Directory of Genetic Centres and Services - UK Regional

Click on one of the links below for details of genetic services by location in the UK.

Northern - Genetic Services

Northern Ireland - Genetic Services

Trent - Genetic Services

North Thames - Genetic Services

North West - Genetic Services

Oxford and Anglia - Genetic Services

Scotland - Genetic Services

South Thames - Genetic Services

South West - Genetic Services

Wales - Genetic Services

West Midlands - Genetic Services

Are you thinking of buying a health related genetic test over the counter or from the internet?

The Human Genetics Commission (HGC) with the Genetic Interest Group have produced a list of questions to help you when taking such a decision.  To have a look at this list please use the link below.
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Northern

Northern Region Genetics Service
Institute of Human Genetics, International Centre for Life, Central Parkway NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE1 3BZ Tel: 0191 241 8721 Fax: 0191 241 8799
Catchment areas: Cleveland, Durham, Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Cumbria

Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service
Department of Clinical Genetics, Ashley Wing St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street LEEDS LS9 7TF
Tel: 0113 206 5555 Fax: 0113 246 7090
Catchment areas: N Yorkshire, Bradford, W Yorshire, Leeds, Wakefield, E Riding, Grimsby, Scunthorpe

Northern Ireland

N Ireland Regional Genetic Service
Department of Medical Genetics, Floor A Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, BELFAST BT9 7AB Tel: 028 9026 3873 Fax: 028 90236911
Catchment areas: Northern Ireland

North Thames

N E Thames Regional Genetics Service Mothercare Unit of Clinical Genetics & Fetal Medicine
Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street LONDON, WC1N 1EH Tel: 0207 905 2647 Fax: 020 7813 8141
Catchment areas: Barking, Havering, Brentwood, Basildon, Thurrock, Bloomsbury, City & Hackney, Enfield,Hampstead, W, NE, & Mid Essex, Southend, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge, Newham.

N W Thames Regional Genetics Service
Kennedy Galton Centre, Level 8V Northwick Park & St Marks NHS Trust, Watford Road HARROW, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
Tel: 020 8869 2795 Fax: 020 8869 3106
Catchment areas: Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Barnet, Hillingdon, Brent & Harrow, Ealing, Hammersmith, Hounslow, Kensington, Chelsea, Westminster, , Edgware,

North West

Chester Regional Clinical Genetics Service
Moston Lodge, Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road, CHESTER CH2 1UL Tel: 01244 364 754 Fax: 01244 364 770
Email:clinical.genetics@coch.nhs.uk
Catchment areas: Chester, Crewe, Halton, Runcorn, Wirral, Warrington,

Leicestershire Clinical Genetics Service
Leicester Royal Infirmary, LEICESTER, LE1 5WW Tel: 0116 258 5736 Fax: 0116 258 6057
Catchment areas: Leicester

Manchester Regional Genetics Centre
Department of Medical Genetics, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, MANCHESTER M13 0JH
Tel: 0161 276 6002 Fax: 0161 276 6145
Catchment areas: Lancaster, Blackpool, Preston, Blackburn, Burnely, Chorley, bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

Manchester Paediatric Genetics Unit
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Hospital Road, Pendlebury, MANCHESTER, M27 4HA
Tel: 0161 727 2335 Fax: 0161 727 2329
Catchment areas: Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, Warrington

Mersey Regional Genetic Service
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Eaton Road, LIVERPOOL L12 2AP Tel: 0151 252 5238 Fax: 0151 252 5951
Catchment areas: Liverpool, Wirral, Southport, St Helens & Knowsley, Warrington, Runcorn, Chester, Crewe, Isle of Man

Oxford and Anglia

East Anglia Regional Genetics Service
Department of Clinical Genetics
PO Box 134, Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS Trust, CAMBRIDGE CB2 2QQ
Tel: 01223 216446 Fax: 01223 217 054
Catchment areas: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, parts of N Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire

Oxford Regional Genetics Service
Department of Clinical Genetics
The Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Headington OXFORD OX3 7LJ Tel: 01865 226 066 Fax: 01865 226 011
Catchment areas: Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Swindon.

