President, Dr Bernie Croal, President, The Royal College of Pathologists said:

`I would like to offer my congratulations to the College members who have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours. It is a testament to their dedicated service to improve health, medicine, pathology practise and the NHS, for the benefit of patients and wider society.’

College members recognised in the New Year’s Honours List

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire

• Dr Suzannah Claire Lishman CBE, Lately President, The Association of Clinical Pathologists and Senior Advisor on Medical Examiners, Royal College of Pathologists. For services to the Medical Examiner System and to Patient Safety
• Professor Meena Upadhyaya OBE For services to Community Cohesion in Wales and to Medical Genetics (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

• Dr Nathaniel Roger Blair Cary Forensic Pathologist, Forensic Pathology Services. For services to Forensic Pathology (Northampton, Northamptonshire)
• Dr Philip Derek Lumb forensic Pathologist, High Peak Forensics. For services to Forensic Pathology and the Criminal Justice System (Hope Valley, Derbyshire)
• Professor Alan Keith Fletcher Lately National Medical Examiner for England and Wales, NHS England. For services to the NHS (Sheffield, South Yorkshire), College Honorary Fellow.

Dr Bernie Croal: `I would also like to recognise other notable recipients in the honours list.’

• Dr Timothy Roy Allison Director of Public Health, NHS Highland. For services to the NHS in Scotland (Inverness, Inverness-shire)
• John George Burns, Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland. For services to the NHS in Scotland (Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran)
• Pamela Ann Dean Clark, Lately Board Vice-Chair, NHS Highland. For services to the NHS (Inverness, Inverness-shire)
• Saffron Corder, Lately Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NHS Providers. For services to the NHS (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
• David Charles Gemmell Garbutt QPM Chair, NHS Education for Scotland. For services to the Health and Social Care Sector (Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh)
• Zosia Miedzybrodzka. Professor of Medical Genetics. University of Aberdeen. For services to Medical Genetics and Research.
• Amanda Kate Pritchard, Lately Chief Executive, NHS England, for her services to the NHS.