Health Research

Baroness Altmann Excerpts

Wednesday 12th February 2025 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Merron (Lab)]

Yes, very much so, because it is by doing so that we will improve prevention and make the move from sickness to prevention. I can tell your Lordships’ House that the Government are continuing to support commercial clinical research delivery, including through new NIHR commercial research delivery centres that work with industry and other research infrastructure. I was pleased to visit one of them in Leicester, meet patients and hear how they were very engaged in doing exactly what the noble Lord is referring to.

[Baroness Altmann (Non-Afl)]

My Lords—

[Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con)]

My Lords—

[Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)]

Let us hear from the noble Baroness.

[Baroness Altmann (Non-Afl)]

My Lords, will the Minister join me in acknowledging and applauding the work of charities in health research, particularly those such as Wellbeing of Women, Teenage Cancer Trust, many of the cancer research charities and Alzheimer’s Research UK? I declare my interest, but these are such a cost saver to the NHS.

[Baroness Merron (Lab)]

I certainly associate myself with the noble Baroness’s generous comments about the role of charities. Much of the work that we do in research and innovation is in partnership, including with the third sector, and I thank all those charities for the role that they play.