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Genomics: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in genomic testing activity through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service since April 2023; and what steps he is taking to help support access to genomi
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jul 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in genomic testing activity through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service since April 2023; and what steps he is taking to help support access to genomi
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jul 2026
Answer published
Genomic testing in the National Health Service in England is provided through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service (NHS GMS) and delivered by a national genomic testing network of seven NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs (GLHs). The NHS GLHs deliver testing as direc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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