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04/09/2026

Pregnancy is only the beginning. What about the care that follows?

For some parents, having more time, continuity and specialist support throughout pregnancy is important.

Baby Complete is our consultant-led private antenatal care package at Innermost Healthcare, designed to complement your usual NHS maternity care.

Your care includes regular appointments with your consultant and an ultrasound scan at every scheduled visit, together with:

• NIPT
• uterine artery Doppler assessment for pre-eclampsia risk
• glucose tolerance testing
• Group B Strep screening where appropriate
• newborn hip ultrasound after birth

A specialist fetal heart scan with a Consultant Fetal Cardiologist can also be added for parents who would like a more detailed assessment of their baby’s heart.

More time. More continuity. Consultant-led care for you and your baby.

Discover Baby Complete at Innermost Healthcare.

https://innermosthealthcare.com/product/babycomplete-pregnancy-care-package/

03/09/2026

SMA Newborn Screening: Wales and Northern Ireland Are Still Waiting

Article

Scotland has reported the first baby identified through its newborn screening programme for spinal muscular atrophy, known as SMA. The baby was tested at five days of age and was able to start treatment before symptoms developed. Sky News⁠

This is an important milestone. SMA is a rare inherited condition that can cause progressive muscle weakness and may affect movement, feeding, swallowing and breathing. For babies with the most severe forms, early diagnosis can make a major difference because treatment is most effective before symptoms appear.

Scotland began its national in-service evaluation of newborn SMA screening in March 2026. Scottish Government⁠ England is due to start an SMA newborn screening evaluation from October 2026, but this is not yet routine UK-wide screening. Department of Health and Social Care⁠

In Wales, SMA is not currently included in the routine newborn blood spot screening programme. Public Health Wales lists the conditions currently screened for, and SMA is not included. Public Health Wales⁠ The UK National Screening Committee is still reviewing the evidence around newborn SMA screening. UK NSC⁠

At Innermost Healthcare, we can arrange private newborn genetic screening using a simple cheek swab kit. The kit can be posted to families across the UK, including Northern Ireland.

This does not replace the routine NHS newborn blood spot test, which remains important. It is an additional private option for families who want newborn SMA screening while routine screening is still not available in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Families can find out more here: Fulgent Newborn Screening Test⁠

https://innermosthealthcare.com/product/fulgent-newborn-screening-test/

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03/09/2026

SMA Newborn Screening: Wales and Northern Ireland Are Still Waiting

Article

Scotland has reported the first baby identified through its newborn screening programme for spinal muscular atrophy, known as SMA. The baby was tested at five days of age and was able to start treatment before symptoms developed. Sky News⁠

This is an important milestone. SMA is a rare inherited condition that can cause progressive muscle weakness and may affect movement, feeding, swallowing and breathing. For babies with the most severe forms, early diagnosis can make a major difference because treatment is most effective before symptoms appear.

Scotland began its national in-service evaluation of newborn SMA screening in March 2026. Scottish Government⁠ England is due to start an SMA newborn screening evaluation from October 2026, but this is not yet routine UK-wide screening. Department of Health and Social Care⁠

In Wales, SMA is not currently included in the routine newborn blood spot screening programme. Public Health Wales lists the conditions currently screened for, and SMA is not included. Public Health Wales⁠ The UK National Screening Committee is still reviewing the evidence around newborn SMA screening. UK NSC⁠

At Innermost Healthcare, we can arrange private newborn genetic screening using a simple cheek swab kit. The kit can be posted to families across the UK, including Northern Ireland.

This does not replace the routine NHS newborn blood spot test, which remains important. It is an additional private option for families who want newborn SMA screening while routine screening is still not available in Wales and Northern Ireland.

Families can find out more here: Fulgent Newborn Screening Test⁠

https://innermosthealthcare.com/product/fulgent-newborn-screening-test/

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25/08/2026

🏠 HOME HPV TESTING HAS ARRIVED – BUT WHAT ABOUT WALES?

NHS England has now begun the national rollout of home HPV self-sampling kits as part of cervical screening.

Nearly 4 million women in England who are not up to date with cervical screening could ultimately be offered a home kit, starting with women aged 30–65 who have not attended following previous screening invitations.

The test is simple: a vaginal sample is collected privately at home and returned to a laboratory to test for high-risk HPV – the virus responsible for almost all cervical cancers.

🏴 WHAT ABOUT WALES?

At present, a national NHS home HPV self-sampling service has NOT yet launched in Wales.

The Welsh Government has said that Cervical Screening Wales is developing an at-home self-sampling pathway, with rollout planned during 2026 and initially aimed at women who rarely or never attend cervical screening.

