Information on the services offered by the NVS and NTCO team. As a Personal Licence Holder at The University of Edinburgh, there will be many different processes to follow throughout your research using animals. The Named Veterinary Surgeons (NVS) and the Named Training and Competency Officer (NTCO) are there to guide and support you with various aspects of your animal research and can be contacted at any time for help and advice via the ERF email account or by phone The NVS team can also be contact via the on-call rota during the working day and out-of-hours NVS on-call rota Our Guide for New Researchers is a good place to start finding out more about working with animals in research. Getting Started with Animal Research You can find more information and guidance documents on our SharePoint Site including SOPs, NVS guidelines, the ERF form and the Standard Condition 18 report form. Veterinary and Training Information SharePoint Site This article was published on 2024-05-07