HC Deb 15 March 1984 vol 56 cc266-9W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied that National Health Service professionals in the field of perinatal and neonatal mortality at present have both the clinical and genetic training to diagnose and to counsel patients with genetic problems and to interpret the results of complex genetic tests; what steps he is taking to provide training for those health workers seeking it; where the regional centres are at present and where such training can be obtained.

Mr. John Patten

The responsibility for postgraduate medical education and training rests with the relevant royal colleges and professional bodies, and for pre-registration training with the General Medical Council. Doctors working in the field of perinatal medicine need to be able to counsel patients and their families on the risks of transmission of inherited or partly inherited conditions and to diagnose these where possible. We are reasonably satisfied that this need is taken into account in the professional training programmes arranged for them. Referral of complicated cases to a specialist centre may be necessary at times, and for such cases the regional advisory centres and clinics listed have been established. Opportunities for additional training may be provided in these centres.

Genetic advisory centres — Regional Health Authorities — England

Northern

  • Regional Genetics Advisory Service
  • University Department of Human Genetics
  • 19 Claremont Place Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4AA
  • Genetic Clinic
  • North Tees General Hospital Children's Outpatients Department
  • Hardwick Stockton-on-Tees Cleveland
  • Genetic Clinic
  • Children's Department Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle
  • Genetic Clinic
  • Child Assessment Unit West Cumberland Hospital
  • Kensingham Whitehaven Cumbria

Yorkshire

  • Genetic Clinic
  • The General Infirmary of Leeds Great George Street Leeds
  • LS1 3EX

Trent

  • Centre of Human Genetics
    • 267
  • (Sub-Department of Medical Genetics) Longhill 117
  • Manchester Road Sheffield S10 5ND
  • Regional Genetics Service
  • City Hospital Hucknall Road Nottingham NG5 1PD

East Anglian

  • Regional Genetics Advisory Service
  • Addenbrooke's Hospital Hills Road Cambridge CB2 2QQ

North West Thames

  • Kennedy Calton Centre Harperbury Hospital Harper Lane
  • Radlett Herts. WD7 9HQ
  • Northwick Park Hospital
  • Watford Road Harrow Middlesex HA1 3UJ
  • Middlesex Hospital
  • Mortimer Street London W1N 8AA
  • Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital
  • Goldhawk Road London W6 OXG
  • Genetic Clinic for Skin Disorders
  • Institute of Dermatology St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
  • Lisle Street Leicester Square London WC2H 7BJ
  • Genetic Counselling
  • St Mary's Hospital Praed Street London W2
  • Bedford General Hospital 1 session/6 weeks
  • South Wing Kempson Road Bedford
  • Luton and Dunstable Hospital 1 session/month
  • Children's Annexe
  • London Road Luton Beds.

North East Thames

  • Genetic Clinic
  • Institute of Child Health
  • The Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street London
  • WC1N 3JH
  • Genetic Clinic
  • The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases
  • Queen Square London WC1N 3DG
  • Genetic Clinic
  • Paediatric Department North Middlesex Hospital Sterling
  • Way Edmonton N18
  • Galton Laboratory
  • Department of Human Genetics University College
  • London Wolfson House 4 Stephenson Way London
  • NW1 2HE
  • Genetic Clinic Paediatric Department
  • University College Hospital Huntley Street London WC1E 9AU
  • Genetic Clinic
  • Moorfields Eye Hospital City Road London EC1V 2PD
  • Genetic Clinic
  • Pathology Department
  • Turner Village Hospital Mile End Colchester CO4 5JP

South East Thames

  • Paediatric Research Unit
  • The Prince Phillip Research Laboratories
  • Guy's Hospital Medical School Guy's Tower London Bridge
  • London SE1 9RT
  • The Maudsley Hospital
  • Denmark Hill London SE5 8AZ

South West Thames

  • Genetic Counselling
  • St. George's Hospital Blackshaw Road London SW17 0QT
    • 268
  • Queen Mary's Hospital for Children
  • Queen's Drive Beeches Carshalton Surrey SM5 4NR
  • St. Lawrence's Hospital
  • Caterham Surrey CR3 5YA
  • The Forest Hospital
  • Crawley Road Horsham Sussex

