Genetic testing ‘will save NHS time & money’ - Hancock

Genetic testing ‘will save NHS time & money’ - Hancock Genetic testing will save the NHS time and money in the long-term by encouraging people to work with clinicians in taking better care of themselves, Matt Hancock has claimed, although they will need help and support to make sense of their genetic data. The Royal College of GPs (RCGP) agreed with the health and social care secretary that the information will need to be handled sensitively and ethically, and it warned that an increase in testing of "unimportant or dubious value" will lead to confusion and distress, and to an increasing number of people visiting their GP worried about their results. OnMedica

See also:

• Genetic testing should never be taken lightly, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
• Hancock accused of 'astonishing ignorance' after he speaks about his prostate cancer risk The Daily Telegraph
• Health secretary wants NHS to roll out genetic tests to detect diseases The Guardian
• ‘Astonishing level of ignorance’: Matt Hancock criticised for revealing results of his genetic test for diseases The Independent