Clinical Genetics Service - Who Do We See?
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General Genetics
- Families with a known inherited condition e.g. Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, fragile X
- Children who have a special combination of features and/or delay with their development. The diagnosis may be uncertain and the family or doctors are wondering if there may be a genetic condition to account for the child's problems
- Couples who have experienced pregnancy loss
- Couples who are close blood relatives
- Individuals concerned as particular types of cancer have occurred in close relatives
Cancer Services
- Breast cancer
- Breast and ovarian cancer
- Gastroenterology cancers
- Genetic Syndromes associated with a high cancer risk
Our main referrals come from Consultants, GP's and Community Paediatricians. However, we are happy to take appropriate referrals from other specialists allied to medicine. Our clinics are based at various hospitals in Merseyside and Cheshire.
How does Genetic Counselling Help Families?
- By making or confirming a diagnosis, where possible
- Providing understandable information about the condition
- Discussing risks of becoming affected with the condition in the future
- Discussing the risks to future children or other relatives
- Explaining types of testing or screening available
- Talking about ways of coping with the condition or risk of a condition and what support is available
Research
The Clinical Service is involved in many research projects and provides a research-based service. If you are interested in the range of research interests of staff and the studies currently recruiting click here .
Practice Development Unit Accreditation
The Cheshire and Merseyside Clinical Genetics Service is working towards becoming a practice development. This is a two year journey to accreditation and on achieving this we will have demonstrated that we are “providing patient focused care based upon best available evidence and which has been evaluated as being effective.” (CDHPP, University of Leeds) We have identified priority areas which includes our patients in service developments.
