The RCVS Academy has launched a free course to help vets develop the skills they need to support and supervise student veterinary nurses.

The Clinical Supervisor course is designed to help veterinary surgeons to guide their students in developing the professional…

Katherine Heyes RVN has been reprimanded and warned as to her future conduct by the RCVS VN Disciplinary Committee after she was convicted of being drunk in an aircraft. 

At first glance, one might ask why? After all, who - other than the pilot - would…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has launched a free new training programme to help the whole veterinary team better understand the multifactorial mental health and wellbeing challenges facing veterinary professionals.

The training sessions are taking place…

The RCVS Council has voted to approve proposed changes to how 'under care' is defined in the supporting guidance for the Guide to Professional Conduct.

The new guidance will remove the absolute requirement for veterinary surgeons to perform a physical…

The RCVS VN Council has developed a definition of veterinary nursing, in order to provide greater clarity both to the veterinary profession and the public about what the role entails. 

The definition agreed by VN Council is as follows:

Veterinary nursing…

Voting has opened for the 2023 RCVS Council elections.

There are 10 candidates standing this year and vets can vote for up to three of them until 5pm on Friday 21st April 2023:

• Professor David Barrett FRCVS
• Linda Belton MRCVS
• Dr Martin Chamberlain MRCV…

The RCVS Academy has launched a free scenario-based course to help veterinary professionals respond to complaints with confidence and compassion.

Developed in partnership with the Veterinary Client Mediation Service (VCMS), the course uses practical examples…

Northumberland-based Melanie Jane Herdman RVN has been suspended for three months by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee for supplying controlled drugs to a friend.

Miss Herdman faced three charges.

The first was that she indicated to a friend…

The RCVS Academy has launched ‘Client confidentiality,’ a free course which offers guidance for situations when vets and other members of the veterinary team feel it’s necessary to disclose confidential information without a client’s consent…

Nicola Menzies-Gow FRCVS, Professor in Equine Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College, has been appointed Chair of the RCVS Ethics Review Panel (ERP).

The RCVS ERP provides an ethics review mechanism for researchers who are based in practice and don…

The RCVS has announced that the annual renewal fee for veterinary surgeons will increase by 6% subject to government approval. 

RCVS Council recommended the increase due to inflationary pressures and increased business costs.

Dr Tshidi Gardiner MRCVS, RCVS…

The RCVS Academy has launched a new course to help veterinary professionals recognise and challenge unconscious bias.

The course was developed with RCVS Leadership and Inclusion Manager, Gurpreet Gill (pictured), and aims to increase self-awareness of…

An unnamed veterinary nurse has been struck off by the RCVS VN Disciplinary Committee for claiming to be a veterinary surgeon and for making offensive and discriminatory remarks on the social media platform X (Twitter).

The individual, referred to as…

The RCVS has announced the winners and losers in this year's Council elections. 

7,383 veterinary surgeons voted in this year's election, a turnout of 19.7%. 

This compares to turnouts of 16.7% in 2023, 18.6% in 2022, 24.5% in 2021, and 26.2% in…

His Majesty King Charles III has been confirmed as the Royal Patron for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the British Veterinary Association, roles previously held by his mother.

The roles were confirmed by Buckingham Palace this month as part…

RCVS CEO Lizzie Lockett has outlined the College's likely approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in the veterinary sector at a roundtable event it hosted last week.

At the roundtable, Liz Barton MRCVS, Head of Communications at Vet.CT…

Niall Connell FRCVS and Nicky Paull MRCVS have been elected by RCVS Fellows to the Fellowship Board.

Niall, who stepped up from Vice Chair to acting interim Chair of the Fellowship Board after the resignation of the previous Chair, has been formally elected…

The RCVS Academy has launched a course to help veterinary surgeons understand the RCVS concerns process.

The course explains what to expect if you’re a veterinary surgeon who has had a concern raised about them.

Clare Stringfellow, Case Manager in the…

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…

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative is inviting mental health researchers from around the world to share their research by submitting abstracts for its 2025 veterinary mental health research symposium. 

The symposium aims to promote effective knowledge exchange…

The RCVS Education Committee has given the University of Cambridge’s Department of Veterinary Medicine 10 months to make improvements to its veterinary degree programme, after an RCVS accreditation visit earlier this year identified wide-ranging…

The RCVS has launched a consultation on its Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN) framework and is asking vets, employers and vet nurse educators to take part.

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

The RCVS Academy has launched ‘Communicating cost’, a free course designed to help vets discuss treatment costs with clients.

The course offers practical tips and is also designed to help vets understand their obligations under the Code of Professional…

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…

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…