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<p>The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National
Institute for Health Research (NIHR).</p><p>NIHR’s cancer research expenditure has
risen from £101 million in 2010/11 to £132 million in 2018/19. This constitutes the
largest investment in a disease area.</p><p>As with other Government funders of health
research, the NIHR does not allocate funding for specific disease areas. The level
of research spend in a particular area, such as cervical cancer, is driven by factors
including scientific potential and the number and scale of successful funding applications.</p>
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