Question follow-through · 82972
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase research funding into new (a) tools and (b) other technologies for the earlier diagnosis of (i) pancreatic, (ii) lung, (iii) liver, (iv) stomach, (v) brain,
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase research funding into new (a) tools and (b) other technologies for the earlier diagnosis of (i) pancreatic, (ii) lung, (iii) liver, (iv) stomach, (v) brain,
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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28 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).An example of this is the NIHR investing £2.4 million into the miONCO-Dx trial, which seeks to dev...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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