A former veterinary officer of the British Horseracing Authority, Miss Bethan Cook, has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after she forged communication from her GP as part of an internal BHA disciplinary process.

Miss Cook was charged…

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has refused an application for restoration to the Register from a former Scarborough-based veterinary surgeon, Mr Matthew Makepeace.

Mr Makepeace was removed from the Register in 2024 after being convicted of assaulting…

Dr Tudor Herlea MRCVS has been reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee following a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol and driving while his licence was suspended.

Dr Herlea MRCVS was convicted on 15 January 2025 at the Cluj Court…

Costin-Nicolae Ghinescu has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after being convicted of assault and drug driving which he also failed to declare as part of his annual registration renewal.

Mr Ghinescu faced three charges:

• That in July…

Rebecca Davies has been struck off by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee after acting without and against the direction of a veterinary surgeon on multiple occasions.

Miss Davies faced four charges:

1. That during a surgical procedure, she 

Christopher Butterworth MRCVS and Melissa Bexon MRCVS have been reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for dishonestly signing reports relating to non-existent tuberculosis advisory service (TBAS) visits to a farm.

Dr Butterworth’s practice was…

Julie Hickman has been suspended for six months by the RCVS Veterinary Nurses’ Disciplinary Committee after she admitted falling asleep and  leaving hospitalised animals unattended, and then falsifying clinical records.

Ms Hickman was charged with…

Dr Amir Kashiv has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after he was convicted of illegally removed a microchip from a labrador.

The DC heard how, in December 2022, a labrador called Bella had been stolen from its owner.

That same month, someone…

Isaco De Armas Jimenez has been suspended by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for eight months after finding he'd failed to take adequate steps when emergency attention was required, acted dishonestly and had no professional indemnity insurance in place…

Warwick Seymour-Hamilton, a former veterinary surgeon who was removed from the Register in 1994, has had his twelfth application to be restored to the Register of Veterinary Surgeons refused.

Mr Seymour-Hamilton was originally struck off in 1994 after his…

Bedfordshire-based Siew Loong Ng has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after being found guilty of clinical failures, poor record keeping and dishonesty.

Mr Ng faced seven charges:

• In July and August 2020, he failed to clean the wound of…

The RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee has ruled that Somerset-based William Kane is fit to practice after he was convicted of three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Mr Kane was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, suspended…

Maximilian Wood MRCVS has been suspended by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for 18 months after he was found guilty of dishonesty in relation to a falsified laboratory test result.

Mr Wood faced three charges, all relating to allegations of misconduct over…

Tyne and Wear-based Razvan Georgescu has been suspended by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for six months after being convicted of drug-driving. 

Mr Georgescu faced three sets of charges:

The first was that in  April 2024 at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court…

Manchester-based Anca Bucur MRCVS has been suspended from the Register of Veterinary Surgeons for two months after she was found to have issued a veterinary prescription for tramadol intended for use by her father.

Ms Bucur MRCVS faced three charges against…

Bristol-based Dayna Johnson has been struck off by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee after she was convicted of stealing controlled drugs from a practice where she worked.

Miss Johnson was convicted at North Somerset Magistrates’ Court following…

Ms Emma Bowler has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after multiple clinical failings.

Ms Bowler faced four sets of charges, each of which contained sub-charges, summarised as follows: 

• that between August 2018 and March 2022, she failed…

Gemma Louise Cole has been struck off by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee following her conviction for pet insurance fraud in 2024.

Mrs Cole pleaded guilty to fraud in July 2024 at Crawley Magistrates’ Court and was sentenced to eight months…

Shropshire-based Emma Jane Evans MRCVS has been reprimanded and warned about her future conduct by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after allowing a colleague to order a veterinary drug for human use and falsifying test results and clinical records.

Ms…

Donal Johnston MRCVS has been reprimanded and warned as to his future conduct by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after admitting four separate charges related to fraudulent insurance claims.

Each charge related to fraudulent pet insurance claims that Mr…

Shakira Free Miles RVN has been reprimanded and warned by the RCVS VN Council Disciplinary Committee after pleading guilty last year to six counts of theft and one of the attempted theft of animals which she and her co-defendants mistakenly believed were…

A Kent-based veterinary surgeon who faced allegations relating to multiple clinical failings has been removed from the Register at his own request. 

George Philippus Hauptfleisch faced three charges in relation to allegations of clinical failings surrounding…

Brian Cullen Bowles has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after he was found to have put public health at risk by dishonestly certifying cattle test results.

Mr Bowles faced four charges, but did not respond to the College's notification…

London-based Nicola Jane Gurrin MRCVS has been reprimanded and warned by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after she prescribed an acne treatment for a human. 

Ms Gurrin faced two charges, the first being that she had issued prescriptions for Roaccutane tables…

Janine Susan Parody MRCVS has been reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for dishonesty in relation to her treatment of a cat.

Ms Parody faced two charges, the first of which related to her treatment of a cat named Shadow and had multiple elements…