Public Health: Northern Ireland
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on funding research through public health agencies.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne
The Department works closely with all of the devolved administrations on shared research interests. The Department has an arrangement with the devolved administrations that allows research hosts, including universities and research active National Health Service organisations, in the devolved administrations to apply for National Institute for Health and Care Research funding, due to funding contributions from the Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh administrations. These arrangements are in place due to consultation between the Department of Health and Social Care, the Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office, Health and Care Research Wales, and Health and Social Care Research and Development in Northern Ireland. In support of this, the Department has regular discussions with senior officials in the devolved administrations on health and social care research.
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