Our findings over the last five years have convinced Viking Genes Principal Investigator, Professor Jim Flett Wilson, that the results should feed into strategies for future genetic screening. We make the case here. Shetland Community Screening Project Working with the Shetland community to improve health and wellbeing and make future generations safer from genetic health risks. The case for genetic screening in Shetland We outline the urgent health need for population-wide genetic screening in Shetland. NHS Grampian BRCA screening project for Westray / Whalsay descendants Viking Genes supports the NHS screening project and is proud to have helped lay the foundations for this screen and help change the paradigm to preventative medicine. Reproductive carrier screening to avoid recessive disease in the Scottish islands It offers a preventative way to reduce avoidable inherited disease by spotting hidden genetic risks before pregnancy. Hebrides Community Screening Project Working with the Hebridean community to improve health and wellbeing and make future generations safer from genetic health risks. The case for genetic screening in the Hebrides We outline the urgent health need for population-wide genetic screening in the Hebrides. Westminster debate on Haemochromatosis screening 25/06/2025 Torcuil Crichton, MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles) secured an adjournment debate. This article was published on Thursday 16 January 2025
