£120million to boost health research

Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, has that £120million will be invested in health research to benefit millions of patients and tackle some of the country’s biggest health problems over the next five years.

The £120 million National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) scheme is part of the Government’s commitment to put the UK at the forefront of health research.

Jeremy Hunt is calling for researchers to make a real impact on patients’ lives, whether this is through revolutionary new treatments to tackle the biggest killer diseases or better joined up care for patients with long-term conditions to make their lives easier.

The new investment, building on previous successful NIHR health research that has led to improvements in treatments for patients and now widely used in the NHS, will support up to 12 National Institute for Health Research Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRCs) around the country, tasked with ensuring the best evidence gained from research is applied directly to the NHS to make the lives of millions of patients better.

For further information visit http://mediacentre.dh.gov.uk/2013/01/09/government-invests-120-million-to-boost-health-research.