Question follow-through · 73968
Motor Neurone Disease: Research
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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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 19 Sept 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
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
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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19 Sept 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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