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Medicine: Research

Commons · Question 61046 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the government is taking to attach conditions to public research and development funding to ensure (a) equitable and (b) affordable access to the end products.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 30 Jun 2025

The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research contracts require recipients of NIHR funding to promote the dissemination of the in...