Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82972

Cancer: Research

Tabled: 17 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

Bambos Charalambous

LabourSouthgate and Wood Green

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,

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
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...

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