If you have a pre-existing medical conditions, please consult your primary healthcare provider before starting your journey.
No, our policy is to deliver test results from our Clinical Lead, who is there to interpret and explain what the results mean. We recommend every individual who is interested in testing to pair insights from tests with regular support from our clinical team to give a personalised wellness plan that works for you. Changing your wellbeing takes time, dedication, and support to create new habits. We want you to achieve lasting results to your wellbeing.
So we can give the proper dedicated support you need to achieve better wellbeing, the Uniquely Health service invites people on the waitlist for our early access service when a space opens. As part of our early access service, we ask members to provide feedback on their experience so our team can work to optimise the service for others.
The service can be done fully remote including all tests. However, for some blood testing methods, there is an option to visit a local clinic for those that would prefer assistance with blood collection.
Here at Uniquely Health, based on scientific understanding, we build your health picture over time as short team fluctuations in your body can produce an accurate picture. Genetic testing will happen once at the start of your journey, whereas blood testing will be recommended to be repeated on a case basis decided by our Clinical Lead.
Our service also includes access to a dashboard that allows you to share with Uniquely Health clinical team your biometrics over time which you can do easily at home. Developing a health picture over time is key to building your personal health profile and bespoke wellness plan that delivers lasting results.
Each person on their Uniquely Health journey will be given their own personal and holistic support team comprising of a health custodian, clinical lead, dietitian and exercise scientist so we can improve your wellbeing across all aspects of your life.
Initially, our clinician will guide you through your health profile as to understand your personal health data and what areas we can support with. Our support team will then work together to create your bespoke wellness plan and have sessions with you to work together on how to follow this and provide accountability on your progress so you can reach your health goals. Please note our service is designed for general wellness and does not diagnose, prevent, or treat any disease.
You will be provided with your own personal guide to go through every step of your journey with you. They are there to check your progress, schedule consultations and help with questions and concerns.
Choose a Dietitian for expert guidance and peace of mind. With degrees in dietetics, professional regulation, and evidence-based practice, they provide reliable and personalized dietary advice. Dietitians specialise in medical nutrition therapy, offering tailored care for specific health conditions whereas nutritionists are qualified to provide information about food and healthy eating, but not about special diets for medical conditions.
Regulated by the HCPC and BDA, Uniquely Health’s Dietitians prioritise your safety and maintain confidentiality. Their professional accountability and focus on evidence-based practice set them apart from Nutritionist’s, assuring you that your nutritional needs are in capable hands.
Exercise physiologists primarily work with individuals who have been affected by disease and develop a physical regimen intended to improve their health. It’s possible to enter this field with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology or a similar major, and some professionals complete a master’s degree to prepare for their careers. On the other hand, personal trainers primarily work with people one on one or work with small groups of people with comparable needs and goals. Their objective is to help improve the physical fitness level of the clients they work with to stay healthy. Therefore, an exercise physiologist can deliver the same as a personal trainer, with additional expertise in medical care.
At Uniquely Health, our Exercise Scientists are regulated by BASES.
Uniquely Health is founded on 3 key principles, 1 of which is being data-driven, in order to build the most accurate picture of your health, we offer several tests, keep track of your fitness through telemetry and nutrition through our food log.
Whether an abnormal result or something else, our clinician team will recommend you share what we’ve found with your primary healthcare provider to investigate further as Uniquely Health is not a primary healthcare provider.
We have several different package options that can be tailored to you. There are no hidden costs at Uniquely Health. If throughout your package you wish to add an-on, this will be factored into your pricing.
A biomarker is a measurable characteristic or indicator of a biological process, condition, or disease state in a person such as a hormone, white blood cell or cholesterol.
We take data security and your privacy seriously and your information will be stored securely in accordance with GDPR. Our full privacy policy can be found here.
Blood testing is important because it provides valuable information about a person’s health, including the presence of diseases, organ function, nutrient levels, and other important indicators. Regular blood testing can help give insights into your wellbeing, explain certain symptoms or pick-up on areas of concern before becoming symptomatic.
At Uniquely Health we offer several options of blood collection to suit an individual. This is based on the tests that our Clinical Lead recommends, your location and if you’ve had any problems in the past with blood collection. We offer both venous ad capillary testing that can be done at home or at a clinic.
