Not My College ?

Am I alone in seeing numerous contradictions between what the College loftily proclaims and what it actually does ... for example have a look at the document,  The Role of Council Members (2023) which states that; 'Holders of public office should be as open and transparent as possible about all the decisions and actions that they take. They should give reasons for their decisions and restrict information only when the wider public interest clearly demands.'   Really ? Perhaps I missed something but aren't Council members now forbidden to criticise any decision on which the Council has taken a vote - even when the public/professional interest might demand it ? And if they have the temerity to do so, the College will call in the heavy mob  No one expects the Spanish Inquisition This tendency towards authoritarianism and message control doesn’t stop with muzzling the Council. Recent demands from within the RCVS in their 5 Year Plan (a nice irony there for those who get it)...

' The mandatory regulation of veterinary practices, including statutory powers of entry and inspection, is one of the key elements of RCVS proposals for new primary legislation that would replace the current Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.' It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see how this is going to go. A bit like the PSS but worse. Heavy on written protocols, heavy on tick-boxes, heavy on whatever 'progressive' nonsense has currently caught the College's butterfly attention (have you appointed your sustainability champion yet ?) Light on practicality, light on affordable treatment, light on serving a community. Good for big employers with compliance departments dedicated to fielding this sort of garbage. Bad for smaller practices who prefer to dedicate their finite time and resources to intangibles like patient care (but if you can't record it, it ain't happening - right?). And of course it'll come with a nice fat fee attached.  Another attempt...