NHS: Prebiotics Debate

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Health: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

NHS: Prebiotics

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Tajikistan
Wednesday 17th November 2010

(14 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Walpole Portrait Lord Walpole
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My Lords—

Lord Rea Portrait Lord Rea
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My Lords, could not a strong case be made for the Department of Health to commission a suitably designed pilot study of prebiotics to see whether they are beneficial in the prevention of Clostridium difficile and other conditions?

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My Lords, as I have said, we will continue to look at the matter with interest. Of course the department has a very sizeable clinical research budget, which is open to all bids of a high quality. There is no reason why a bid should not be made on this issue as well.

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