EU-qualified veterinary professionals surveyed on Brexit implications for them

The Institute for Employment Studies (IES), an independent not-for-profit research institute, has conducted a second survey of over 6,050 EU qualified veterinary professionals on behalf of RCVS on how Brexit will affect them. So far over 1,600 have responded.

RCVS senior vice-president and chairman of the college’s Brexit Taskforce, Chris Tufnell, said: “The aim of this survey is to gain a greater understanding of the views and expectations of our EU colleagues now certain elements of the UK’s withdrawal process from the EU, as well as the timing, have become clearer. The survey will also be looking for the views of colleagues on how the college has addressed the challenges of Brexit so far. It is particularly important those who responded to last year’s survey do so this year, because the aim is to get a sense of how their views and plans are shifting as the Brexit process moves forward. I would strongly encourage EU veterinary professionals to respond to this survey, even if they didn’t do so last year, as their views really do matter to us and really do have an impact on our Brexit policies and the views we put forward to the Government in these critical times.”

The college wants to use the results of the survey to provide informed advice to EU veterinary professionals about their future prospects, to have a better understanding of the short and long term impact of Brexit on them, and to provide the relevant authorities with information that might affect immigration policies with regards to veterinary professionals.