On this page you can find out more about the various meetings, groups and networks for genomics in nursing and midwifery across the East Midlands and East of England.
Our Nursing and Midwifery team have a number of regular group meetings which aim to create, develop and sustain a 'community of practice' in our region.
NEW FOR 2024: East Prenatal Genomics Forum
We are pleased to invite anyone working in Feto-Maternal or Prenatal services, midwifery or genetics to join our new Prenatal Genomics Forum for the East region.
Run by NHS East Genomics, the Forum aims to bring together the MDT team in prenatal services - across the East Midlands and East of England - to discuss genomics in practice.
If you have an NHS email address you can request access to our Prenatal Genomics Forum workspace pages here (opens in a new tab). Once you have access, you can see upcoming meetings and access slides and recordings from previous meetings.
Nurses in Genomics and Genetics Network
Our East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA) Nurses in Genomics and Genetics Network is a bi-monthly meeting which brings together nurses and other allied health care professionals from each of the 29 trusts in our region. This forum is open to nurses and AHPs with an interest in genomics or those already utilising genomic testing within their clinical pathways.
The purpose of this meeting is:
- Share updates and learning on the implementation of genomics into nursing practice and review how best practice can be shared and disseminated regionally.
- Working collaboratively to support nursing projects and local priorities within genomics.
- Assist East GMSA to network within the 29 trusts in our region.
Contact Anita Murphy, Lead Nurse (anita.murphy@nnuh.nhs.uk) if you would like further information.
To join this network email egmsa@nnuh.nhs.uk.
Regional Midwives in Genomics and Genetics Network (RegMiGGs)
The Regional Midwives in Genomics and Genetics Network (RegMiGGs) brings together regional midwives, educators and those in specialist roles that support the embedding of genomics in maternity services.
The group will work to achieve the following aims:
- Support and encourage a network approach that will accelerate the integration of genomics within midwifery practice in the NHS in England and ensure the delivery of optimal genomics-informed care to mothers and babies;
- Collaborate, where appropriate, to complete existing planned midwifery projects and support local priorities;
- Share updates and learning on the implementation of genomics into midwifery practice and review how best practice can be shared and disseminated regionally, aligning with NHS GMS Alliance priorities;
- Identify challenges to the integration of genomics within midwifery practice and work to identify ways to address these;
- Share and disseminate exemplars of good practice in genomics in midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) practice to support the delivery of health benefits for pregnancy, women, babies, and families;
If you are an NHS clinician you can request access to our Nursing and Midwifery (opens in a new tab) pages on the FutureNHS Collaboration Platform, where you can access meeting documents and recordings.
Paediatric Forum
This monthly one hour online forum is an opportunity for Paediatricians and Neonatologists in our region to come together and review genomic cases, share best practice and learning as we get used to ordering tests from the National Genomic Test Directory.
To find out more please contact Dr Gemma Chandratillake, East Genomic Laboratory Hub (GLH) Education and Training Lead: gemma.chandratillake@nhs.net