Scotland

E Scotland Human Genetic Laboratories
Human Genetics Unit, Level 6, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, DUNDEE DD1 9SY Tel: 01382 632035 Fax: 01382 645731
Catchment areas: Dundee, Perth, N Fife, Angus, Perthshire

N Scotland Clinical Genetics Service
Department of Medical Genetics, Medical School, Foresterhill, ABERDEEN AB25 2ZD Tel: 01224 552120 Fax: 01224 559390
Catchment areas: Grampian, Highland, Orkney & Shetland, Western Isles

S E Scotland Regional Genetics Centre
Department of Clinical Genetics, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, EDINBURGH EH4 2XU Tel: 0131 651 1012 Fax: 0131 651 1013
Catchment areas: Lothian, Fife, Borders

West Scotland Regional Genetics Service
Ferguson Smith Centre for Clinical Genetics Block 4 Yorhill NHS Trust Glasgow G3 8SJ Tel: 0141 201 0808 Fax: 0141201 0361
Head of Department: Professor J M Connor
Email: j.m.connor@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

Catchment areas: Greater Glasgow, Argyll & Clyde, Ayrshire & Arran, Forth Valley, Lanarkshire, Dumfries & Galloway

Inverness Cytogenetics Laboratory
Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, IV2 3UJ
Tel: 01463 704 000

South Thames

S E Thames Regional Genetics Service
Division of Medical & Molecular Genetics, 8th Floor, Guy's Tower, Guy's Hospital, LONDON SE1 9RT Tel: 020 7188 1364 Fax: 020 7188 1369
Catchment areas: Kent, E Sussex, Bromley, Greenwich, Bexley, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham

S W Thames Regional Genetics Service
St Georges Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, LONDON, SW17 0RE Tel: 020 8725 5335 Fax: 020 8725 3444
Catchment areas: Ashford New River,S W London, Surrey, W Sussex

South West

Bristol Clinical Genetics Service
St Michaels Hospital, Southwell Street, BRISTOL BS2 8EG
Tel: 0117 928 5652 Fax: 0117 928 5108
Catchment areas: Avon, Somerset, Gloucester, Cheltenham

Devon & Cornwall Clinical Dept of Genetics
Department of Child Health, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Heavitree), Gladstone Road EXETER, Devon, EX1 2ED
Tel: 01392 405726  Fax: 01392 405739
Catchment areas: Devon, Cornwall

Wessex Clinical Genetics Service
Princess Anne Hospital, Coxford Road SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 5YA
Tel: 02380 796166 Fax: 02380 794346
Catchment areas: Hampshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Salisbury

Trent

Nottingham Department of Clinical Genetics
2nd Floor, H Block, City Hospital NHS Trust, Hucknall Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 1PB Tel: 0115 962 7728 Fax: 0115 962 8042
Catchment areas: Nottingham, N Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, S & N Derbyshire

North Trent Clinical Genetics Service
Sheffield Childrens Hospital, Blue Wing, Weston Bank Sheffield S10 2TH
Tel: 0114 271 7025 Fax: 0114 273 7467
Catchment areas: Doncaster, Worksop, Barnsley, Chesterfield, Rotherham, Sheffield, Buxton

Wales

Institute of Medical Genetics
University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park CARDIFF CF4 4XW Wales Tel: 02920 744028 Fax: 02920 747603
Catchment areas: all of Wales

West Midlands

W Midlands Regional Clinical Genetics Service
Clinical Genetics Unit, Birmingham Womens Hospital, Metchley Park Road, Edgbaston BIRMINGHAM B15 2TG Tel: 0121 627 2630 Fax: 0121 627 2618
Catchment areas: Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Hereford & Worcester, W Midlands