The College is governed by a Trustee Board. Members of the Board, as trustees, have the ultimate legal responsibility for the College. The Trustee Board comprises the President, 3 Vice Presidents, Registrar, Assistant Registrar, Treasurer, the chairs of the regional councils for each of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, 2 co-opted trustees and 3 lay trustees. The Board is chaired by one of the lay trustees.
Council, which reports to the Trustee Board, is focussed on the practice of pathology as a profession, which includes all the professional, clinical and educational functions of the College. Council members are not trustees of the College. Council is chaired by the President.
The College is a professional membership organisation with charitable status, concerned with all matters relating to the science and practice of pathology. It is a body of its Fellows, Diplomates, Affiliates and trainees, served by the staff who are based at the College's central London offices.
Issue date: 13 June 2022
Issue number: 7.2
Please note that the title has been changed from 'Investigation of mouth swabs' to ‘Investigation of superficial mouth samples’.
Issue date: 16 September 2024
Issue number: 8
Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Investigation of nasal samples’ to ‘Investigation of samples from paranasal sinuses’.
Issue date: 11 May 2018
Issue number: 9
Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis’ to 'Investigation of whooping cough’.
