Table 1.

The three strands of our extended service development

Start date	Development	Purpose
2007 onwards	Family-centred genetic counselling service for consanguineous families	Provide genetic services for high risk families: identify affected individuals, trace family members, offer genetic counselling and genetic testing
2012 onwards	Training for frontline professionals and community workers	Address poor understanding of genetics: develop skills and confidence for other health care workers to provide preliminary genetic information and make appropriate referrals to specialist genetic services
2014 onwards	Establish community genetic outreach worker posts	Develop community engagement activities to raise awareness of genetic issues, increase uptake of services and support affected families