Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101056

Epilepsy: Research

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Anneliese Midgley

LabourKnowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of epilepsy to (a) the NHS and (b) the wider economy; and how this estimate informs decisions on funding for epilepsy research.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
While the Government has not made a formal estimate of the cost of epilepsy to the National Health Service and the wider economy, we are aware of a report published by Economist Impact in February 2024, titled, The value of action: mitigating the impact o...

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