Health written question – answered at on 3 March 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to increase the amount spent on funding brain tumour research; and if he will make a statement.
The Department's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) will spend an estimated £0.5 million in 2013-14 on brain cancer research through research programmes, research centres and units, and research training awards. Total NIHR spend on brain cancer research is higher than this because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on brain cancer research cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure.
Total spend in future years by the NIHR on brain cancer research depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity. The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics: research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including brain cancer. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and the national health service, value for money and scientific quality.
Subject to contract, the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme has awarded over £1.3 million for a trial of radiation versus observation following surgical resection of atypical meningioma. The study is expected to begin later in 2014.
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