Our Genetic Counselling service covers every step of the process, ensuring your patients are informed and comfortable with their reproductive genetic carrier screening pathway.  

• The initial consultation involves a comprehensive review of the patients’ medical and family histories
• Discussing the appropriate test most relevant to their individual needs
• Answering any questions to ensure they are well informed
• Explaining the implications of possible high-risk test results
• Arranging the tests, which can be done via a saliva or blood collection
• Providing detailed result interpretation and tailored guidance should results indicate a high-risk of passing on a genetic condition 
• Discussion of fertility treatment pathways, if required

The ideal time for genetic counselling is when patients are planning for a pregnancy. Screening before becoming pregnant gives couples the widest array of reproductive options.   

Individuals often have no knowledge that they are carriers of a genetic condition. In fact, 90% of babies born with an inherited genetic condition had no family history of it. Reproductive carrier screening looks for genetic variants in a person’s genes that may cause a health condition. The results provide information for couples about the chance of having a child with a genetic condition, before falling pregnant. This testing is safe and reliable, and can be performed either by blood test or on a cheek swab.  

By offering patients Reproductive Genetic Carrier Screening, our highly qualified and compassionate Genetic Counsellors can discuss all screening options, either for a specific condition or for chromosomal variations, to minimise their chance of passing on a genetic condition to a child.