North West Coast Genomic Medicine Centre Launch Event

The launch of North West Coast NHS Genomic Medicine Centre, a partnership led by Liverpool Women's Hospital alongside Liverpool Health Partners and involving several other NHS Trust from the region. This partnership was announced as one of the teams that will lead the way in delivering the '100,000 Genomes Project', a three year project launched by David Cameron, which will transform diagnosis and treatment for patients with cancer and rare diseases.

This event will be an opportunity to meet the people behind the project, and gain an insight and understanding of what the aspirations and ambitions of this project are.

Refreshments will be available throughtout the evening.

Time

Agenda Item

4.00 - 4.05

Welcome & Introductions (Chairman of Liverpool Women's)

4.05 - 4.30

100k Genomes Project & National Context (Prof Sue Hill, Chief Scientific Officer, NHS England)

4.30 - 4:50

Introduction to the North West Coast GMC (Angela Douglas, Programme Director, NWC GMC)

4:50 - 5.40

Clinicians perspective

• Patient Recruitment, Consent and Results Reporting (Lynn Greenhalgh, Carlo Palmieri)
• Informatics (Jonathan Vickers and David Walliker)
• NHS Transformation through Translational Medicine Applications (Angela Douglas
• Patient Perspective (PPI Forum)

5.40 - 5.50

Q&A & Panel Discussion

5.50 - 6.00

Next steps

6.00 - 6.30

Close & Drinks Reception