Medicine: Research

(asked on 25th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what resource commitment they are providing to enable the translation of medical research into implementation in practice.


Answered by
Lord Markham Portrait
Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 31st July 2023

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) puts high quality research evidence at the heart of decision making in the National Health Service, public health, and social care. Through research, the NIHR helps policy makers, health & care professionals and patients make evidence-based decisions about which treatments and practices are most effective and which make best use of resources.

In 2022/23, the NIHR’s budget was approximately £1.25 billion, and resourcing to enable translation of research into practice is embedded across multiple workstreams in the NIHR portfolio. Through the Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, the NIHR also leads and coordinates activities which support the translation of NIHR evidence into practice, at a total five-year contract value of approximately £9.8 million.

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