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2. RCVS Council
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6. 8 June 2023
7. 16 March 2023
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13. 9 June 2022
14. 21 April 2022
15. 17 March 2022
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17. 11 November 2021
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23. 5 November 2020
24. 8 October 2020
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27. 4 June 2020
28. 16 April 2020
29. 5 March 2020
30. 7 September 2023
31. 9 November 2023
32. 18 January 2024
33. 14 March 2024
34. 6 June 2024
35. 11 September 2024
36. 7 November 2024
37. 16 January 2025
38. 13 March 2025
39. 4 March 2025
40. 5 June 2025
41. Council elections
42. Previous election results
43. Dr Louise Allum
44. Dr Sam Bescoby
45. Dr Andrew Clemence
46. Dr Tshidi Gardiner
47. Dr Reginald Godwin
48. Paddy Gordon
49. Dr Danielle Greenberg
50. Dr Gerard Henry
51. Dr Richard Hillman
52. Dr Benjamin Kennedy
53. Dr Tom Lonsdale
54. Dr Darren Partridge
55. Martin Peaty
56. Alison Price
57. Dr Peter Robinson
58. Dr Jennifer Simmons
59. Dr Sadie Spencer
60. Dr Mary Thomas
61. William Wilkinson
62. Dr Lara Wilson
63. Past-Presidents
64. VN Council
65. VN Council members
66. VN Council meetings
67. 10 May 2023
68. 8 February 2023
69. 16 November 2022
70. 14 September 2022
71. 11 May 2022
72. 9 February 2022
73. 17 November 2021
74. 15 September 2021
75. 12 May 2021
76. 10 February 2021
77. 9 September 2020
78. 6 May 2020
79. 13 September 2023
80. 15 November 2023
81. 28 February 2024
82. 22 May 2024
83. 18 september 2024
84. 13 November 2024
85. 26 February 2025
86. 21 May 2025
87. Membership of committees & sub-committees
88. VN Futures Project Board
89. Veterinary Nurse Education Committee
90. VN Council elections
91. Previous results
92. Bethan Louise Pinhey
93. Hannah Frances Welsman
94. Lauren Whittaker
95. Officer Team
96. Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE)
97. Committees, subcommittees and groups
98. Standards Committee
99. Certification Subcommittee
100. Ethics Review Panel
101. Routine Veterinary Practice Subcommittee
102. Riding Establishments Subcommittee
103. Practice Standards Group
104. 21 February 2023
105. 6 February 2023
106. 7 December 2022
107. 14 November 2022
108. 10 November 2022
109. 24 October 2022
110. 12 September 2022
111. 4 August 2022
112. 16 June 2022
113. 19 May 2022
114. 9 May 2022
115. 31 March 2022
116. 7 February 2022
117. 24 January 2022
118. 15 December 2021
119. 15 November 2021
120. 26 October 2021
121. 13 September 2021
122. 25 August 2021
123. 4 August 2021
124. 16 July 2021
125. 10 May 2021
126. 4 March 2021
127. 08 February 2021
128. 12 January 2021
129. 9 November 2020
130. 15 December 2020
131. 7 September 2020
132. 27 April 2020
133. 10 February 2020
134. 11 November 2019
135. 15 May 2023
136. 25 August 2023
137. 11 September 2023
138. 13 November 2023
139. 14 February 2024
140. 16 April 2024
141. 12 June 2024
142. 24 September 2024
143. 23 October 2024
144. 3 December 2024
145. 12 February 2025
146. 9 April 2025
147. 11 June 2025
148. Advancement of the Professions Committee
149. Diversity & Inclusion Working Group (DIG)
150. Fellowship Board
151. Mind Matters Initiative Taskforce
152. Vet Futures Project Board
153. 7 February 2023
154. 15 November 2022
155. 13 September 2022
156. 10 May 2022
157. 8 February 2022
158. 16 November 2021
159. 14 September 2021
160. 11 May 2021
161. 10 November 2020
162. 5 May 2020
163. 11 February 2020
164. 12 November 2019
165. 9 May 2023
166. 14 November 2023
167. 7 February 2024
168. 12 September 2023
169. 08 May
170. Audit and Risk Committee
171. Elizabeth Butler
172. Victor Olowe
173. Judith Rutherford
174. Janice Shardlow
175. 13 February 2024
176. 14 May 2024
177. Kalwant Grewal
178. 10 September 2024
179. 12 November 2024
180. 4 February 2025
181. 13 May 2025
182. Education Committee
183. Primary Qualifications Subcommittee
184. Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice Subcommittee
185. Specialist Subcommittee
186. VetGDP and CPD Compliance Subcommittee
187. 9 May 2023
188. 7 February 2023
189. 15 November 2022
190. 13 September 2022
191. 10 May 2022
192. 8 February 2022
193. 16 November 2021
194. 14 September 2021
195. 11 May 2021
196. 9 February 2021
197. 20 November 2020
198. 15 September 2020
199. 5 May 2020
200. 11 February 2020
201. 12 November 2019
202. 12 September 2023
203. 14 November 2023
204. 27 February 2024
205. Veterinary Clinical Careers Pathway
206. 21 May 2024
207. 17 September 2024
208. VetGDP and CPD Engagement Group
209. 19 November 2024
210. 27 February 2025
211. Finance and Resources Committee
212. Hardwick Street Refurbishment Group
213. 29 February 2024
214. 14 May 2024
215. 26 September 2024
216. 18 October 2024
217. 5 November 2024
218. 27 February 2025
219. 13 May 2025
220. Disciplinary Committee
221. Dr Amy Hawthorn BVetMed MRCVS
222. Dr Jeremy Kirk VetMB MRCVS
223. Ms Helena Jones
224. Dr Charles Ross BVMS MRCVS
225. Ms Hilary Lloyd
226. Ms Stephanie McIntosh
227. Mr Peter Smith
228. Mrs Helen Russell RVN
229. Mr Paul Francis Morris
230. Dr Neil Slater MRCVS
231. Dr Kathryn Elizabeth Peaty
232. Rt Hon David Heath CBE
233. Mr Colin Childs
234. Susan Ridge CB
235. Dr Melanie Fleming MRCVS
236. Dr James Wallace BVMS,GPCertEqP CertEM(IntMed) MRCVS
237. Dr James Tong BVSC CertEP CertVR MRCVS
238. Mr Christopher Sherpherd BVM&S MRCVS
239. Mr James Hurden
240. Ms Catharine Seddon
241. Dr Karen Marguerite Coumbe
242. Dr Andrea Jeffery RVN
243. Charter Case Committee
244. Charter Case Committee Protocol
245. Charter Case Committee Rules
246. Dr Andrew Alexander Gardiner MRCVS
247. Ms Jane Kilgannon
248. Mrs Rachel Cook
249. Dr Rhian Louise Littlehales MRCVS
250. Ms Cerys Jones
251. Preliminary Investigation Committee and Disciplinary Committee Liaison Committee
252. Registration Committee
253. 22 October 2024
254. 19 December 2024
255. 6 February 2025
256. 29 April 2025
257. Preliminary Investigation Committee
258. Mr Kenneth Caley
259. Georgie Barnard
260. Mrs Anna Hammond MRCVS
261. Dr Robert Scott McRae MRCVS
262. Mrs Victoria Smith
263. Dr Bradley Viner BVetMed MSc(VetGP) DProf FRCVS
264. Dr Laura Perez Klein MRCVS
265. Ms Miranda Winram
266. PIC Lay Observers
267. Dr Caroline Queen MRCVS
268. Dr Katharine Nelson FRCVS
269. Mrs Jennifer Wright MRCVS
270. Rosalyn Hayles
271. Dr Emily Knapp
272. Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee
273. Veterinary Nurse Preliminary Investigation Committee
274. Mr Damian Kearney
275. Mr Mark Stobbs
276. Mrs Susan Holt MRes BSc (Hons), RVN, Cert PM&A, PGCHE, FHEA
277. Mrs Kelly Tillett RVN REVN
278. Dr Jane Downes MRCVS
279. Mrs Arlene Connor RVN
280. Examinations Appeals Committee
281. Specialist Recognition Appeals Committee
282. Paper classification: some definitions
283. Remuneration Subcommittee
284. Nominations Subcommittee
285. Accreditation Appeals Committee
286. Senior team
287. Work for us
288. Contact us
289. Complaints about the College
290. How to find us
291. How we work
292. The role of the RCVS
293. Strategic Plan 2025 - 2029
294. About us
295. About this plan
296. Royal Charter and legislation
297. Royal Charters and Bye-Laws
298. Government legislation
299. Regulations, rules and the election scheme
300. Honours & awards
301. Recipients of RCVS Honours
302. The Queen's Medal
303. The Veterinary Nursing Golden Jubilee Award
304. The RCVS International Award
305. The RCVS Impact Award
306. The RCVS Inspiration Award
307. Honorary Associateship
308. The RCVS Compassion Award
309. The RCVS Student Community Award
310. Our Service Promise
311. Service Standards
312. Complaints about the College
313. Fees
314. How to pay your fees
315. Annual renewal fees from 2016
316. Video Guides
317. News & views
318. News
319. Features
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322. Publications
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325. Our publications explained
