Patients in England become the first to be routinely offered the cutting edge treatment.
The test, which costs around £2,000, is now being routinely offered to children in neonatal and paediatric intensive care units if a genetic condition is suspected.One of the first patients to be tested before the roll-out was four-year-old Henry Dunn.
His mother Lauren told Sky News that finally having a diagnosis was like getting the final part of the puzzle. "The unknown is so much worse than the known, so by having that [a diagnosis] allowed us to have a better understanding and acceptance really of what life might be like for Henry." NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said:"Once again the NHS is at the forefront of the genomic revolution with patients in England the first to be routinely offered this cutting edge treatment as part of the Long Term Plan."
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