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<p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care met regularly
with the former Chancellor (Rt. hon Philip Hammond MP) and other Cabinet colleagues
to discuss a range of issues related to funding for medical research and development.</p><p>The
Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) budget for 2019/20 is just
over £1 billion and welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of
human health. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition,
with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and
health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. Information on individual
projects funded by the NIHR can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/"
target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p><p>The future
of budgets outside of the NHS England resource settlement, including capital budgets
for research and development, will be confirmed later this year at the Spending Review
2019.</p><p> </p>
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