326. Events and meetings
327. Past events
328. RCVS Question Times
329. Royal College Day
330. Royal College Day 2023
331. Veterinary Nurses Day
332. Veterinary Nursing Diamond Jubilee
333. VN Diamond Jubilee Events & Activities
334. ECC 3 – 6 November 2021
335. Neurodiversity
336. Workforce Ambitions sessions
337. Policy
338. Veterinary Legislation Review
339. Legislation Working Party
340. Exemption Orders & Associates Working Party
341. Information for MPs
342. Mandatory Practice Regulation Working Party
343. Our consultations
344. Review of the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (CertAVN) framework
345. Standard 1 - Curricula and assessment
346. Standard 2 - Educators and assessors
347. Standard 3 - Learning culture
348. Ensuring good governance
349. A consultation on recommendations to reform the governance structure of RCVS Council and VN Council
350. The RCVS Leavers survey
351. Leaving the UK Veterinary and Veterinary Nursing Profession surveys: Privacy notice
352. Review of 'under care' and 24/7 emergency cover
353. Review of day one competences, skills and professional behaviours for veterinary nurses
354. Draft Accreditation Standards and Accreditation Methodology for veterinary degree programmes
355. Legislative reform consultation
356. Executive summary
357. Introduction
358. Part 1: Embracing the vet-led team
359. Part 2: Enhancing the VN role
360. Part 3: Assuring practice regulation
361. Part 4: Introduce a modern ‘Fitness to Practise’ regime
362. Part 5: Modernising RCVS registration
363. Conclusions
364. Graduate Outcomes Consultation
365. Proposed new framework for post-registration VN qualifications
366. Review of the Standards Framework for Veterinary Nurse Education and Training
367. Standard 1 - Learning culture
368. Standard 2 - Governance and quality
369. Standard 3 - Student empowerment
370. Standard 4 - Educators and assessors
371. Standard 5 - Curricula and assessment
372. Standard 6 - Effective clinical learning
373. Contact the press office
374. Registration
375. Join the Register of Veterinary Surgeons
376. Statutory Membership Exam
377. Seeing practice
378. English language requirements
379. Grenada
380. Europe
381. Australia
382. Japan
383. Canada
384. New Zealand
385. South Africa
386. United Kingdom
387. Join the Register Veterinary Surgeons - UK graduates
388. USA
389. Temporary registration
390. Hong Kong
391. Join the Register of Veterinary Nurses
392. UK-qualified veterinary nurses
393. Overseas-qualified veterinary nurses
394. Veterinary nurse pre-registration exams
395. Veterinary premises
396. Check our Registers
397. Registration categories
398. Practising and registration scenarios
399. About the Register of Veterinary Surgeons
400. About the Register of Veterinary Nurses
401. Renew or make changes to your registration
402. Renew your registration
403. Make changes to your registration
404. Change your registration category
405. Which registration category is right for me?
406. Voluntary removal and restoration
407. Disclose convictions and adverse findings
408. Working abroad
409. Find a Vet practice staff
410. 'Working in the UK' online courses
411. Fellowship
412. How to apply for Fellowship
413. Fellows Directory
414. Fellowship Day
415. Fellowship Day 2022
416. Fellowship Week 2021
417. Fellowship Evening 2020
418. Fellowship Day 2019
419. Fellows of the Future?
420. Try, try and try again: some personal reflections on the development of the anaesthetic propofol
421. Fellowship Day 2018
422. Fellows of the Future?
423. The importance of public engagement in science
424. Fellowship Science Advisory Panel
425. Join the Fellowship Science Advisory Panel
426. Apply for Lay Member role on the Fellowship Science Advisory Panel
427. Credentials Panel recruitment
428. Become a Fellowship Mentor
429. Lifelong learning
430. Students
431. Veterinary students
432. Veterinary nursing students
433. Enrolling as a student veterinary nurse
434. Approved Training Practices
435. Student VNs - Forms & FAQs
436. Extra-mural studies (EMS)
437. About extra-mural studies (EMS)
438. RCVS EMS policy placement for vet students
439. EMS requirements
