Dr Clair Evans: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Chair, RCPath Specialty Advisory Committee for Pre/Perinatal/Paediatric Pathology; Consultant Paediatric and Perinatal Pathologist
- Organisation based in
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Quoted on
- Children's health, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
Who Dr Clair Evans is
Dr Clair Evans is a consultant paediatric and perinatal pathologist at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, and holds an honorary appointment as Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow's School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing. She serves as Chair of the Royal College of Pathologists' Specialty Advisory Committee for Pre/Perinatal/Paediatric Pathology (SAC), a role that seats her on the RCPath College Council. She also co-chairs the RCPath Histopathology Portfolio Pathway Credentials Panel. She has co-authored the RCPath's national tissue pathway guideline for histopathological examination of the placenta (editions 2 and 3). She is a prominent public advocate on the paediatric and perinatal pathology workforce crisis, arguing that inadequate consultant numbers are causing unacceptable waits for bereaved families' post-mortem reports and calling on all four UK governments for urgent investment.
“Paediatric and perinatal pathology services are in a state of collapse. Paediatric and perinatal pathologists are working continuously under significant pressure, to provide high-quality care, but this is leading to stress and burnout.”
References for this biography
- 1.RCPath highlights paediatric and perinatal pathology crisis – Pathology in Practice — Identifies Dr Clair Evans as Chair of the RCPath Specialty Advisory Committee for Pre/Perinatal/Paediatric Pathology and quotes her on the workforce crisis.
- 2.Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology Workforce Report 2025 – Royal College of Pathologists — Confirms her role as SAC Chair and her foreword calling for four-government action on the workforce crisis.
- 3.G108 Tissue pathway for histopathological examination of the placenta (version 3) – RCPath — Confirms she is a consultant paediatric and perinatal pathologist at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, and is the lead author of the RCPath's national placenta tissue pathway guideline.
- 4.Dr Clair Evans – University of Glasgow staff page — Confirms her honorary appointment as Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, Department of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
- 5.Cellular Pathology College Specialty Training Committee – RCPath — Confirms her role as Co-Chair of the Histopathology Portfolio Pathway Credentials Panel.
- 6.Royal College of Pathologists study highlights impacts of workforce shortages – Sands — Independent third-party press source confirming her title and public advocacy role on paediatric pathology workforce.
Notable achievements
- Co-authored the Royal College of Pathologists' national tissue pathway guideline for histopathological examination of the placenta (versions 2 and 3), setting the UK standard for placental pathology practice. Source ↗
- As SAC Chair, led and fronted the RCPath's 2025 Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology Workforce Report, which received extensive national coverage including BBC and The Telegraph, and was presented to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Baby Loss. Source ↗
- Appointed Co-Chair of the RCPath Histopathology Portfolio Pathway Credentials Panel, contributing to national credentialing standards in histopathology. Source ↗
What Dr Clair Evans has said
“Our service is in crisis. This is having a significant and distressing effect on families who regularly report long and harrowing waits for postmortem results. One in five families are now waiting six months or more, and some longer than 12 months. There are simply not enough consultants to undertake this work and families are suffering.”
Chair of the Royal College of Pathologists' advisory committee for pathologists specialising in the care of under-18s · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Bereaved parents face ‘harrowing’ delays for NHS postmorterms ↗
Where Dr Clair Evans has been quoted
- Bereaved parents who waited nearly a year for answers after son’s death call for actionpublicfirst.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Bereaved parents face ‘harrowing’ delays for NHS postmortermstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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