NHS England maintains a series of web pages about genomics and the genomic medicine service.
The UK has a world-leading genomic medicine infrastructure including the NHS Genomic Medicine Service (GMS) Research Collaborative and will be at the forefront of genomic medicine development.
Genomics in the NHS
The 100,000 Genomes project completed recruitment in 2018. The process of feeding back results is still on-going, however it has already added a huge amount of knowledge to the fields of genomics, cancer, and rare disease.
Genomics in primary care
To read about genomics in primary care, visit the NHS England pages on the genomic education programme.
Related GPG content
- Medical devices and digital tools
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning
- Clinical coding – SNOMED CT
- Consent to record sharing
Other helpful information
Videos
- Health Education England, Dr Sarah Jarvis, and Professor Nadeem Qureshi, Rare disease: the GP’s role
Toolkits
- Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), A collection of resources that explain how genomics medicine can be incorporated in primary care, RCGP Genomics toolkit
Education
- NHS England, GeNotes; genomic notes for clinicians
- RCGP Sage publishing, Editorial: Genomics, general practice, and genomic literacy
Reports
- Health Education England, 2019, The Topol Review: Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future
- British Journal of General Practice, Vol 69, Issue 684, July 2019, an editorial that began as a debate presented at the 2017 RCGP annual conference and summarises the potential benefits and harms of genomic medicine in the context of primary care, Should UK primary care be an early adopter of genomic medicine?
- Department of Health and Social Care, 2017, Chief Medical Officer annual report 2016: generation genome
Websites
- RCGP, YouTube, Genomics webinars playlist
- The Jackson Laboratory, standardised terms, and vocabulary to describe the phenotypic abnormalities encountered in human disease, the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)