NSS: Scottish Genetics Laboratory Consortium (SGLC)
As part of NSS Specialist Healthcare services, genetic testing services are delivered through four regional centres based in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. These genetics laboratories collaborate through the Scottish Genetics Laboratory Consortium (SGLC) to deliver an equitable, high-quality genetic testing service for Scotland. SGLC laboratories provide both genetics and molecular pathology testing services. A number of 'core tests' take place in all four of the centres. These include testing for solid tumour cancers, for example those that relate to the colorectal cancer (CRC) pathway that incorporate Lynch syndrome. Other specialist tests might be performed in one or two laboratories for the whole Scottish population.
The SGLC structure means that clinicians, scientists and commissioners have a national forum where they can consistently identify, evaluate and implement the most clinically viable and cost-effective approaches to genetic testing.
