Clinical Genetics

Clinical genetics service for the North of Scotland

Clinical genetics services for the North of Scotland are based in the Clinical Genetics Centre in Ashgrove House on the Aberdeen Foresterhill campus, and at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. The multi-disciplinary team offers a comprehensive clinical genetics service for patients from NHS Grampian, NHS Highland, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and the northern half of the Western Isles. An important part of our work is education and teaching, and translational genetics based healthcare research.

Our service includes:

• Genetic evaluation, genetic counselling and case management by clinical geneticists (doctors who specialise in inherited disease), genetic counsellors and specialist nurses through outpatient clinics held in Aberdeen, Inverness, Orkney and Shetland. Specialist multidisciplinary clinics are also held jointly with other medical specialties, and we participate in a number of managed clinical networks.

We provide a clinical diagnostic and counselling service for patients and families affected by or at a risk of inherited disorders.

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Contact Number: 01224 552120
Email: gram.clinicalgenetics@nhs.scot 

Location:
Clinical Genetics
Ashgrove House,
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZA