Veterinary nursing timeline

For the story before 1961, please read Veterinary Nursing - the Early Years, from the Related documents box.

1961	RCVS approved first Animal Nursing Auxiliary (ANA) training scheme.
1962	First Animal Nursing Auxiliary qualified.
1965	British Veterinary Nursing Association was formed (it became the British Veterinary Nursing Auxiliaries Association the following year as the term ‘nurse’ was protected until 1984).
1984	Title 'veterinary nurse' first used.
1991	Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 amended and the role of nurse formally recognised in law (schedule 3).
1992	First group qualify as DipAVN (surgical).
1997	RCVS accredited as an awarding body for vocational qualifications.
1998	RCVS starts to offer nationally recognised vocational qualifications (NVQs), first undergraduate courses become available.
2000	First equine veterinary nurses qualified.
2002	Veterinary Nurses Council established.
2002	First cohort awarded BSc Hons in Veterinary Nursing.
2007	Non-statutory Register of veterinary nurses started.
2010	First Veterinary Nurse on RCVS Council.
2011	Introduction of disciplinary system for Registered Veterinary Nurses.
2012	New Code of Professional Conduct includes, for the first time, a declaration to be made by Registered Veterinary Nurses on professional registration

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