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      <title><![CDATA[Staff away-day Friday 14 June]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[We would like to give you advanced warning that we will all be off site for a staff meeting on Friday 14 June, and the office will be closed, including the RCVS Charitable Trust Library.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CEO outlines Council’s key activities in first post-meeting video]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Chief Nick Stace, has summarised discussions and decisions made at recent meetings, in his first post-Council video.
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Director of Education]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[We have appointed Freda Andrews to the newly-created role of Director of Education.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Disciplinary Committee to meet in June]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A meeting of the Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS as constituted under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, will be held at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Belgravia House, 62-64 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AF, on:]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Disciplinary Committee strikes off Wirral vet]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS on Friday [24 May] directed that a Wirral-based veterinary surgeon should be removed from the Register after finding that he had treated clients badly, kept inadequate clinical records, was dishonest in dealing with the RCVS, and that animals in his care were placed at risk.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RCVS Trust declares support for ‘All Trials’ campaign]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The RCVS Charitable Trust has declared its support for the ‘All Trials’ campaign’s aims. These are for all clinical trials, past and present, to be publicly registered, and for the full methods and the results to be openly reported.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RCVS calls for a Private Members’ Bill to protect VN title]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[We have written to the MPs drawn in today’s private members’ Bill ballot to call upon them to introduce legislation to protect the title ‘veterinary nurse’ and introduce an effective regulatory system that would ensure that those veterinary nurses found guilty of serious professional misconduct were prevented from carrying out medical treatment to or surgery on animals.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Disciplinary Committee to meet twice in May]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A meeting of the RCVS Disciplinary Committee, as constituted under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, will be held at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Belgravia House, 62-64 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AF, on:]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Disciplinary Committee strikes off Wiltshire vet]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS last week [3 May] struck off the Register a veterinary surgeon for charges relating to tuberculin (TB) testing on cattle that he undertook and certified at four farms during June and July of 2010.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kindle winner]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Congratulations go to veterinary nursing assistant Michelle Kirk, from Carrick Vets, Chesterfield, who has won a Kindle Fire in our ‘untangle it’ anagram competition at the British Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress (BSAVA – Birmingham, 4-7 April 2013).]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Virtual success]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It’s now possible to ‘listen again’ to our first ever Virtual Question Time, hosted by the Webinar Vet on 24 April 2013.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RCVS and VN Councils elections results]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The results are now in for the 2013 RCVS and VN Councils elections – and the turnout among vets is the highest seen in ten years. 4,661 veterinary surgeons voted, surpassing the previous highpoint of 4,232 in 2010. This year’s VN Council election saw the highest ever number of veterinary nurses voting (1,329).]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[President to host meeting with members on home ground]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Durham will be the location of the next RCVS Regional Question Time, on Wednesday 15 May, at Bowburn Hall. The meeting is free to attend, and could count for up to three hours’ continuing professional development. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Win London Pet Show tickets!]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[We’ve two pairs of tickets to the London Pet Show (Earls Court Two, 11-12 May) on offer as prizes in our free online draw (http://www.rcvs.org.uk/petshowprize) – so why not try your luck?]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RCVS Question Time goes virtual]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 24 April we will be holding our first ever RCVS Virtual Question Time meeting, meaning veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses can ‘attend’ the meeting without leaving the comfort of their own homes.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Further Disciplinary Committee meeting in April]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A meeting of the Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS as constituted under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, will be held at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Belgravia House, 62-64 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AF, on:]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Head of Veterinary Nursing to take early retirement]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Head of Veterinary Nursing, Libby Earle, has decided to take early retirement and will leave the College on 19 April 2013.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Disciplinary Committee dismisses case against Stourbridge vet]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The RCVS Disciplinary Committee yesterday [11 April 2013] dismissed a case against a veterinary surgeon said to have been dishonest in claims made against insurance following a dog’s veterinary treatment.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gangmasters Licensing Authority publish guidance for vet practices]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[We would like to draw to veterinary practices’ attention the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA)’s guidance for practices, published recently.]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://findavet.rcvs.org.uk/news/gangmasters-licensing-authority-publish-guidance]]></link>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Independent Disciplinary Committees – Veterinary Surgeons Act amended]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[On Saturday 6 April, the Legislative Reform Order (LRO) to reconstitute the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) disciplinary committees separately from its Council came into force and has amended the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (VSA).]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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