For veterinary professionals
The rules for home visit veterinary work
Working away from a practice raises questions the practice usually answers for you. These guides set out what the RCVS, the VDS and the VMD actually say, quoted from their published guidance, with sources on every page.
Do you need registered premises to work as a home visit vet?
RCVS premises registration is triggered by storing or supplying medicines, not by seeing animals. What that means if you work from home or from a vehicle, in the RCVS's own words.
Read the guideIndemnity insurance when you work for yourself
An individual RVN's own VDS policy covers disciplinary representation but not civil negligence claims. What that gap means if you work for yourself, and what to ask before you take the job.
Read the guideControlled drugs on veterinary home visits
What the RCVS requires when Schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs leave the practice: locked receptacles fixed in the vehicle, separate registers, and the rule about sending nurses to home euthanasia.
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Thinking about offering home visits?
Pet Care at Door lets RCVS-registered vets and RVNs set their own fees and hours, with no commission.