https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/8164/plans-for-rcvs I voted in the election and have always done so. I cling to the, naive as it turns out, notion that candidates mean what they say. I even believe what future Presidents say, but then I am naive. A Five Point Plan for RCVS 1. Move to a Centralen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/37196?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 06 May 2011 13:22:44 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f3e46d9f-268b-48d9-9acd-3a50325b154aTim Cheyne<p>Some interesting points, JGW; dream on, dream on!</p> <p>What, do you think, would be &nbsp;the situation if there were no RCVS; anarchy, barricades in the streets, indignant letters to The Times?</p> <p> I ask because I have dutifully paid my sub for more than fifty years; half that time MRCVS was compulsory because I was in UK or working on UK sponsored projects abroad. &nbsp;Since then I have worked in an environment where MRCVS is not a requirement provided you have a veterinary degree from a university whose standards are considered acceptable. &nbsp;You might say that the standards of my university were guaranteed by RCVS; probably true for me and one or two others but not for the majority of vets here. &nbsp;We have no equivalent to RCVS although we would relish an equivalent to BVA. &nbsp;There are some requirements of pricing and staffing of veterinary clinics and veterinary pharmacies. &nbsp;Animal owners depend mostly on personal recommendations and minimal advetising and vote with their feet and pockets. &nbsp;We seem to muddle along quite satisfactorily and it does not cost me a penny (aside from my RCVS and BVA subscriptions!).</p> <p>Would it work in UK?</p> <p>Tim.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>