Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 14180

Musculoskeletal Disorders: Research

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 3 July 2026

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise research into Inclusion Body Myositis and other rare progressive muscle disorders.

Answer

Preet Kaur Gill
The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds clinical, public health, and social care research and works in partnership with the National Health Service, universities, local government, o...

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