Adult Population Genomics Engagement Programme with the Public and Healthcare Professionals

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For a programme of engagement with the public, including a particular focus on inclusive engagement activities, and with healthcare professionals. The aim is to explore attitudes towards returning genomic findings to the adult population for preventive, predictive healthcare and to consider the ethical choices involved in this. Lot 1: To commission an engagement programme to understand public and healthcare professional perspectives on the choices involved in introducing genomic testing within healthcare settings for adults without a known, genetically caused or influenced condition. This engagement programme will involve exploring people's attitudes in a range of scenarios to test their perspectives on the parameters within which people would feel comfortable with genomic sequencing and the return of genomic findings that may be clinically accredited or may be research findings.