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Neurological diseases: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission research on (a) essential tremor and (b) other neurological movement disorders.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
15 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission research on (a) essential tremor and (b) other neurological movement disorders.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Department delivers research into neurological movement disorders via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). For example, the NIHR is funding the first James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership on essential tremor, which wi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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