Genomics England recruiting for new Chief Digital Officer role
The chief digital officer will work alongside Genomics England chief executive, the CIO and chief scientist for a salary of £149,000.
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Five million volunteers to have DNA analysed in new genomics projects
NHS patients will have their genetic information analysed and used for research into predictive medicine under a new programme from Genomics England.
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Secure, resilient storage for 100,000 genomes in the cloud
Run by Genomics England, the 100,000 Genomes Project is the largest national sequencing project of its kind in the world. It aims to create a genomic medicine service within the NHS, and to kick-start a UK genomics industry. De-identified data is securely stored on the UKCloud platform, where authorised researchers have access to it.
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UKCloud launches dedicated health division
Fast-growing cloud services specialist UKCloud has launched a new dedicated healthcare division UKCloud Health.
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Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s industry round-up includes the news that all trusts are now members of GS1 UK and some interesting wins for UK companies abroad.
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Genomics England names tech partners
Genomics England has announced the four companies that will help interpret human genomes as part of the government’s ambitious 100,000 Genomes Project.
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NHS England names 100K genome centres
NHS England has named the eleven centres across the country that will drive efforts to sequence 100,000 genomes by 2017.
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PM announces £300m for genome project
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £300m investment into the project to sequence 100,000 genomes by 2017.
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NHS maps out 100K genomes medicine plans
NHS England expects to have contracts in place with providers by January 2015 for its ambitious project to sequence 100,000 genomes and link the results with a national database of electronic patient records.
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Genomic data project wins cash
An attempt to establish a ‘gold standard’ benchmark for genomic data so it can be used by clinicians is among the projects to win funding from a Genomics England-led competition.
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