For women in Wales who would prefer to test now, Innermost Healthcare has introduced a private:

🏠 HOME HPV TEST – CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING

✓ Simple self-collected vaginal sample
✓ Done privately at home
✓ No speculum examination
✓ Tests for 19 high-risk HPV types
✓ HPV 16 and HPV 18 reported separately
✓ Specialist UK laboratory testing
✓ Results medically reviewed by Innermost Healthcare
✓ Advice provided if high-risk HPV is detected

🔬 IS IT THE SAME AS A SMEAR TEST?

Not quite.

The home test looks for high-risk HPV using a self-collected vaginal sample. It does not collect cervical cells for cytology and there is no examination of the cervix.

If high-risk HPV is detected, a clinician-taken cervical sample and/or further assessment may be recommended.

Importantly, a positive HPV result does NOT mean that you have cervical cancer. HPV is extremely common and most infections clear naturally.

Our private Home HPV Test is available here:

https://innermosthealthcare.com/product/home-hpv-test-cervical-cancer-screening/

⚠️ Private HPV testing does not replace NHS cervical screening. We encourage everyone who is eligible to continue to participate in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme when invited.

Innermost Healthcare
Consultant-led private healthcare in Wales

23/08/2026

After more than one miscarriage, one of the hardest questions is often: why has this happened, and is there anything we can do differently next time?

Recurrent miscarriage does not always have a single explanation. Assessment may include your individual pregnancy history, chromosome factors, antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), the uterus and, following later losses, the cervix.

We have updated our comprehensive guide to recurrent miscarriage, including which investigations are supported by evidence, treatment options, emotional support and what can be planned for a future pregnancy.

Read: Understanding Recurrent Miscarriage – Causes, Tests, Treatment and Support

https://innermosthealthcare.com/understanding-recurrent-miscarriage/

Dr Bryan Beattie MD FRCOG
Consultant in Fetal and Maternal Medicine
Innermost Healthcare

18/08/2026

⚠️ PRODUCT RECALL – ADVENT CALENDAR & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

A children’s advent calendar sold in the UK has been officially recalled because of a chemical safety concern.

The MESOLAB Leaper Cute Anime Advent Calendar was sold through:

• Superdrug
• The Range
• Debenhams
• Groupon

The UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) reports that an orange character included in the calendar contains an excessive concentration of DEHP (bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate).

DEHP belongs to a group of chemicals called phthalates. There is genuine scientific evidence linking higher or sustained exposure to some phthalates with adverse reproductive and developmental effects. This is why their concentrations in children’s toys are strictly controlled.

If you have this calendar

The official advice is to stop using it immediately and keep it out of the reach of children.

What if you are pregnant or have already handled it?

Please don’t panic.

A product containing more DEHP than legally permitted does not mean that occasional handling has caused infertility, miscarriage or harm to a developing baby.

The human studies that have raised concerns about DEHP largely involve ongoing exposure and measured levels of DEHP metabolites in the body. They cannot be used to calculate the risk from briefly handling a particular toy.

At present, there is no evidence that simply having handled this recalled calendar requires additional pregnancy scans, prenatal diagnostic testing or other pregnancy investigations.

The sensible action is simply to stop using the product, keep it away from children and follow the recall advice.

Product: MESOLAB Leaper Cute Anime Advent Calendar
Product code: 230119
Other identifier: TY230119

The recall was issued by the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards on 18 August 2026.

For pregnancy and reproductive health information, always use reliable medical and official sources rather than alarming headlines.

https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-recall-mesolab-leaper-cute-anime-advent-calendar-2608-0024

18/08/2026

🧬 Not all endometrial biopsies are the same

Price ≠ what’s being tested

Some tests look at 1 marker
Others assess a broader immune profile

At Innermost Healthcare (Reprognostics, Germany):

🧬 uNK cells
🧬 Plasma cells
🧬 Tregs
🧬 BCL6

One biopsy. Four markers.

https://innermosthealthcare.com/product/natural-killer-cells-endometrial-biopsy/

Ask: what is actually being measured?

15/08/2026

💅 Gel Nails, TPO & Pregnancy – Should You Be Worried?

You may have seen reports about TPO (Trimethylbenzoyl Diphenylphosphine Oxide), an ingredient used to help some gel nail products cure under UV/LED light.

TPO has been classified as a reproductive toxicant following findings from animal studies at much higher exposures. This has led to regulatory restrictions on its use in cosmetics.

Importantly, this does not mean that having gel nails containing TPO has been shown to harm a pregnancy.

There is currently no good evidence in humans that normal exposure from professionally applied gel nails increases the chance of miscarriage, birth defects or other pregnancy complications. The CTPA estimates exposure from nail products to be more than 1,000 times lower than the level associated with adverse reproductive effects in the studies that prompted concern.

🇬🇧 What about the UK?

In Great Britain, industry guidance agreed with Trading Standards allows nail professionals to continue using TPO-containing products that were legally obtained, including existing stock, subject to the applicable regulatory transition arrangements. So you may still encounter TPO-containing products in UK salons.

If you are pregnant:

• If you have already had TPO-containing gel nails, there is no reason to panic and no indication for additional pregnancy scans or testing because of this exposure alone.

• For future treatments, choosing a TPO-free gel is a sensible precaution now that alternatives are readily available.

• Avoid getting uncured gel on the surrounding skin, which is also important because gel nail ingredients can cause allergic sensitisation.

Bottom line: the regulatory change is precautionary and based largely on high-dose animal data. It should not be interpreted as evidence that previous gel nail treatments have harmed your baby.

Information current August 2026. This is general pregnancy information and does not replace individual medical advice.

10/08/2026

🧬 1 IN 44 COUPLES COULD BE AT RISK OF HAVING A CHILD WITH AN INHERITED GENETIC CONDITION

Most genetic carriers are completely healthy and have no family history of the condition they carry.

But if both parents carry the same recessive condition, there is usually a 1 in 4 (25%) chance in each pregnancy that their baby will have the condition.

🔬 Natera Horizon 274 screens for 274 inherited genetic conditions, including:

• Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
• Cystic fibrosis
• Sickle cell and thalassaemia conditions
• Fragile X syndrome
• Duchenne muscular dystrophy
• Hundreds of other inherited conditions, many of which are not routinely screened for at birth

In a large study of more than 380,000 people, expanded carrier screening estimated that around:

👫 1 in 44 couples would be identified as an at-risk couple.

Around 27,000 babies are born in Wales each year.

Carrier screening is ideally performed before pregnancy, giving couples the widest range of choices, but it can also be performed during pregnancy.

🧬 Horizon 274 Expanded Carrier Screening is available through Innermost Healthcare in Wales, with consultant-led interpretation and counselling.

The 1 in 44 estimate comes from a large US pan-ethnic study and is not a measured Welsh prevalence.

08/08/2026

🧬 YOU KNOW YOUR AGE. BUT HOW OLD IS YOUR BODY?

What if a simple blood test suggested that your body was ageing younger – or older – than the number on your birth certificate?

The PhenoAge Biological Age Blood Test provides a scientifically developed way of estimating your biological age using established clinical blood biomarkers.

🔬 THIS ISN’T A LIFESTYLE QUIZ

PhenoAge was developed through research by Dr Morgan Levine, Dr Luigi Ferrucci, Dr Steve Horvath and colleagues, using large population datasets with long-term health and mortality follow-up.

Rather than estimating biological age from a questionnaire, PhenoAge combines your chronological age with 9 established blood biomarkers providing information across important areas of physiological health:

• Inflammation
• Metabolic health
• Kidney health
• Liver and general health
• Immune health
• Blood-cell health

📊 MORE THAN JUST AN AGE NUMBER

Your personalised report calculates your PhenoAge and compares your biological age with your chronological age.

It also shows how the individual biomarkers contribute to your result, helping you understand what may be influencing your biological ageing profile.

PhenoAge has been studied in relation to healthspan, age-related health outcomes and mortality, providing a scientifically grounded approach to biological age assessment.

➕ WANT TO GO FURTHER? PHENOAGE PLUS

At Innermost Healthcare, we can extend your assessment with additional advanced blood biomarkers to provide greater insight into metabolic and cardiovascular health:

❤️ HbA1c – Metabolic Health
❤️ ApoB – Heart Health
🧬 Lipoprotein(a) – Inherited Heart Risk
❤️ High-sensitivity Troponin – Heart Muscle Health
❤️ NT-proBNP – Heart Function

These additional tests do not change the validated PhenoAge calculation. Instead, PhenoAge Plus provides an additional layer of clinically relevant information about important areas of health not directly assessed by the original PhenoAge algorithm.

PhenoAge – discover your biological age.

PhenoAge Plus – understand more about what may influence your future health.

🩸 Simple blood test
🔬 Scientifically developed
📊 Personalised results
⏳ Track changes over time

🇬🇧 BLOOD TESTING AVAILABLE ACROSS THE UK

England • Scotland • Wales • Northern Ireland

You don’t need to live near our Cardiff clinic. Testing can be arranged throughout the UK.

🔎 You know your age. Now discover your biological age.

Find out more about the PhenoAge Biological Age Blood Test, what it measures and how to arrange your test:

https://innermosthealthcare.com/product/clock-foundation-phenoage-test/

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