Kathy Kissick was elected to replace Liz Branscombe as new Chairman of the Veterinary Nurses Council at its meeting in May. Liz, who has chaired the VN Council for the past three years, will become Vice-Chairman; Veterinary surgeon, Neil Smith, will be the second VN Council Vice-Chairman. These changes come into effect on RCVS Day on […]
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New VN Council Chairman Elected
Free Webinar to Help Vets and Vet Nurses Meet Code Requirement
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the Webinar Vet have teamed up to offer a free webinar to help veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses meet one of the new provisions of the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct. The new Codes for both vets and vet nurses state that they must maintain minimum practice standards equivalent […]
Life Long Learning Accounts
Life Long Learning Accounts are a new, free, Government service to give people improved access to jobs and career development opportunities. By opening an account you will have free access to a number of online tools, including: • A skills diagnostic tool to identify your interests, strengths and needs • Localised course and job searches • A […]
Bear Opens garage Door to Save her Trapped Cub [Video]
Personal Learner Record – Don’t Lose Your Certificates Again!
Ever needed to provide a GCSE certificate and not been able to find it??? If so, you need a Personal Learner Record! The Personal Learning Record (PLR) is a free, official online record of the learning and achievement that you have gained – such as awards, certificates and qualifications that have already been collected by UK education bodies. […]
Training Practices – Are you Ready for September?
Take a look at our summer health check for Training Practices (TPs) below and see if you are all up-to-date and ready for the start of next term: Have you completed all the action points from your latest TP annual audit visit? Are all your clinical coaches trained ready for September? If not, remember we offer free clinical […]
Free Work-Based Customer Service Training – Just 4 Weeks Left!
We have been delighted that veterinary practices and animal welfare organisations throughout England, have chosen to enrol their staff onto our customer service apprenticeship programmes over the past few weeks. There are now just four weeks left to take advantage of nationwide free customer service training for receptionists. Remember apprenticeships incorporate the City & Guilds Diploma in Work-Based Customer […]
First Chief Executive of the RCVS Appointed
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) have appointed Nick Stace into the new role of Chief Executive and Secretary; he will take up this post on 3 September 2012. A long-standing consumer champion, Nick Stace leaves CHOICE, Australia’s equivalent of consumer group Which?. Nick has also held the post of former Prime Minister Gordon […]
Summer VN Practical Examination Information
Uptake for the summer veterinary nursing practical examinations has been lower than expected this year and, as such, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has deemed it necessary to reduce the number of examination centres to four. The available exmaination centres are now Harper Adams University College, Hartpury College, Myerscough College and MYF Training.
Nursing Progress Log (NPL) Abuse
Action has recently been taken by a centre in a case of clinical coaches sharing log-in details in order to add entries to NPLs for which they were not authorised. Not only does this potentially invalidate entries, but it is a breach of the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct. Veterinary nurses and veterinary surgeons must […]