Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase research funding into aortic dissection.
The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including aortic dissection.
In December 2020, the Department convened a multidisciplinary group of experts and patient representatives together to identify high-priority research questions for aortic dissection. In response to an outcome paper from this workshop, the NIHR launched a call on ‘Early endovascular repair in type b uncomplicated sub-acute aortic dissection’ and is currently exploring the development of a brief to cover outstanding questions and signal the NIHR’s desire to commission research in this important area.