Genomics
Find information resources about genomics including key resources, books, and journal articles. This guide is for RCN members including nursing students, nursing support workers, and registered nurses.
Last updated:
13/05/2026
Key Resources
The British Society for Genetic Medicine (2026) Managing incidental findings: guidance for rare and inherited disease diagnostic genomic testing.
The British Society for Genetic Medicine, Referring to specialist genetic clinics.
Department of Health (2022) Northern Ireland Rare Diseases - Action Plan 2022/23 and reports.
Department of Health and Social Care (2026) England rare diseases action plan 2026.
NHS England, Genomics Education Programme (2023) The 2023 genomic competencies framework for UK nurses.
NHS England, Genomics Education Programme (2025) Genomics learning passport for nurses.
NHS England, Genomics Education Programme: Genomics in nursing.
NHS England (2025) Nursing and midwifery genomics framework in England.
NHS England: National genomic test directory.
NHS Race & Health Observatory and The University of Nottingham (2024) Ethnic Inequities in Genomics and Precision Medicine.
NHS Wales (2023) Wales Rare Diseases Action Plan 2021 - 2026.
Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Pathologists and British Society for Genetic Medicine (2019) Consent and confidentiality in genomic medicine: guidance on the use of genetic and genomic information in the clinic. 3rd edn. London: RCP, RCPath and BSGM.
Scottish Government (2024) Genomic medicine strategy 2024 to 2029.
Scottish Government (2026) Rare disease action plan: progress report 2026.
World Health Organization, Health Topics: Genomics
NHS England: Genomics
NHS Choices: Genetic and genomic testing.
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Information aimed at the public.
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Books
Carey N (2019) Hacking the code of life: how gene editing will rewrite our futures. London: Icon Books.
Coulson J (2025) Genomics for nurses: an introduction. Oxford: Taylor & Francis Group.
Dhar S, Nagamani S and Eble T (2020) Handbook of clinical adult genetics and genomics: a practice-based approach, London: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Genomics Education Programme and Health Education England (2017) The Genomics game. London: Focus Games.
Ginsburg G S et al. (eds.) (2022) Genomic and precision medicine: oncology. 3rd edn. London: Academic Press.
Harper P (2020) The evolution of medical genetics: a British perspective, Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis Group.
Kelly L and Stanford W P (eds.) (2025) Implementation of personalized precision medicine: expanding the clinical vision towards prevention, early detection and precision treatment of disease to drive extended healthspan. London: Academic Press, Elsevier.
Lilley L L, Collins S R and Snyder J S (2023) Pharmacology and the nursing process. 10th edn. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier.
Pyeritz R E, Korf B R and Grody W W (2022) Emery and Rimoin’s principles and practice of medical genetics and genomics: hematologic, renal, and immunologic disorders. 7th edn. San Diego: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Riedijk S and Diderich K E M (2021) Prenatal genetic counseling: practical support for prenatal diagnostics, decision-making, and dealing with uncertainty. San Diego: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Roy K B and Mathiesen A (2024) Foundations of perinatal genetic counseling: a guide for counselors. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Subasic K (2022) Fast facts on genetics and genomics for nurses: practical applications. New York: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated.
Tarasov Y (2025) Genomics: its role in treatment and ethics. Allied Health Press.
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Journals
Videos
Genomics England (2015) The 100,000 Genomes project – Jessica’s story (video).
NHS England, Genomics education programme (2021) Genomics in midwifery animation (video).
NHS England, Genomics education programme (2018) nursing in the genomic era (video).
e-Learning
Future Learn: The genomics era: the future of genetics in medicine.
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A free 5-week course that provides healthcare professionals with a basic grounding in genomic medicine.
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NHS England Genomics education programme (2018) Genomics in healthcare (e-learning module).
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This course introduces genomics and how it is and will be applied in healthcare. If you work for the NHS or a UK university, access is free.
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NHS England Genomics education programme (2021) Nursing educator’s toolkit (teaching resource). This toolkit has been developed to support educators delivering the subject as part of their pre-registration training programmes. This toolkit has been endorsed by the RCN
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This toolkit has been developed to support educators delivering the subject as part of their pre-registration training programmes.
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