The Association of Clinical Pathologists (ACP)

The Association of Clinical Pathologists was established in 1927, originally as the British Pathologists Association, and changed to its current name in 1930. In W.D. Forster’s ‘A Short History of Clinical Pathology’ (Livingstone, 1961) S.C Dyke indicated the Association was established for four main reasons:
• To improve the conditions of pathology practice and improve the status of clinical pathologists
• To secure clinical pathologists as being equal to other consultants
• To encourage and assist medical schools and post-graduate education so that suitably trained doctors could assume charge of hospital laboratories throughout the United Kingdom
• To establish where members could exchange views on work, research etc.