440. Information for vet students
441. EMS hints and tips for students
442. Financial support for EMS students
443. EMS booking database tutorials for students
444. Information for EMS providers
445. The role of the EMS provider
446. Why become an EMS provider
447. EMS database tutorials for placement providers
448. Information for vet schools
449. Temporary EMS requirements
450. Practice by students - regulations
451. Health and safety on EMS placements
452. EMS contacts and further guidance
453. Extra-mural studies fit for the future
454. Background
455. A changing landscape of veterinary education
456. Making EMS sustainable for the future
457. A new approach to support students, providers and vet schools in delivering EMS
458. Summary
459. Next steps
460. Appendix 1
461. VetGDP
462. VetGDP Advisers
463. VetGDP Adviser declaration
464. E-portfolio user guide for VetGDP Advisers
465. VetGDP Adviser case studies
466. Practices and workplaces
467. VetGDP Practice or Workplace Declaration
468. Graduates and students
469. VetGDP Graduate Declaration and exemptions
470. Preparing to submit your VetGDP
471. E-portfolio user guide for veterinary graduates
472. VetGDP Graduates Case Studies
473. VetGDP information to help you get started
474. VetGDP e-portfolio
475. VetGDP guidance
476. VetGDP FAQs
477. Overseas vets
478. Vets returning to the UK Practising Register after 5+ years away
479. Professional Development Phase (PDP)
480. Meet the Postgraduate Deans
481. Continuing professional development (CPD)
482. CPD webinars
483. Postgraduate and post-registration qualifications
484. Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (CertAVP)
485. Enrolment
486. Module subjects
487. Designated certificates
488. Synoptic assessment
489. Accredited university contact details
490. Information for universities
491. Frequently asked questions
492. Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Nursing
493. Professional accreditation
494. Advanced Practitioner status
495. Specialist status
496. Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
497. Reasonable Adjustments campaign
498. Disability inclusion
499. Equality Act guidance    
500. Reasonable adjustments: a legal duty
501. RCVS Leadership Library
502. Delegation
503. Difficult Conversations
504. Inclusive Leadership
505. Leading and Working in Teams
506. Quality Improvement
507. Leading and Managing Change
508. RCVS Academy
509. Setting standards
510. Practice Standards Scheme
511. Applying to the PSS
512. The PSS assessment process
513. PSS awards
514. Meet the PSS team
515. Meet the PSS assessors
516. PSS assessor training
517. Meet the Practice Standards Group
518. PSS updates
519. Environmental sustainability module and award
520. PSS accreditation levels
521. Using the Stanley system
522. Updating your practice information
523. Promoting your RCVS accreditation
524. PSS training and resources
525. Advice & guidance
526. Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons
527. Supporting guidance
528. Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses
529. Supporting guidance
530. Contact the Advice Team
531. XL Bully dog ban
532. 'Under care' - guidance
533. Under care: practice scenarios
534. Advice on Schedule 3
535. Controlled Drugs Guidance – A to Z
536. Dealing with Difficult Situations webinar recordings
537. FAQs – Common medicines pitfalls
538. FAQs – Routine veterinary practice and clinical veterinary research
539. FAQs – Advertising of practice names
540. GDPR – RCVS information and Q&As
541. Accrediting primary qualifications
542. Accrediting veterinary degrees
543. Accreditation Standards
544. Visitations
545. RCVS Accreditation Panel Members
546. Accrediting veterinary nursing qualifications
547. Accreditation visitation reports
548. Accreditation visitors
549. RCVS Day One Competences, Skills and Professional Behaviours for Veterinary Nurses: Introduction
550. Reasonable adjustments for student vets
551. Health and disability in veterinary medicine study and practice
552. The role of the veterinary schools and the RCVS
553. Reasonable adjustments and the Equality Act 2010
