Not My College ?

'The RCVS will be holding an informal evening for registered veterinary surgeons who who may be interested in becoming members of the Preliminary Investigations Committee (PIC) and Disciplinary Committee (DC).' Received by email 24th February ... Sorry all places taken 25th February ! It never ceases to amaze me how short the shelf life of these adverts is, it's almost as if they don't want us to attend. I'd be interested to know whether anyone from Northern Ireland, or the north of Scotland, or rural Wales made the (day long) trip to London just to express an interest ... I doubt it. Is this an example of what the College calls an Independent Selection Process, if so it doesn’t bode well for an appointments based Council. Another event for those in the know south of the M25 ? If you want to read more posts, click on the arrow 🠈 on the top left of the page or on the 'MORE POSTS' button at the bottom. If you want updates from NMC click on the menu top left a...

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 ? Not satisfied with a mute Council they now want to abolish elections entirely and move to an appointed one instead (see here).    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 t...

' 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 HR 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 to rais...