Question follow-through · 14707
Kidney Diseases: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, why the current level of funding for research into kidney disease is so low, particularly in comparison with that available for cancer research.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, why the current level of funding for research into kidney disease is so low, particularly in comparison with that available for cancer research.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Department funds research primarily through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR does not generally allocate funding to specific conditions and funds research through open and fair competition and peer review, to ensure...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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