A new strategic phase for genomic medicine in UK health services
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* Corresponding author: Hilary Burton hilary.burton@phgfoundation.org
PHG Foundation, 2 Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
Genome Medicine 2009, 1:93 doi:10.1186/gm93
Published: 12 October 2009Abstract
In June 2009, the Science and Technology Committee of the UK House of Lords published a report on genomic medicine, based on expert evidence collected over an 18-month period. Crucially, the report signaled that the use of genomic medicine was at a crossroads, due to the rapid development of new technologies, and opened up opportunities across the whole of medicine and healthcare. This commentary responds to the report's call for a new health service strategy, including a new genetics White Paper from the Government, and suggests some of the important elements that need further consideration.