World-first national genetic testing service to deliver rapid life-saving checks for babies and kids

World-first national genetic testing service to deliver rapid life-saving checks for babies and kids The NHS will be able to diagnose and potentially save the lives of thousands of severely ill children and babies — within days rather than weeks — with a world-first national genetic testing service launching today.

Announcing the groundbreaking new service at the first-ever NHS genomics conference in England, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard hailed it as the start of a “new era of genomic medicine”. NHS England

See also: 

• Life-saving gene test for seriously ill children in England BBC News
• DNA revolution 'to save thousands of young lives The Daily Mail
• New NHS genetic testing service 'could save thousands of children' in England The Guardian