Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 109227

Functional Neurological Disorder: Research

Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support research into Functional Neurological Disorder.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department delivers research into functional neurological disorder (FND) via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).This includes £350,000 of NIHR funding for research which seeks to co-develop behaviour change interventions to sup...

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