333 vets removed from Register for non-payment

Please note that this article is now archived and the list of veterinary surgeons removed is no longer available to download. The veterinary surgeons listed might have since paid their fees, been restored to the Register and permitted to resume veterinary practice. You are advised to check the RCVS Register to determine the current Register status of any RCVS member.

On 1 June 2014 we removed 333 veterinary surgeons from the Register for non-payment of their annual renewal fees.

The final deadline for payment of the annual renewal fee passed on 31 May and we have written to those who have not paid to inform them of their removal from the Register. In 2013, 369 veterinary surgeons were removed from the Register for non-payment.  

A list of the veterinary surgeons who have been removed – and who have not been subsequently restored to the Register – has today (Friday 6 June) been published.

This list is published to alert those veterinary surgeons who have not responded to our communications to check their registration status, and to remind employers to check the registration status of their employees.

The registration status of any veterinary surgeon or veterinary nurse can also be checked on Check the Register. 

Any veterinary surgeon whose name appears on the list who believes they have paid their fee should contact the RCVS Finance Department as soon as possible on 020 7202 0723.

Veterinary surgeons and employers are reminded that, under the Veterinary Surgeons Act, it is illegal to allow anyone who is not on the RCVS Register to practise veterinary surgery.

They can also no longer use the postnominal ‘MRCVS’ and any professional indemnity insurance the veterinary surgeon may have is also rendered invalid.

In order to be restored to the Register, veterinary surgeons must pay a fee of at least £299, in addition to the outstanding annual renewal fee. The restoration fee increases each successive year a removed member remains off the Register.