554. Reasonable adjustments and Day One Competences
555. Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet students
556. Annex
557. Reasonable adjustments for student veterinary nurses
558. Health and disability in veterinary nurse education and training
559. Reasonable adjustments for students and the UK disability discrimination legislation
560. Educational assessment of veterinary nurses
561. Roles of key stakeholders in the application of reasonable adjustments
562. Examples of reasonable adjustments for vet nurse students
563. External review of the RCVS by ENQA
564. Requirements for remote and online student assessments
565. Riding Establishments
566. Riding Establishment Inspectorate List
567. Memorandum to veterinary surgeons
568. Licensing riding establishments in Scotland and Wales
569. Licensing riding establishments and other premises / Hiring out horses in England
570. Guidance on the inspection
571. Notification to local authorities
572. Riding Establishment Training and Induction Course
573. Concerns
574. Veterinary professionals: how to raise a concern
575. I want to raise a concern about a veterinary surgeon
576. What you need to know first
577. Tell us about your concern
578. How we assess and investigate concerns
579. How we make decisions
580. Our terms explained
581. I want to raise a concern about a registered veterinary nurse
582. What you need to know first
583. Tell us about your concern
584. How we assess and investigate concerns
585. How we make decisions
586. Our terms explained
587. Confidential Reporting Line
588. Animal owners: how to raise a concern
589. Disciplinary Committee hearings
590. Charter Case Committee decisions
591. A concern has been raised about me
592. Information for veterinary surgeons
593. How we assess and investigate concerns
594. How we make decisions
595. Our terms explained
596. Information for veterinary nurses
597. How we assess and investigate concerns
598. How we make decisions
599. Our terms explained
600. Professional Conduct (ProfCon) Investigation Support
601. Veterinary Client Mediation Service (VCMS)
602. Reference information
603. A note on negligence
604. Being a witness at a Disciplinary Committee hearing – Frequently Asked Questions
605. Vet Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC) decision-making guidance (Stage 1)
606. The Stage one PIC
607. Areas of particular concern
608. Areas not likely to result in referral to Stage two
609. Factors to be taken Into account in appropriate cases
610. Vet PIC decision-making guidance (Stage 2)
611. The aim of the Preliminary Investigation Committee
612. The referral of cases
613. Outcome
614. Previous cases before the Disciplinary Committee
615. Cases unlikely to result in referral
616. Aggravating and mitigating factors
617. RVN Preliminary Investigation Committee (PIC) decision-making guidance (Stage 1)
618. The Stage one RVNPIC
619. Areas of particular concern
620. Areas not likely to result in referral to Stage two
621. Outcome
622. RVN PIC decision-making guidance (Stage 2)
623. The RVN Preliminary Investigation Committee
624. Progressing a case to the RVN Disciplinary Committee
625. Outcome
626. Previous cases before the Disciplinary Committee
627. Cases unlikely to result in the referral to the RVN Disciplinary Committee
628. Aggravating and mitigating factors
629. RCVS protocol on handling of convictions, cautions and adverse findings declared by veterinary surgeons
630. Background
631. Code of Professional Conduct
632. About this document
633. What am I required to disclose to the RCVS?
634. What are the minor offences excluded from disclosure?
635. What is a ‘protected’ spent conviction?
636. When do I have to disclose?
637. What are the consequences of failing to make an appropriate disclosure?
638. How should I disclose convictions to the RCVS?
639. What happens once convictions are disclosed to the RCVS?
640. Closed cases
641. Annex A - Convictions and cautions protected for the purpose of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
642. How to request a review of a decision
643. Illegal veterinary practice
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