Genetic testing gets UK boost with training centre:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Birmingham Women's Healthcare Trust has been chosen to run the National Health Service's Genetics Education and Development Centre, it was announced today (May 4 2004). The new centre - affiliated to the "virtual" NHS University - is aimed at improving the understanding of NHS staff of how genetic technology can be used in diagnosis, prevention and treatment, in order to advise patients about whether to take a genetic test, for example.