The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has contacted all registered veterinary nurses to remind them that their annual renewal fee for 2015-16 is due for payment by 1 November. The annual renewal fee is £61, and if a veterinary nurse does not pay the fee by the end of the year they will be removed from the Register.
All veterinary nurses also need to confirm their Register details, confirm their compliance with the RCVS continuing professional development requirement of 45 hours over a three-year period and declare any convictions, cautions and/or adverse findings.
Around 3,500 veterinary nurses have been contacted by post because RCVS does not hold a valid email address for them.
Nicola South, Customer Experience Manager and Head of Registration at the RCVS, says: “This year we decided to act on the feedback received from members in previous years that they would rather receive their annual renewal notice and other correspondence by email, which is more environmentally friendly.
We would also encourage any veterinary nurses who have received the annual renewal fee form by post to share their personal email address with us so that we can contact them by this method in the future.”
Payment by debit or credit card can be made online via the ‘My Account’ area of the RCVS website.