https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/28206/schedule-3-and-more-unintended-consequences Has anyone read the Vet Record discussion on Schedule 3 and what it should mean in the future? I was alarmed/bemused to read that &#39;when not entering a body cavity&#39; was being discussed, and that toe and tail (notwithstanding provisos about docking)en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/211099?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 10 May 2019 13:56:30 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:afb20b8c-b1fd-44cd-8e69-9ed8ef722078Julie Innes<p>The thing that perplexes me is that, as a nurse training practice, I see nowhere on the syllabus that includes surgery/ surgical techniques! How can we be debating whether nurses should do these things when they have never been trained to do any basic surgery, bar a small amount of suturing, which isn&#39;t even an NPL skill. If we are going to let them do it (which I don&#39;t really want) they need to have at least been taught how!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/211093?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 10 May 2019 11:57:16 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:accaa043-45ec-4081-911d-7f691e06e6fcEvelyn Barbour-Hill<p>I was quite astounded to read that some people at least are suggesting that a nurse be allowed to amputate a digit.</p> <p>That &quot;minor surgery&quot; exemption should never have been introduced.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>