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Motor Neurone Disease: Research

Commons · Question 73968 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 Sep 2025

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Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) the National Institute for Health and Care Research on (i) expanding the number of recruiting sites for and (ii) including James

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Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 19 Sep 2025

Decisions on site selection for clinical trials rest with the study sponsor, shaped by the design and requirements of the trial.No discussions about the MND-SMART trial have been held with the Department. However, while we are not directly involved in the...