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Chief Veterinary Officer (United Kingdom)
The Chief Veterinary Officer (or CVO) is an official in the British government, who is head of veterinary services in the United Kingdom. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland also each have a Chief Veterinary Officer. List of post holders for the United Kingdom The following people have held the post of Chief Veterinary Officer for the United Kingdom: *Alexander Curtis Cope, 1893–1905 *Sir Stewart Stockman, 1905–1926 *Sir James Joseph Ralph Jackson, 1926–1932 * Sir Percy John Luxton Kelland, 1932–1938 *Sir Daniel Alfred Edmond Cabot, 1938–1948 *Sir Thomas Dalling , 1948–1952 *Sir John Neish Ritchie, 1952–1965 *Mr John Reid, 1965–1970 *Mr A G Beynon, 1970–1973 *Mr A C L Brown, 1973–1980 *Mr William Howard Rees, August 1980 – May 1988 * Keith Meldrum, June 1988 – April 1997 * James Scudamore, April 1997 – March 2004 *Dr Debby Reynolds, March 2004 – November 2007 *Fred Landeg, November 2007 – May 2008 (acting CVO prior to full appointment) *Mr Nigel G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Veterinary Officer
Chief veterinary officer (CVO) is the head of a veterinary authority (typically a national government service comprising veterinarians, other professionals and paraprofessionals). They have the responsibility and competence for ensuring or supervising the implementation in their nation of animal health and welfare measures, international veterinary certification and other standards and recommendations. The World Organization for Animal Health recognizes the notion of chief veterinary officers. The Council of the European Union also realizes the importance of the chief veterinary officers, and founded a preparatory body called Working Party of Chief Veterinary Officers. Typical responsibilities of a chief veterinary officer are to organize and operate a country's animal health and animal protection service and veterinary public health service, covering food chain safety, control of zoonoses, environmental contamination and role of animals in the society. Examples of chief veterinary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debby Reynolds
Deborah Reynolds Order of the Bath, CB served as the Chief Veterinary Officer (United Kingdom), Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of the United Kingdom from March 2004 until she retired in November 2007. She is usually referred to as Debby Reynolds, or less often as Deborah Reynolds. Chief Veterinary Officer Reynolds was the Chief Veterinary Officer (United Kingdom), Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of the United Kingdom and for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from March 2004 to 9 November 2007. As CVO, Reynolds was the United Kingdom, British government's main spokesperson on Veterinary medicine, animal health, and was in the British nationwide news repeatedly to explain policy and answer questions about outbreaks or control of serious animal infections, such as foot-and-mouth disease, H5N1, H5N1 bird flu, Mycobacterium bovis, bovine TB, rabies and Bluetongue disease, bluetongue virus. On 9 November 2007, DEFRA announced that Reynolds had opted to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Wales
, image = , caption = , date_established = , country = Wales , address = , leader_title = First Minister () , appointed = First Minister approved by the Senedd, ceremonially appointed by the Monarch (Charles III) , main_organ = Cabinet , budget = £18.4 billion (2019/20) , responsible = Senedd , url = The Welsh Government ( cy, Llywodraeth Cymru) is the devolved government of Wales. The government consists of ministers and deputy ministers, and also of a counsel general. Ministers only attend the Cabinet Meetings of the Welsh Government. It is led by the first minister, usually the leader of the largest party in the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; ), who selects ministers and deputy ministers with the approval of the Senedd. The government is responsible for tabling policy in devolved areas (such as health, education, economic development, transport and local government) for co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Northern Ireland
The government of Northern Ireland is, generally speaking, whatever political body exercises political authority over Northern Ireland. A number of separate systems of government exist or have existed in Northern Ireland. Following the partition of Ireland, Northern Ireland was recognised as a separate territory within the authority of the British Crown on 3 May 1921, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.Statutory Rules & Orders published by authority, 1921 (No. 533); Additional source for 3 May 1921 date: Alvin Jackson, ''Home Rule - An Irish History'', Oxford University Press, 2004, p198. The new autonomous Northern Ireland was formed from six of the nine counties of Ulster, being four counties with unionist majorities (Antrim, Armagh, Down and Derry), and Fermanagh and Tyrone two of the five Ulster counties which had nationalist majorities. In large part unionists, at least in the north east region, supported its creation while nationalists were opposed. Subsequently, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Occupations
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, Executive (government), executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. In many countries, the government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. While all types of organizations have governance, the term ''government'' is often used more specifically to refer to the approximately 200 List of sovereign states, independent national governments and Governmental organization, subsidiary organizations. The major types of political systems in the modern era are democracies, monarchies, and authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. Historically prevalent forms of government include monarchy, aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Medical Officers By Country
Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boat, the senior enlisted sailor on a U.S. Navy submarine * Chief petty officer, a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies * Chief warrant officer, a military rank Other titles * Chief of the Name, head of a family or clan * Chief mate, or Chief officer, the highest senior officer in the deck department on a merchant vessel * Chief of staff, the leader of a complex organization * Fire chief, top rank in a fire department * Scottish clan chief, the head of a Scottish clan * Tribal chief, a leader of a tribal form of government * Chief, IRS-CI, the head and chief executive of U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Places * Chief Mountain, Montana, United States * Stawamus Chief or the Chief, a granite dome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Voas
Sheila Voas is a veterinary surgeon and the Chief Veterinary Officer of Scotland since 2012. Biography Voas attended Kings Park Primary School and Dalkeith High School in Midlothian, Scotland, graduating at the latter in 1983. Sheila attended the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at University of Edinburgh, getting her BVM&S qualification in 1988. She worked in a mixed practice for two years at Driffield, East Yorkshire and then moved to the Scottish Borders area in Scotland where she had mixed practice roles, also in Biggar and Peebles. Voas joined the Scottish Government as a veterinary advisor. She later became the deputy CVO. In June 2011, following the departure of incumbent Simon Hall, she became the acting CVO of Scotland, and in October 2012, was appointed permanently for the position. Honours and awards In 2018, Voas was awarded an Associate membership with the Royal Agricultural Societies (ARAgS). In 2019, she was awarded an honorary fellowship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Middlemiss
Christine Helen Middlemiss is a Scottish veterinary surgeon and the Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom. Early life She was born in Montrose and attended primary school in Morayshire. Career She graduated from Glasgow Vet School in 1992, then began her veterinary career as a mixed practitioner in Biggar, Lanarkshire. This was followed by a spell at the Royal (Dick) Veterinary School, then a return to mixed practice for several years in Northern England She joined the Animal Health Agency in 2008. She became Deputy Director for Animal Traceability and Public Health in 2016. Chief Veterinary Officer She became Chief Veterinary Officer on 1 March 2018. Middlemiss was awarded a visiting professorship by Harper Adams University in 2019. She was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to the veterinary and farming sectors. She is responsible for the UK badger cull which has seen half of the badger population slau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Gibbens
Nigel Paul Gibbens (born 1 March 1958) is a British veterinarian and civil servant. He was the United Kingdom's Chief Veterinary Officer from May 2008 to March 2018. Early life and education Gibbens was born on 1 March 1958 in Dover, Kent, England. He studied at the Royal Veterinary College, graduating with a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine degree."Gibbens, Nigel Paul" '' Who's Who'' Oxford University PressAccessed 2 December 2017/ref> Career On 21 May 2008, Gibbens became the Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom and for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Gibbens supports the culling of badgers in an attempt to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis, describing the practice as "the best available option". Honours He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2016 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and rewar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acting (law)
In law, a person is acting in a position if they are not serving in the position on a permanent basis. This may be the case if the position has not yet been formally created, the person is only occupying the position on an interim basis, the person does not have a mandate, or if the person meant to execute the role is incompetent or incapacitated. Business Organizations are advised to have a succession plan including the designation of an acting CEO if the person in that job vacates that position before a replacement has been determined. For example, the lead director on the board of directors may be designated to assume the responsibilities of the CEO until the board finds a new CEO. Politics Examples of acting positions in politics include acting mayor, acting governor, acting president, and acting prime minister. Officials in an acting position usually do not have the full powers of a properly appointed official, and are often the proper official's deputy or longest servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Landeg
Frederick John Landeg (born 1948) was the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of the United Kingdom and for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), from November 2007 to April 2008. Landeg was born in 1948, and educated at Sir Walter St. John's School. He graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1971 and practiced as a veterinary surgeon until 1975, when he became a Veterinary Officer at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. He became the UK's Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, and Director General at DEFRA in 2004. On 9 November 2007, Landeg became the UK's acting Chief Veterinary Officer following the early retirement of Debby Reynolds. On 16 November, he was promoted to the role officially. Landeg retired in April 2008, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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