UK’s largest health research programme will be delivering appointments in Tesco stores
Clinics will be opening inside several Tesco stores, offering a convenient way for everyone to take part in health research.
The first Our Future Health clinics in Tesco stores will open in November 2024 in Tesco’s refurbished Cheshunt Extra store in Hertfordshire.
Our Future Health aims to transform the prevention, detection and treatment of conditions such as dementia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, asthma 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. 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.
The programme is sending invitations to people who live near the new clinics. 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.
Tesco have also been hosting Our Future Health mobile clinics in their car parks where 240,271 volunteers attended their Our Future Health appointments so far.
Our Future Health clinic locations can be viewed on an interactive map here.
Tom Lye, Tesco Category Director for Health and Wellness, said: “We are so pleased to be partnering with Our Future Health to help make it easier for our customers to volunteer for this important programme. With the opening of the new dedicated health services in our Cheshunt Extra store, and the Our Future Health offer, customers can now get access to the programme at a time that suits them, all without making an extra trip. We look forward to continuing to develop our partnership over the coming months, as part of our wider commitment to supporting our customers to live healthier lives”.
Dr Raghib Ali, Chief Executive and Chief Medical Officer of Our Future Health, said: “We’re delighted to be opening clinics in Tesco stores as this makes it even easier for people to take part in our programme, particularly those that haven’t done something like this before. Researchers will apply to use our resource to make new discoveries about diseases that affect all of us. We want people from all backgrounds to be represented in Our Future Health, so that new discoveries can truly benefit everyone.”
Our Future Health is rolling out on a region-by-region basis to invite adults across the UK to join the programme. Volunteers who don’t live near a location where Our Future Health appointments are currently available can join now at ourfuturehealth.org.uk and be notified when new appointment locations become available.
New locations will be announced on the Our Future Health website and social media channels.
Our Future Health is an ambitious collaboration between the public sector, life sciences companies and leading UK health charities including: Action Against Age-related Macular Degeneration, Alzheimer’s Society, Asthma + Lung UK, Blood Cancer UK, Brain Tumour Research, Breast Cancer Now, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, DEBRA, Diabetes UK, Fight for Sight, Glaucoma UK, Kidney Research UK, LifeArc, Macular Society, Pancreatic Cancer UK, Parkinson’s UK, Prostate Cancer Research, Prostate Cancer UK, Royal Osteoporosis Society, Stroke Association, and Versus Arthritis. Our Future Health was set up with funding from the UKRI’s Accelerating Detection of Disease Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK.
Photos and videos from our previous clinics can be downloaded here.
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Contact: media@ourfuturehealth.org.uk
Notes to editors:
Interviews available with spokespeople and volunteers on request.
Images and videos, credit to Our Future Health, downloadable from here.
YouTube link for mobile clinic video: https://youtu.be/uX1Nr5A6e54
About Our Future Health
Our Future Health is a collaboration between the public, charity and private sectors to build the UK’s largest health research programme – bringing people together to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases.
Our Future Health is committed to the highest standards, policies and processes that protect participants’ confidentiality, whilst maximising the opportunity to help researchers to tackle serious diseases. Volunteers’ data is de-identified and held securely in trusted research environments that meet strict security criteria. Our Future Health data and samples is only available to registered researchers conducting health research for the public good and is strictly controlled through an access process. All researchers will be held to the same standards.
Our Future Health is a member of the UK Health Data Research Alliance, the independent alliance of leading healthcare and research organisations establishing best practice for the ethical use of UK health data for research at scale.
Our Future Health is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (number 12212468) and a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1189681) and OSCR, Scottish Charity Regulator (charity number SC050917).
To sign up follow this link – or see our website for more information.
About Innovate UK
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Its mission is to help companies to grow through their development and commercialisation of new products, processes and services, supported by an outstanding innovation ecosystem that is agile, inclusive and easy to navigate.