The world’s largest health-research study is under way in Britain
It is aimed at saving Britons—and the NHS
Volunteer number one rolled up his sleeve on July 12th last year. Volunteer two put out an arm to give blood the same day. Volunteer 100 stepped onto the scales on August 3rd. A tape measure was slipped around the waist of volunteer 1,000 on September 30th. Then things sped up: volunteer 100,000 gave blood this March. The roll is now growing so fast—by thousands every day—that putting a precise number in print is pointless: by the time you read this it will be out of date. By the end of this year this research study—called Our Future Health—will be Britain’s largest of its kind. By the end of next year, the world’s.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “From sickness service to health service”
Britain October 21st 2023
- The world’s largest health-research study is under way in Britain
- England’s NHS is trying once again to collate patients’ data
- Scottish independence has become a long game
- Despite Brexit and the government, British manufacturing is doing well
- The rise of English viticulture
- Britain’s national parks are not protecting nature
- How rationing became the fashion under the Tories
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