Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, why the current level of funding for research into kidney disease is so low, particularly in comparison with that available for cancer research.

The Department funds research primarily through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR does not generally allocate funding to specific conditions and funds research through open and fair competition and peer review, to ensure that the highest-quality proposals most likely to deliver real impact for patients are funded, without imposing financial targets or limits. The NIHR continues to encourage and welcome high-quality research proposals across all areas, including kidney disease, so that patients can benefit from advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Further information is available at the following link:

https://www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved/suggest-a-research-topic‌