Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) sets professional standards and regulatory frameworks that shape the wider petcare ecosystem in the UK. Pet Gazette’s coverage of the RCVS focuses on policy announcements, practice standards, reforms to veterinary education and registration, and rulings that may impact retailers — especially where guidance intersects with the sale of health-related products, veterinary medicines, or advice provision. We also report on how RCVS developments influence the role of veterinary professionals in product recommendation and customer referral, offering insight for pet shops, distributors, and brand suppliers navigating this regulated space.
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Oct- 2019 -9 OctoberRegulation
RCVS and VCI sign ‘historic’ mutual recognition agreement
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI), the UK and Ireland veterinary regulators, have agreed a historic mutual recognition agreement to facilitate the recognitions of each others’ accredited veterinary degrees. At its meeting on 3 October 2019 RCVS Council, the College’s governing body,…
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3 OctoberEvents
RCVS welcomes 30 new fellows at fourth annual ‘Fellowship Day’
The RCVS Fellowship welcomed some 30 new veterinary surgeons at its fourth annual Fellowship Day on 20 September. The event also saw Professor John Innes welcomed as the new chair of the RCVS Fellowship for a three-year term, during which he will be responsible for meeting the initiative’s strategic aims…
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Sep- 2019 -20 SeptemberEvents
Nomination period for 2020 RCVS Honours & Awards now open
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Honours and Awards. The awards celebrate the achievements of veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and laypeople who are doing “extraordinary” work for the benefit of animal health and welfare, the veterinary professions and public health. The College…
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19 SeptemberVeterinary
RCVS appoints John Innes as new Fellowship chair
John Innes has been appointed as the new Chair of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Fellowship Board after he was elected to the position by his peers. As Fellowship Board chair Innes replaces Nick Bacon, who comes to the end of his three-year term in the role. Four…
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16 SeptemberVeterinary
RCVS plans for review of ‘under care’ and 24/7 cover guidance
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has published further details about its plans for a review of its guidance to the veterinary professions on ‘under care’ and out-of-hours emergency cover. The review, announced earlier this year, was recommended to the Council by its Standards Committee following its “lengthy and…
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11 SeptemberAwards
RCVS and SPVS launch Vet Wellbeing Awards 2019
The Society for Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS), in partnership with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ Mind Matters Initiative (MMI), is looking for practices that are going above and beyond to support staff wellbeing for this year’s Vet Wellbeing Awards. There are three award categories that practices can enter depending…
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9 SeptemberTrade Organisations
RCVS and BVA to co-host 2020 FVE General Assembly in London
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) will be co-hosting the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) General Assembly in June 2020. The FVE General Assembly is a biannual event in which the organisation, an umbrella body for veterinary associations and regulators from 40…
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6 SeptemberTrade Organisations
MMI and BSAVA to launch emotional resilience courses
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Mind Matters Initiative and the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) are set to launch emotional resilience courses, with the first course taking place in November this year. Titled ‘Emotional Resilience for the Veterinary Team’, the one-day courses are free to BSAVA members…
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Aug- 2019 -28 AugustVeterinary
Committee suspends York-based vet for falsifying clinical records
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Disciplinary Committee has suspended Dr Michael Richard Jones from the register for two months, for making “dishonest entries” in horse passports and subsequently making “dishonest entries” in the same horses’ clinical records. The first and second charges were on 21 March 2018, Dr…
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20 AugustVeterinary
IVC appoints first equine group veterinary advisor
Independent Vetcare (IVC) has appointed Graham Hunter of Ardene House Veterinary Practice as its first equine group veterinary advisor. Hunter has been at the practice for 29 years, and has undertaken extra equine qualifications including a certificate in equine surgery and orthopaedics. He was also appointed as an RCVS Examiner…
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