At Guided Genetics, I don’t just provide information — I provide guidance, reassurance, and a clear path forward.

About me

I am a Consultant Genetic Counsellor and a nationally recognised leader in the field of Genetic Counselling. I have over 25 years of experience, leading services and helping patients in both the NHS and private sectors.

As an Independent Consultant Genetic Counsellor and founder of Guided Genetics, I provide private genetic counselling to patients, and professional support to private clinics (fertility, antenatal, and other services).

My passion is helping people understand genetics and integrate this knowledge into real-life decision making for you and your family.

As a counsellor, I know that families are naturally complex and I have seen first hand that genetic tests can have wide ranging impact in families.

I believe in the importance of giving clear explanations of risks, implications and choices, whilst listening to individual needs and priorities for your family.

I want to ensure that people can access high quality genetic testing when needed, with support for decision making and thorough explanation of results.

Areas of Expertise and Special Interest

I spent the first 18 years of my career in the NHS and then moved to the private sector. I started my career at Guy’s Hospital, London, in cancer genetics, working with families affected by BRCA1/2 genes, Lynch syndrome (bowel cancer predisposition) and other rare cancer syndromes. I also worked for many years with families affected with a wide range of other genetic conditions (eg. Huntington disease, chromosome translocations, neuromuscular conditions, and rare genetic syndromes affecting child development).

During this time I also led the Tay Sachs screening service at Guy’s Hospital, in partnership with the charity Jewish Care, and later was involved in the establishment of a new charity, Jnetics, and the expansion of Tay Sachs screening to a panel of genetic conditions for the Jewish population.

From 2005, my primary focus at Guy’s was Pre-implantation Genetic Testing (PGT), working with the Assisted Conception Unit to help people with a range of genetic conditions to access IVF and genetic testing of embryos, in order to select a healthy embryo and avoid passing on a familial genetic condition.

From 2017, I worked at the prestigious private IVF clinic, The Centre for Reproductive & Genetic Health (CRGH), where I led the PGT programme for 8 years (managing a large NHS out-sourced programme), as it doubled in size and scope. In that time I also set up a new genetics programme for ‘expanded carrier screening’.

I have now founded Guided Genetics in order to bring my expertise from all areas of genetics, and from both the NHS and the private sector, direct to patients.

Qualifications

2003 Genetic Counsellor Registration Board, Registration number 144
(now converted to Academy of Healthcare Sciences, Registration number 17049)
1998 MSc in Genetic Counselling, Manchester University (one of the earliest cohorts in the UK profession)
1996 First Class Honours degree in Genetics, University of Birmingham

Professional Experience

2025 Founder of Guided Genetics

2025 Consultant Genetic Counsellor for Bupa ‘My Genomic Health’ pilot project

2017 - 2025 Consultant Genetic Counsellor and PGT Lead, The Centre for Reproductive & Genetic Health (CRGH), London

2022 - 2025 Member of the NHS England PGT Funding Policy Forum

2022 - 2024 Chair of the UK Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors

2018 - 2022 Elected member of the national committee of the UK Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors

1998 - 2017 Principal Genetic Counsellor, Regional Genetics Service, Guy’s Hospital, London.

2008 - 2009 Project Co-ordinator, National review of UK Tay Sachs Screening Services (partnership between Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and the Public Health Genetics Foundation, Cambridge)

2005 - 2007 Genetic Counsellor Educator, Seconded to the Knowledge Dissemination Unit, London IDEAS Genetics Knowledge Park (ICH / UCL)

2004 - 2005 Department of Health awarded Visiting Fellowship in Genetics in Healthcare