Website of the Department of Health

NHS genetics services

Guidance on planning, provision and commissioning of genetics services.

• Genetics services: a guide for primary care trusts
• Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) - Guiding principles for commissioners of NHS services

Genetics committees

The Human Genetics Commission was established in December 1999 and subsumed the work of three other advisory bodies, the Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (ACGT), the Human Genetics Advisory Commission (HGAC) and the Advisory Group on Scientific Advances in Genetics (AGSAG).

• Human Genetics Commission (HGC) (opens new window)
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (opens new window)
• Genetics and Insurance Committee (GAIC) (opens new window)
• Gene Therapy Advisory Committee (GTAC) (opens new window)
• Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (ACGT) (opens new window)

Our inheritance, our future: realising the potential of genetics in the NHS

Published: 24/06/2003

The aim of this White Paper is to set out a vision of how patients could benefit in future from advances in genetics, and raise awareness of the potential of genetics in healthcare; includes a £50m three-year plan of implementation.

• Our inheritance, our future: realising the potential of genetics in the NHS

Report about laboratory genetics services in the NHS

Report of an expert working group to the NHS Executive and the Human Genetics Commission, August 2000.

• Report about laboratory genetics services in the NHS

Bids invited for new NHS genetics education and development centre

The Department of Health today invited bids from universities and other organisations with a track record in education and training to set up the new NHS Genetics Education and Development Centre.

• Bids invited for new NHS genetics education and development centre

Health Secretary John Reid announces £50 million genetics strategy for the NHS

The Department of Health today published a £50 million strategy to harness the potential of advances in genetics for the benefit of NHS patients.

• Health Secretary John Reid announces £50 million genetics strategy for the NHS

R&D calls for proposals

All calls from national DH and NHS R&D programmes for research proposals will be posted here - including the Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA), DH Policy Research Programme, New and Emerging Applications of Technology (NEAT), Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) & Research Capacity Development (RCD).

• R&D calls for proposals