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UK’s largest health research programme launching city clinic
One of Our Future Health's mobile clinics
Reporter:
Marc Astley
15 May 2024 7:37 AM
Our Future Health, the UK’s largest health research programme, is opening appointments in Exeter.
Mobile clinics will visit supermarket car parks in the city and the programme organisers are currently sending invitations to people who live nearby.
Our Future Health aims to transform the prevention, detection and treatment of conditions such as dementia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
With up to five million volunteers right across the UK, the goal is to create one of the most detailed pictures ever of people’s health.
At their clinic appointment, as well as having a blood sample and some physical measurements taken, volunteers will be offered information about their own health, including their blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
In the future, volunteers will also be given the option to receive feedback about their risk of some diseases and have the opportunity to take part in cutting-edge research studies.
Anyone over the age of 18 can join by signing up online at ourfuturehealth.org.uk, completing an online health questionnaire, and booking a short clinic appointment.
Our Future Health clinic locations can be viewed on an interactive map here.
Dr Raghib Ali, Chief Executive and Chief Medical Officer of Our Future Health, said: “We’re opening these new clinics each month to give people across the UK the opportunity to take part in our programme and make a difference to the future of healthcare. Researchers will apply to use our resource to make new discoveries about diseases that affect all of us. We want people from a range of backgrounds to be represented in Our Future Health, so that new discoveries can truly benefit everyone.”
New locations will be announced on the Our Future Health website and social media channels.
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