Catch up on our latest communications to participants and learn about the difference that participant data is making to health research.
Data security updates for our participants
Read a message from our CEO, Professor Sir Rory Collins, sent to participants on 3 June 2026.
Read our participant communication, sent to participants at the end of April and in early May 2026.
We would like to inform you about an incident involving UK Biobank data. We apologise to our participants for the concern this will cause, and we hope to provide reassurance by outlining the serious actions we are taking in response.
Newsletters
Read UK Biobank News for Winter 2025/26 – a regular update on the latest from UK Biobank for our participants.
Read the 2024/25 participant newsletter full of the latest news, research highlights and insights from UK Biobank.
UK Biobank in the news
- Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear, study finds, The Guardian
- ‘Watershed’ moment as doctors’ records linked to UK Biobank, The Times
- Biobanks Set the Stage for Scaling Precision Medicine, Inside Precision Medicine
- UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China, government confirms, BBC
- UK Biobank has my data, but I’m not worried. I know the benefits are too great to consider pulling out, The Guardian
Participant events
We hold regular events for participants, both online and in person. We don’t have any events planned at the moment but you can catch up with past events on our YouTube channel.
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