series of Zoom meetings which vets 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 the improvements…

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…

Paisley-based Laura Benson RVN has been suspended for nine months by the RCVS VN Disciplinary Committee for stealing from her veterinary practice and asking a colleague to input false clinical records about her pet.

Ms Benson faced six charges.

The first…

Zoë Halfacree, a soft tissue specialist at Davies Veterinary Specialists has been awarded a Fellowship by the RCVS.

Zoë, who joined Davies in October 2020, was formerly a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery and Head of Soft Tissue Surgery 

Building on research undertaken by VetSurgeon.org and Veturse.co.uk in 2017, the RCVS Mind Matters initiative has published the results of a survey which found that 96% of student and newly qualified veterinary nurses feel that bullying and incivility…

The RCVS has launched a survey for EU vets and nurses to share how Brexit has affected them.

The survey asks EU nationals about their experience of practising in the UK since the referendum and will seek to find out what their career expectations and…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative is to hold new series of Campfire Chats: informal discussions on matters relating to veterinary health and wellbeing.

The new series comprises six online discussions taking place over the course of the spring, covering…

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 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 and the Veterinary Schools Council (VSC) have published recommendations on how support for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) veterinary students can be improved.

The report is the culmination of the work of a joint RCVS and VSC BAME Student…