Written questions

Congenital Abnormalities

Commons · Question 123137 · Tabled 24 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) fund research into and (b) help reduce the number of live births with at least one congenital condition.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 16 Apr 2026

The Department, through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), commissions a range of research to improve neonatal health outcomes.For example, The NIHR recently funded a project which investigated whether artificial intelligence (AI) could he...