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RVC president awarded Queen’s Medal by RCVS
The Queen's Medal is the highest honour that the RCVS can give to an individual veterinary surgeon.
Stuart Reid CBE is recognised for services to the sector.

Stuart Reid CBE, the president and principal of the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), has been awarded The Queen’s Medal for his services to the veterinary sector.

He was awarded the accolade by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) as part of its 2024 Annual General Meeting and Awards Day.

The Queen’s Medal is the highest honour that the RCVS can give to an individual veterinary surgeon. Approved by Queen Elizabeth in 2013, it celebrates those with a highly distinguished career, with outstanding achievements throughout.

As well as leading the RVC, Prof Reid is a past-president and council member of the RCVS.

Prof Reid has led the RVC since 2011 which, for the past four years of his tenure, has topped the QS World University Subject Rankings for veterinary science. He has been recognised by the RCVS as a specialist in epidemiology, and by the European Board of Veterinary Specialists for veterinary public health.

In 2019, Prof Reid was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in the USA. He holds Fellowships at the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases in the USA, and the RCVS.

As president of RCVS, he implemented a new Royal Charter to recognise veterinary nurses as a fully regulated profession. He also launched a consultation which proposed veterinary surgeons are given the courtesy title of ‘Dr’ – a consultation approved by RCVS council.

He has also run the London Marathon, raising money for animal welfare and mental health charities.

Prof Reid said: “I am surprised and honoured at the award of the Queen’s Medal – and I recognise that, in greater part, it has been the roles I have been fortunate to occupy and the people with whom I have been privileged to work that have led to this; truly, there is no greater compliment than recognition by one’s peers.

“Having been present 10 years ago at Buckingham Palace when the first Medal was awarded to Des Thompson by the late Queen, it is particularly special to be the most recent recipient.”

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Practices urged to audit neutering data

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 RCVS Knowledge has called on vet practices to audit their post-operative neutering outcomes.

It follows the release of the 2024 NASAN benchmarking report, which collates data from neutering procedures performed on dogs, cats and rabbits.

The benchmarking report enables practices in the UK and Ireland to compare their post-operative outcomes to the national average. This includes the rate of patients lost to follow-up, which in 2024 increased to 23 per cent.

Anyone from the practice can submit the data using a free template. The deadline for next report is February 2026.

Visit the RCVS Knowledge website to complete an audit. 

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Linda Belton MRCVS, RCVS President, said: "I, along with my colleagues on the RESC, RCVS Council, RCVS Standards Committee, as well as RCVS staff, was very saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rebecca, or Becca as we knew her, last week.

"She was a true advocate for equine welfare and in her many years on the RESC worked to continually improve the quality and consistency of riding establishment inspections, all in the interests of enhanced horse welfare and rider safety."