The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) is once again delivering a busy programme for National Pathology Week and International Pathology Day, taking place during November.
A month of events and activities will mark National Pathology Week (NPW) and International Pathology Day (IPD) this November.
Kicking off on 2 November, NPW 2026 events will extend beyond the week this year, with a series of webinars being delivered by the College and a range of other Pathology Alliance organisations throughout November. These include 10+ careers webinars that highlight different pathology specialities, as well as an event on direct-to-consumer testing being delivered by the Association for Laboratory Medicine. Free to attend and open to all, the events are likely to be of most interest to undergraduates, sixth formers, foundation doctors, and trainee scientists.
The theme for NPW is ‘Welcome to the Lab’ and RCPath encouraging its members to share what they do with their colleagues, patients and local communities to highlight the importance of pathology to disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
For International Pathology Day, the College’s annual IPD virtual conference will focus on precision medicine. Taking place on 11 November, the event, entitled 'Pathology in an Era of Personalised Medicine’, is sponsored by Epredia, one of the College’s Corporate Members. The varied programme explores the evolving role of personalised medicine across a range of pathology specialties.
Chaired by Dr Bernie Croal, RCPath President, the event also features a keynote session that will see President-Elect, Professor Sarah Coupland, in conversation with Professor Ahmad Abou Tayoun, Chair of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Genomics. The IPD virtual conference is open for registration here.
For further details, as well as for information on planning your own events for National Pathology Week, please visit the RCPath web pages for National Pathology Week (NPW) and International Pathology Day (IPD).