For blood testing, only a small amount of blood is taken during the test so you shouldn’t feel any significant after-effects. However, some people might feel dizzy or faint during/after the test. If that is the case for you, you are advised to sit or lie down until you feel better.
After the test, you may have a small bruise at the site of the needle where the needle went in. Bruises can be painful but are usually harmless and fade over the next few days.
In general, there is not much you need to do to prepare, but general best practice recommends taking your test before 10am, having fasted for 12 hours. For women, your cycle may affect when is best to test. Our Clinical Lead will work with you to find the best date and time for you to do your blood test.
We work with independent labs that are registered with the Care Quality Commission.
Every testing process has a range of accuracy and isn’t perfect. By collecting your sample properly, your results should be able to minimise the chance of being unreliable. Our labs are equipped to analyse finger-prick blood samples. We always avoid drawing conclusions too quickly, and we always make sure you’re working with the right specialists to understand your results in the correct context.
To get your results you will first need to complete your tests at home and return your samples in the package provided. For blood testing it currently takes about 1 week for our labs to process your samples and our clinical team to review your results so we can offer the best support and guidance when starting your personalised wellness plan.
Once your blood sample has been analysed, one of our doctors will review your results and work with the clinician team to start creating a personalised health plan for you. They will then invite you to a call where you can discuss together your results and actions to improve your health and wellbeing.
Polygenic Risk Score analysis uses a saliva sample to sequence your genome, giving insights into genetic risk of diseases, response to diet, fitness, sleep and stress to give a complete overview of your biology.
PRS genetic testing sequences your entire DNA rather than selecting a handle of certain genes. Analysing certain combinations of genes can improve accuracy of risk of developing certain diseases, this is looking into your polygenic traits. Similarly, to how not just 1 gene can influence the colour of your eyes, there is not 1 gene that can tell you your risk for a certain disease. Some diseases are monogenic, for example cystic fibrosis or colour blindness due to a single gene variant whereas others are polygenic, meaning many genetic variants in many genes contribute to your overall risk score for a particular disease.
Covering the whole genome allows us to properly investigate complex conditions. For instance, for Type 2 diabetes, we look at several million genetic markers. Other approaches that only look at a tiny subset of your genome cannot undertake such detailed analysis. We’ll let you be the judge of which approach is more likely to help you manage your health.
Research in genetics is continually evolving, so while the genome won’t change, we can ask more questions about it all the time. Consequently, we can re-look at your genome sequence in light of new research.
There is an interplay between environment or lifestyle with genes. Your risk for a particular disease is therefore a combination of your genetic risk score and lifestyle risk score. Whilst you cannot change your genes, you can alter your lifestyle to reduce your overall risk, and this is where Uniquely Health’s support team comes in. Our service takes you from testing to giving bespoke recommendations on how to improve your lifestyle to feel happier and healthier for longer.
No, we are not a diagnostic genetic testing provider. While our analysis has many aspects in common with tests you may encounter in a diagnostic setting, our approach is aimed at better understanding risks, and being preventative rather than diagnosing specific conditions.
Further, our view is that genetics should not be used on its own in this context, but rather, like many tests ordered by a clinician, the analysis should be seen as providing more information about a person that should be used as part of a full work-up to help better manage healthcare and promote wellness.
It is possible, though unlikely, that you may find something unexpected in the genetic analysis, either about a potential health condition or maybe about your ancestry. We will never leave you alone with your genetic analysis results, but rather we have properly qualified specialists to work with you every step of the way. If something unexpected comes up, we’ll worth through it together.
At Uniquely Health, we care about you being informed and comfortable with your decisions. Before ordering a genetic test, one of our clinicians will go through an informed consent process with you, where you will have the opportunity to understand the benefits and risks of information you may find out, along with the chance to opt out of receiving certain information from your analysis. If there is anything you don’t want to know about, please let us know at this point of the process, and we’ll be sure to respect your wishes.
To get your results you will first need to complete your tests at home and return your samples in the package provided. For genetic testing it currently takes 6 weeks for our labs to process your samples and our clinical team to review your results so we can offer the best support and guidance when starting your personalised wellness plan.
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