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"Our Future Health" NHS research thing - have you done the questionnaire?

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RogueFemale · 23/09/2026 20:26

Has anyone signed up for this and done the Our Future Health questionnaire?

I completed it today and noticed that I was asked which gender I 'identify' as and I ticked the box for I didn't 'identify' as man, nor woman, nor genderfluid nor intersex. (I was not asked about my biological sex / sex registered at birth).

But in the later part of the form I was then asked specifically female reproductive-health questions, eg about periods and menopause, and no corresponding male-specific questions. i.e. sex specific.

If you've done the questionnaire recently, can you remember whether you were explicitly asked your sex or sex registered at birth, (in case the form has since changed), or about gender? And were you then shown sex-specific questions?

I'm just wondering what's going on behind the scenes. I've emailed the data protection officer of OFH.

Our Future Health

We’re bringing together up to five million people to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases.

https://ourfuturehealth.org.uk/

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MrsOvertonsWindow · 24/09/2026 11:22

I also initially signed up, saw the gender bollocks questions and fed back to them that if they were unable to accurately identify sex, their results would be inaccurate nonsense.

The NHS - so often a disappointment.

Chersfrozenface · 24/09/2026 08:21

I looked into it some time ago, saw the "gender" question, decided not to proceed and told them why.

Any conclusions from this questionnaire will be valueless. Sex is a huge factor in health and the survey won't reflect respondents' actual sex in an unknown number of cases.

RogueFemale · 24/09/2026 00:03

Thanks @Veilsofmorning @Multibarpack I hadn't considered that aspect (I haven't done the blood test yet) perhaps explains why they are paying people £10 to take part.

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Multibarpack · 23/09/2026 23:47

Veilsofmorning · 23/09/2026 21:02

We (DH and I) looked at this some time ago but were worried where our DNA (from blood sample one gives) would end up being used (or sold)

This. They both claim not to sell your data to commercial organisations, but also say they do.

Veilsofmorning · 23/09/2026 21:02

We (DH and I) looked at this some time ago but were worried where our DNA (from blood sample one gives) would end up being used (or sold)