Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 126689

Motor Neurone Disease: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Dr Luke Evans

ConservativeHinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Research on the development of UK based research about (a) emerging drugs and (b) treatment options for patients with MND

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Government responsibility for delivering motor neurone disease (MND) research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care, with research delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science...

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