PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Research (24 July 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of licensing the National Institute for Health Research to use the NHS brand on the development and dissemination of research on front line NHS clinical practice; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), which is funded by the Department, supports health and care research and translates discoveries into practical products, treatments, devices and procedures.

The Department is renewing and refreshing the underlying strategy for the NIHR and is currently assessing how best to reflect the breadth of the NIHR’s work in its brand, including research in the National Health Service, public health, social care and international settings. The NHS, patients and the public will always be at the centre of NIHR research.

Answered by:
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
5 September 2018