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Patrick Hadfield Jun 21, 2025

This seems like a worthy goal. Though I can't help thinking there are far higher priorities in the NHS. Like stopping its collapse, maybe.

(Also: a huge data problem. Privacy? Hacking? Insurance problems? The list could go on and on )

"All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/20/all-babies-in-england-to-get-dna-test-to-assess-risk-of-diseases-within-10-years?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years

Newborns will have whole genome sequencing to enable personalised healthcare that predicts and prevents illness

The Guardian

John Faithfull 🌍🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡✊🏻✊🏿

@patrickhadfield Being driven by corporate techo-bros + gullible politicians, and naive medics. Would only be viable if we had globally robust measures to addresses the political issues of data ownership + use by tech corporations & their enablers. #NeverGoingtoHappen. I fear it will mostly be used to exclude people as being hopeless/unworthy/ not cost effective/criminal. To me this seems a far bigger & more problematic issue than the assisted dying debate, which was fundamentally *very human*.