Professional

Department of Health Report
The new report Summary of Responses to the Consultation on Improving the Process of Death Certification can be viewed here.

AAPT consultation response
A response on behalf of the Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology to the consultation on 'Improving the Process of Death Certification'. more...

Thematic report on liaison in death cases
Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has published a thematic report on liaison in death cases, with particular reference to organ retention. The AAPT contributed to the compilation of this document. more...

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Registration Issues
On a cold winter day in London Feb 07, twenty Association members braved the elements to attend a meeting at 12 Coldbath Square to promote the revised CPD scheme and voluntary registration. Click for more

NCEPOD Coroners report
The AAPT has been involved with the NCEPOD Report, The Coroner's Autopsy: Do we deserve better? The report was launched in 2006 at the Royal College of Pathologists and was well attended by coroners, pathologists, lawyers, other interested professionals and a handful of vocal APTs. The report is the first attempt to audit the quality of Coronial autopsy reports on a national basis. Reports were obtained from 88% of the Coroners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and makes for some very interesting reading! more...

Healthcare Scientists Career framework
On Monday 14th November the Healthcare Scientists Career framework was officially launched by Lord Warner at Richmond House.

The Healthcare Scientists (HCS) Career Framework aims to provide a guide for NHS and partner organisations on the implementation of an integrated career framework for all healthcare scientists based on the concept of skills escalation and offering flexible career opportunities to meet workforce, service and individual needs. This information has been published electronically and can be found using the following links:

There are three documents:
Career framework for healthcare scientists in the NHS (PDF, 346KB)
Career framework for healthcare scientists in the NHS: A functional guide (A3 Poster) (PDF, 58KB)
Healthcare scientists career framework: Supporting agenda for change documentation (PDF, 870KB)