Cyto-Genetics

  • Regional Cyto-Geneticist
  • Wandle Valley Hospital Mitcham Junction Surrey CR4 4XL
  • Note: Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. R. G. Chitham
  • Royal West Sussex Hospital
  • St. Richard's Spitafield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 4SE

Wessex

  • Genetic Clinic
  • Department of Child Health
  • Southampton General Hospital Tremona Road Shirley
  • Southampton SO9 4XY
  • Department of Cytogenetics
  • Salisbury General Infirmary
  • Fisherton Street Salisbury SP2 7SX

Oxford

  • Oxfordshire Area Health Authority (T)
  • Department of Medical Genetics Old Road Headington
  • Oxford OX3 7LE

South Western

  • Department of Child Health
  • Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children St. Michael's Hill
  • Bristol BS2 8BJ
  • Paediatric Research Unit
  • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Gladstone Road Exeter
  • EX1 2ED
  • Genetic Counselling
  • Quarterly Clinic
  • Musgrove Park Hospital
  • Somerset
  • Note: Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Webb
  • Monthly Clinic
  • Scott Hospital
  • Plymouth Devon
  • Note: Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. M. Vowles

West Midlands

  • Infant Development Unit (two per week)
  • Birmingham Maternity Hospital Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TG
  • Birmingham and Midland Eye Hosptial (two per month)
  • Church Street Birmingham B3 2NS

Two Monthly Clinics at:

  • Staffordshire General Infirmary
  • Foregate Street Stafford ST16 2PA
  • Central Out-Patients Department
  • North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary Princess Road
  • Hartshill Stoke-on-Trent Staffs ST4 7LN

Quarterly Clinics at:

  • The General Hospital
  • New Street Burton-on-Trent Staffs
  • Sherbourne Fields School
  • Rowington Close Coventry Warwicks
  • The County Hospital
  • Hereford HR1 2ER
    • 269
  • George Eliot Hospital
  • Nuneaton Warwicks CD1D 7BL
  • Hospital of St. Cross
  • Barby Road Rugby Warwicks CV22 5PX
  • Warwick General Hospital
  • Lakin Road Warwick CV34 5GW
  • The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
  • Mytton Oak Road Shrewsbury SY1 1DY
  • Worcester Royal Infirmary
  • Castle Street Branch Castle Street Worcester WR1 3AS

Four Monthly Clinics:

  • Lea Castle Hosptial
  • Wolverley Kidderminster DY11 6XN
  • Exhall Grange School for the Partially Sighted
  • Wheelwright Lane Coventry CV7 94P

Mersey

  • Genetic Advisory Clinic
  • Maternity Wing West Cheshire Hospital Liverpool Road
  • Chester CH1 2BA
  • Genetic Advisory Clinic
  • Assessment Centre Alder Hey Children's Hospital Eaton
  • Road West Derby Liverpool L12 2AP
  • Department of Cytogenetics
  • Nuffield Wing
  • School of Medicine PO Box. 147 Liverpool L60 2BX (it is expected that from 1 August 1981 the address of this unit will be:
  • Cytogenetic Unit
  • Royal Liverpool Hospital PO Box. 147 Liverpool L69 3BX
  • Genetic Advisory Clinic
  • Cerebral Palsy Unit
  • Clatterbridge Hospital Beblington Wirral Merseyside
  • L63 4JY

North Western

  • University Department of Medical Genetics
  • St. Mary's Hospital Whitworth Park Manchester
  • M13 OJH
  • University Department of Medical Genetics
  • Manchester Royal Infirmary Oxford Road Manchester
  • M13 9WL
  • Assessment Unit
  • Booth Hall Children's Hospital Charlestown Road
  • Blackley Manchester M9 2AA
  • Department of Clinical Genetics
  • Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Pendlebury
  • Manchester M27 1HA
  • Willink Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
  • Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Pendlebury
  • Manchester M27 1HA