Question follow-through · 25077
Epilepsy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for research into epilepsy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
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- Clozapine: Side Effects · 8 Apr 2025
- Out of Area Treatment · 17 Apr 2025
- Pharmacy: Closures · 23 Apr 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for research into epilepsy.
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department funds research into epilepsy via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). There are currently no plans to assess the adequacy of funding for research into epilepsy, however, the NIHR continues to welcome high quality appl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Health: Somerset
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle disparities in length of periods of poor health between (a) people in Somerset and (b) the national average.
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people with postural tachycardia syndrome.
Clozapine: Side Effects
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies the (a) side effects and (b) long-term health implications of the use of clozapine as a medicament.
Out of Area Treatment
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the discharge process on patients in cross-county areas.
Pharmacy: Closures
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent community pharmacy closures in (a) rural and (b) deprived areas.
Pharmacy
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the 10 Year Health Plan to support community pharmacies.
Arthritis: Exercise
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help people with arthritis to stay physically active.
Health Services
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish (a) an arthritis action plan and (b) other disease-specific action plans following publication of the NHS 10 Year Health Plan.
Essential Tremor: Research
24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of funding for research into essential tremors.
Water: Pollution
16 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on confirmed cases of waterborne illness linked to exposure to (a) Salmonella and (b) Leptospira at UK bathing waters since 2020.
GP Surgeries and Hospitals: Power Failures
20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of emergency back up generators in rural (a) hospitals and (b) GP surgeries.
Dental Services: Epilepsy
21 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing medical exemptions to access NHS care for dental injuries caused as a result of epileptic seizures.