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<p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research
(NIHR), which has a broad portfolio of research on child health.</p><p> </p><p>The
NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health. It
is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications
for funding 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.</p><p> </p><p>The following
table shows information provided by the NIHR on research funding on child health,
over each of the last five years. Further information on this research is available
through the NIHR Journals Library at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/"
target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The figure
given for 2013-14 excludes Clinical Research Network spend as that year information
was not collected in a comparable way.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>30,743,719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>56,062,172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>56,210,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>59,976,363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>60,373,126</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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