Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 46922

Leukaemia

Tabled: 22 April 2025

Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

Douglas McAllister

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help lengthen life expectancy for people with acute myeloid leukaemia; and if he will increase levels of funding for leukaemia (a) research and (b) treatment.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Department funds research into leukaemia through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR spent £133 million on cancer research in 2023/24.In leukaemia research, for example, the NIHR is funding the £2.6 million PROPEL tria...

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