Page 1 A Report of the Royal College of Physicians Clinical genetic services Activity, outcome,
effectiveness and quality A REPORT FROM THE CLINICAL GENETICS COMMITTEE OF THE …

Co-workers, principally specialist nursing staff, are involved with providing clinical genetics
services alongside clinical geneticists. Table 2 shows that there are now 108.8 wte co …

This dataset does not provide a complete measure of the activity that is likely to be
generated by any single referral since each new referral may involve a great deal of record …

The reform of the British National Health Service will bring radical changes in the way
existing services and new developments are funded, although it is intended that funding will …

I The Genetic Enquiry Centre in Manchester has designed a three-pronged health services
research programme to address current issues in genetics. The issues are: whether doctors …

The work of clinical geneticists, and much of the work of related laboratory genetics services,
is aimed principally at the needs of individual people and families with a risk of genetic …

The practical value of medical genetics, in particular the development of molecular genetics
complemented by clinical diagnosis and counselling, is widely recognised. There is strong …

In an introductory review of the development of medical genetics as a medical specialty,
developments in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of genetic diseases, and changes …

Epochal changes in genetic medicine require well informed health professionals for their
utilization and to ensure adequate ethical safeguards for individual patients and families …

The valuable contribution made by nurses and social workers employed in genetic services
in Britain was recognised by a Clinical Genetics Society Working Party. A recent survey has …