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Document library
Central Qualifications Accreditation Report 2025
25 April 2025 - 631KB PDF
Central Qualifications Accreditation Report 2025
Royal Veterinary College Accreditation Report 2025
25 April 2025 - 500KB PDF
Royal Veterinary College Accreditation Report 2025
Ulster University Accreditation Report 2024
25 April 2025 - 507KB PDF
Ulster University Accreditation Report 2024
Overseas Trained VNs Application Form A
24 April 2025 - 585KB DOCX
Application for a veterinary nurse trained outside the UK to have their qualification(s) and experience assessed to determine eligibility of an application for inclusion on the RCVS Register of Veterinary Nurses. Application Form A - Word version
Standards Committee Meeting Minutes (12 February 2025)
9 April 2025 - 78KB DOCX
Standards Committee Meeting Minutes (12 February 2025)
Register of Veterinary Practice Premises Form
7 April 2025 - 134KB PDF
Form for practices to register their new premises
Standards Committee Meeting Papers (9 April 2025)
4 April 2025 - 409KB PDF
Standards Committee Meeting Papers (9 April 2025)
Riding Establishment Guidelines (England)
3 April 2025 - 336KB DOCX
RCVS - The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018
Guidelines for Local Authorities and their Riding Establishment Inspectors in England - revised April 2025
To read the Standards & Advice update: February 2022 please visit www.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-views/features/standards-and-advice-update-february-2022/
Guidelines for Local Authorities and their Riding Establishment Inspectors in England - revised April 2025
To read the Standards & Advice update: February 2022 please visit www.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-views/features/standards-and-advice-update-february-2022/
Riding Establishment Guidelines (Scotland and Wales)
3 April 2025 - 2128KB DOCX
RCVS and BVA - The Riding Establishments Acts 1964 and 1970
Guidelines for local authorities and their Riding Establishment Inspectors in Scotland and Wales - revised April 2025
Guidelines for local authorities and their Riding Establishment Inspectors in Scotland and Wales - revised April 2025
Riding Establishment Inspector Application Form
3 April 2025 - 55KB DOCX
Application form for applying to become a Riding Establishment Inspector.