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2 Specialties Clinical genetics<strong>working</strong>inRGCsallocateconsiderabletimeto<strong>working</strong> <strong>with</strong> colleagues across the specialties inorder to ensure that the potential benefits <strong>of</strong>genetic testing are understood, made available to<strong>patients</strong> in all areas <strong>of</strong> medicine (so-called‘mainstreaming’), and ethically applied.10 The development <strong>of</strong> genetic predisposition tests(bothinNHSclinicsandcommercial‘direct-to-consumer’ tests) will increase thedemand on NHS genetic counselling services, as agreater proportion <strong>of</strong> <strong>patients</strong> will not have singlegene disorders or chromosome rearrangements butmore complex multifactorial problems.References1 Department <strong>of</strong> Health. Annual report <strong>of</strong> the Chief MedicalOfficer 2009. London: DH, 2010:38–45.2 <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> Physicians. 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