Our Future Health

Our Future Health is the United Kingdom’s largest health research programme, a registered charity dedicated to building an unprecedented health data resource. By recruiting up to five million adult volunteers to complete detailed questionnaires and provide blood samples that are linked to their electronic health records, the organisation creates a comprehensive, longitudinal dataset that enables researchers to discover novel prevention, detection, and treatment strategies for major diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and dementia. Its unique scale and integration of personal data with national health records give scientists a powerful tool to identify disease mechanisms and evaluate interventions. The programme prioritises ethical, practical, and technological rigor, ensuring that findings translate into healthier lives for future generations. Our Future Health actively recruits specialists across diverse fields to drive this transformative public-health initiative.