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Pancreatic Cancer: Research

Commons · Question 8013 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2024

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Asked by Andrew Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve research into treatments for pancreatic cancer; and how much funding his Department has allocated to pancreatic cancer research in each of the la

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 16 Oct 2024

Research is crucial in tackling cancer. The Department spends £1.5 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), with cancer the largest area of spend at more than £121.8 milli...