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Health: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the National Institute for Health and Care Research is taking to reduce regional variations of their health research funding; and what steps they are taking to increase the trend in the

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
3 Jul 2025
Answer
3 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 30 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the National Institute for Health and Care Research is taking to reduce regional variations of their health research funding; and what steps they are taking to increase the trend in the

  2. 3 Jul 2025

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  3. 3 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Department is committed to funding health and care research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) across England, to ensure that the research we support is inclusive and representative of the populations we serve.NIHR infrastr...

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