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A Toolkit for Developing Services Involving Genetics

These pages present a Toolkit for those who are developing services for patients with or at risk of genetic conditions. The Toolkit is based on the experiences of previous service development initiatives in genetics. Read how the Toolkit was developed.

Please note that this toolkit is not intended to be a complete guide to service development; you may also want to consult generic service development resources and expertise within your own organisation.

 

Toolkit Outline

Previous service development initiatives in genetics have found that these are the key areas that should be considered when planning service developments.

  1. Planning the service
  2. Staffing issues
  3. Stakeholder involvement
  4. Working with genetics departments
  5. Working across specialties
  6. Working with healthcare organisations
  7. Working with communities - cultural awareness
  8. Communication
  9. Providing online Information
  10. Providing Education for Health Professionals

 

 

Last updated: 13 October 2011