Get Connected: Our networks

The 7 regional Genomic Medicine Services have come together to deliver a national series of engaging, accessible and short Lunch & Learn webinars throughout 2025.

The webinars are aimed at anyone in a healthcare role — nurses, doctors, AHPs, pharmacists, midwives, and all healthcare professionals with an interest in knowing more about genomics and its relevancy to their clinical practice.

See our Lunch and Learn page to register for upcoming sessions and view recordings of previous sessions.

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.

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 NHS 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 to:

• Share updates and learning on the implementation of genomics into nursing practice and review how best practice can be shared and disseminated regionally.
• Work 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 if you would like further information: anita.murphy@nnuh.nhs.uk or to join this network email your request to egmsa@nnuh.nhs.uk.

The Regional Midwives in Genetics and Genomics 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.

Register your free place here. (opens in a new tab)

The Regional Nurses in Genetics and Genomics Network (RegNuGGs) brings together regional nurses and those in specialist roles that support the embedding of genomics in nursing.

The group will work to achieve the following aims:

• Support and encourage a network approach that will accelerate the integration of genomics within nursing practice in the NHS in England and ensure the delivery of optimal genomics-informed care to patients;
• Collaborate, where appropriate, to complete existing planned nursing projects and support local priorities;
• Share updates and learning on the implementation of genomics into nursing 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 nursing practice and work to identify ways to address these;
• Share and disseminate exemplars of good practice in genomics in nursing and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) practice to support the delivery of health benefits for patients.

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.

We are supporting 16 genomic communities of practice to support healthcare staff across specialities and job roles to share best practice, upskill and better integrate genomic medicine into their clinical practice.

You can find out more about each of our communities of practice including who is leading it, a schedule of upcoming meetings, how to join, and where to access slides and recordings from previous meetings.