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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cystic Fibrosis: Research (16 October 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the progress made in research and response to cystic fibrosis in the last five years.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

Answer

No assessment has been made. The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes research funding applications into any aspect of human health, including cystic fibrosis.

Over the last five years, the NIHR has provided £8 million to fund 27 research studies into various aspects of cystic fibrosis and has provided just over £1 million to the Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group to carry out systematic reviews in this area.

The NIHR has also supported 124 studies and trials on cystic fibrosis via the NIHR Biomedical Research Centres, Units and other research infrastructure, and a further 125 studies in this area through the NIHR Clinical Research Network.


Answered by:
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
24 October 2019

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