Welcome

Welcome to the Primary Care Genetics Society website.

With the recent advances made in the understanding of the Human Genome, clinical genetics has become very relevant for General Practice.

The implications for primary care practice include a better understanding of the genetic basis of diseases such as cancer, reproductive medicine, diabetes and heart disease and therefore the potential for intervention. This includes managing patients with genetic disorders, screening advice, genetic testing and dealing with ethical dilemmas in practice.

The Primary Care Genetics Society (PCGS) is a new organisation established to support primary care professionals (PCPs) as they find themselves dealing with an ever demanding public who are continually being fed information about genetics from various sources including the internet and the lay media.  

The primary aim of the Society is to support and facilitate the educational needs of PCPs to help translate the continuing advances in clinical genetics into practice.

The next PCGS event will be the Symposium: The Relevance of Clinical Genetics to General Practice Medicine, taking place on 4th March 2009 at Shipley Health Centre, Bradford. The PCGS has held several very successful conferences since its beginning in 2007. To read more about our events, view the past presentations and to register, go to our EVENTS PAGE.