Jude Hayward

Dr. Jude Hayward joined Genomics England as Principal Clinician – Primary Care and provides joint leadership for the Adults Programme.  She is a GP in Bradford and GPwER in Genetics / Genomic Medicine with the Leeds Genomic Medicine Service within which she provides a clinical service for Familial Cancer, Inherited Cancer Predisposition Syndromes and Neurofibromatosis Type 1. She has longstanding interests in workforce development and implementation of Genomic Medicine, Pharmacogenomics and Genomics-informed Medicines Optimisation in the context of Primary Care.   She is Primary Care Lead for NHSE Genomics Education Programme, Co-chair of the Primary Care Workforce Group for Genomics and Chair of the Primary Care Working Group for GeNotes. As RCGP Joint Clinical Representative for Genomics with Dr. Imran Rafi she has contributed to national strategy, professional development, leadership and clinical policy and was a lead author for the GPwER in Genetics / Genomic Medicine competency framework and RCGP Position statements.  She was awarded the RCGP President’s Medal in 2025 for a career contribution to Primary Care. Within her previous role of NW GMSA Innovation Director she led on AI initiatives to support clinicians to deliver mainstream genomic testing.