Question follow-through · 25991

Motor Neurone Disease: Medical Treatments and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support research into (a) the treatment of and (b) a cure for motor neurone disease.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
27 Jan 2025
Answer
30 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support research into (a) the treatment of and (b) a cure for motor neurone disease.

  2. 27 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Department delivers research into motor neurone disease (MND) via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds a range of research into MND, including investing £8 million into EXPERTS-ALS, which is an early phase clinica...

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