title: A new strategic phase for genomic medicine in UK health services.
abstract: In June 2009, the Science and Technology Committee of the UK House of Lords published a report on genomic medicine, based on expert evidence collected over an 18-month period. Crucially, the report signaled that the use of genomic medicine was at a crossroads, due to the rapid development of new technologies, and opened up opportunities across the whole of medicine and healthcare. This commentary responds to the report's call for a new health service strategy, including a new genetics White Paper from the Government, and suggests some of the important elements that need further consideration.
authors.affiliation: PHG Foundation, 2 Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK. hilary.burton@phgfoundation.org.
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Caroline F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zimmern