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Childbirth

Commons · Question 43404 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Apr 2025

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Asked by Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made representations to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology to encourage increased funding for research into preterm birth (a) prevention, b) treatment and

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 9 Apr 2025

The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and over the last five years, NIHR research programmes invested in 77 research awards focusing on preterm birth which, across their full duration, tota...