The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is kind of a big deal in the UK. If they don’t like you, you don’t get to practise veterinary medicine. Here’s the blurb on the official website:
The role of the RCVS
We aim to enhance society through improved animal health and welfare. We do this by setting, upholding and advancing the educational, ethical and clinical standards of veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses.
Activities
As a statutory regulator we are responsible under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 for keeping the register of veterinary surgeons eligible to practise in the UK, setting standards for veterinary education and regulating the professional conduct of veterinary surgeons.
All very laudable and ethical-sounding. So, you’d expect vets who engage in dodgy activities that are condemned as quackery by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate since at least 2010 to be persona non grata? You’d expect wrong. Step forward Mark Elliott, … Continue reading
