A major health study is aiming to change the way diseases are prevented, detected, and treated across the UK.

Our Future Health is now supporting more than 50 studies and has recruited 2.5 million volunteers nationwide to help tackle major health conditions such as heart and kidney disease.

The study is backed by £354 million in funding from 2026 to 2030 and aims to help the NHS shift focus from treating illness to preventing it.

Emma Reynolds, MP for Wycombe, said: "I am signing up as a volunteer for Our Future Health and I would like to encourage lots of other people to do the same."

Ms Reynolds recently met with Professor Raghib Ali, CEO of Our Future Health, to discuss the project’s progress and impact.

Professor Ali said: "We want to make it easier than ever for everyone across the UK to take part in health research, particularly people who may not have done something like this before.

"People who decide to volunteer for Our Future Health are part of the answer to better prevention, detection and treatment of diseases."

The study is designed to be inclusive and is seeking volunteers from all backgrounds and regions to build a truly representative health resource.