Media Advisory - Teleconference - National Health Care Groups to Announce
Recommendations to Strengthen Pathology and Medical Laboratory Services

OTTAWA, Nov. 15 /CNW/ - News media are invited to participate in a question-and-answer teleconference on November 16, from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (ET) regarding the announcement of resolutions by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Pathology and Laboratory Medicine to strengthen pathology and medical laboratory services in Canada. The working group is composed of 14 national health care organizations.

A news release about the resolutions will be issued nationally on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at approximately noon, (ET), over Canada NewsWire and will be posted to the website of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada www.royalcollege.ca.

A background document about the resolutions and a summary of the working group's national research report will also be posted to the Royal College's website.

What:	Release of recommendations on pathology and laboratory medicine
	Teleconference - Pathology and Medical Laboratory Services
When:	Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 2:00 pm - 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Call in:	1 [phone]
Conference Code:	613.730.6205#

Who:
Dr. Andrew Padmos, CEO, Royal College and Chair, Ad Hoc working Group on Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti, President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Dr. Hallgrimur Benediktsson, Chair, Anatomical Pathology Specialty Committee and Member of Ad-Hoc Working Group on Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Organizations participating in the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Pathology and Laboratory Medicine are: Accreditation Canada; Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada; Association of Canadian Academic Health Care Organizations; Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Sciences; Canadian Association of Pathologists; Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies; Canadian Healthcare Association; Canadian Medical Association; Canadian Medical Protective Association; Canadian Partnership Against Cancer; Canadian Patient Safety Institute; College of Family Physicians of Canada; Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada; Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

For further information:

Media contact: Karen McCarthy, Director, Communications and External Relations, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, cell [phone]; email: [email protected]