Strokes
(asked on 9th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been spent on research on the care of stroke patients in England and Wales in the last five years.
David Simpson (Upper Bann):
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been spent on research on the care of stroke patients in England and Wales in the last five years. [226740]
GEORGE FREEMAN
The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds applied health research for the benefit of patients and the public, drives faster translation of basic science discoveries into tangible benefits for patients and the economy, and develops and supports the people who conduct and contribute to applied health research.
In the last five years, the NIHR has spent £114 million on stroke research. A breakdown of this expenditure is shown in the following table.
Funding stream | Research funded | Spend £ million |
Research programmes | National Health Service, social care and public health research to develop the evidence to support decision making by professionals, policy makers, patients and carers | 31.1 |
Research fellowships | Research training and career development awards for established investigators and research leaders in health professions | 1.3 |
Biomedical Research Centres | Translation of scientific developments into new or improved treatments, diagnostics and other interventions in clinical settings | 8.5 |
Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care | Applied health research transferable across the NHS to provide the highest quality patient care and outcomes | 8.4 |
Clinical Research Network | Research support costs for clinical trials and studies | 64.7 |
TOTAL |
| 114 |